Many L2 learners of Italian, especially at advanced levels, find it difficult to tackle reading a book. The course "Italian Literature at Play - Letteratura italiana in gioco" stimulates the reading of short stories using a variety of linguistic activities (syntax, vocabulary, morphology) and comprehension exercises. The stories are by well-known authors but also by young emerging authors who propose various writing styles and genres.

The course stimulates the student's imagination and creativity both at an individual level where the student has plenty of time to understand and analyse a short authentic text, and in a situation of comparison and work with other students in class.Group analysis helps to consider other points of view but also to explain one's own, giving students the opportunity to have a conversation. Advanced Conversation level, 320 plus hours of prior learning assumed.

This class will be delivered face-to-face at WEA Sydney. Enrolling students need to ensure they have read the current COVID-19 Safety Guidance that WEA Sydney has put in place before enrolling.

TEXTBOOK

• Tutor supplied material
  
  

PLANNED LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

Level B2

1. Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation.
2. Interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.
3. Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

Level C1

1. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning.
2. Express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.
3. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.
4. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.
   
   

LANGUAGE CLASS TRANSFER POLICY

If you are a new WEA Student and enrol into a language class and subsequently find that you are at the wrong level (whether too high or too low), you are permitted to transfer into another more suitable class at no additional cost, provided that the request is made within the first two classes and is in writing from your tutor directly to the Education Manager. After that point, an administration fee of $30 will apply.