Continue developing your beginner Italian fluency and confidence with our Beginner Italian: A1.4 Course, suitable for learners who have completed our Beginner Italian: A1.3 Course or have approximately 60 hours of prior study. This course helps you expand your ability to communicate in everyday situations while strengthening your understanding of essential 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 everyday communication such as describing a place, enquiring for information and replying, describing an itinerary, directing someone to other people, talking about opening and closing times, discussing past events, and talking about holidays and the weather. Grammar and vocabulary are taught in context through these topics and include structures such as ci + andare, adjectives and nouns agreement, adjectives ending in -co/-go, partitive in the plural, verbs dovere, potere, volere, molto as adjective or adverb, c'è un …? / dov'è il …?, interrogatives quando and quale, passato prossimo (regular and irregular), double negatives, and superlative absolute, alongside useful vocabulary related to location details, timetables, and weather forecasts. Phonetics is integrated throughout the course, focusing on key Italian sounds such as sc and sch and double consonants to help you develop clear and confident spoken Italian.

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: 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

• Describing a place
• Enquiring for information and replying
• Describing an itinerary
• Directing someone to other people
• Talking about opening and closing times
• Telling about past events
• Talking about holidays and the weather.

Grammar

• Ci + andare - Agreement adjectives and noun
• Adjectives ending in co/go - Partitive in the plural
• Verbs: dovere, potere, volere
• Adjective or adverb molto - C'è un ...? / Dov'è il ...?
• Interrogative quando and quale
• Passato prossimo - Regular and irregular past participles
• Tutto il / Tutti i - Double negative
• Superlative absolute

Phonetics

• Sounds: sc, sch

Vocabulary

• Location details
• Timetable
• Weather forecast

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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

1. Take part in everyday communication in Italian when describing places, giving information, planning itineraries, and discussing holidays and the weather.
2. Ask and answer questions about locations, opening times, and past events, using appropriate grammatical structures.
3. Communicate more clearly in spoken Italian by applying correct pronunciation, intonation, and key grammatical patterns in familiar contexts.