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Continue developing your beginner Italian fluency and confidence with our Beginner Italian: A1.3 Course, suitable for learners who have completed our Beginner Italian: A1.2 Course or have approximately 40 hours of prior study. This course helps you build stronger communication skills for everyday situations while expanding your understanding of Italian grammar and vocabulary. It is ideal for learners interested in learning Italian for cultural interest or personal enrichment in a supportive and interactive learning environment.

You will practise communication in situations such as booking accommodation, giving and receiving information, describing living spaces, and talking about daily routines and celebrations. Grammar is introduced naturally in context, including key verb forms, time expressions, and possessive structures. Vocabulary and pronunciation are integrated throughout, covering housing, travel, and cultural topics, along with important sound patterns and consonant combinations.

DELIVERY MODE

Delivery mode for individual classes will vary from term to term, but will be listed as the following:

• Face-to-Face: WEA Sydney
• Online: via Zoom / Microsoft Teams

TEXTBOOK

• Nuovo Espresso PLUS 1 - A1 (Alma Edizioni: 2025), ISBN: 9788861828414

Supplier: Abbey's Language Book Centre
Please note that textbook cost is not included in the course fee. In the event of a course being cancelled, WEA Sydney cannot be held responsible for the purchase of any textbooks. Language courses will be confirmed or cancelled at least 7 days prior to their starting date.

COURSE OUTLINE

Communication

• Booking a room; asking for a price
• Giving and receiving information
• Talking about furnishings and objects in a room; describing an apartment or rental accommodation
• Complaining; justifying a choice
• Talking about daily life and events; describing festivities and celebrations
• Expressing ownership

Grammar

• Structures: there is / there are; verbs potere, venire
• Prepositions: time (da… a); prepositions with articles
• Interrogatives and adverbs: quanto; adverbs of time and frequency
• Time expressions: days of the week, parts of the day, months, hours
• Verb patterns: idioms with fare; reflexive verbs
• Possession: possessive adjectives

Phonetics

• Sounds: /b/, /k/, /dʒ/, /g/, /p/, /t/, /ts/ (double consonants)
• Sounds: /g/, /gw/, /k/, /kw/ (gh, gu, ch, qu)

Vocabulary

• Rooms and objects in a house
• Types of holiday accommodation
• Ordinal numbers; cardinal numbers after 100
• Festivities and celebrations in Italy

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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

1. Communicate in Italian about accommodation, daily routines, and social situations with increasing confidence.
2. Use key grammar structures such as reflexive verbs, time expressions, and possessive forms with improved accuracy.
3. Apply relevant vocabulary and pronunciation patterns to describe living spaces, events, and experiences effectively.