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 everyday communication such as booking accommodation, asking for prices and information, describing rooms and apartments, talking about daily routines and events, and discussing celebrations and special occasions. Grammar and vocabulary are taught in context to help you describe places, express possession, talk about time and routines, and interact in common travel and social situations using a wider range of verbs and sentence structures. Phonetics is integrated throughout the course, with focused practice on the pronunciation of double consonants and key Italian sound combinations such as gh, gu, ch, and qu to help you develop clearer and more 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

• Booking a room - Asking for a price
• Giving and receiving information
• Talking about the furnishings of a room and any objects in it
• Complaining - Justifying a choice
• Describing an apartment or rental accommodation
• Talking about daily life and events
• Describe festivities and celebrations
• Expressing ownership

Grammar

• There is/there are - Verbs potere, venire
• Prepositions of time da... a - Prepositions with articles
• Interrogative quanto - Adverbs of time and frequency
• Expressions of time with days of the week, parts of the day, months, hours
• Idioms with the verb fare
• Reflexive verbs - Possessive adjectives

Phonetics

• Double consonants: b, c, d, g, p, t, z
• Sounds: gh, gu, ch, qu

Vocabulary

• Rooms and objects in a house
• Distinct 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. Ask for and give basic information when booking accommodation and asking about prices.
2. Describe rooms, household objects, and simple aspects of daily life using familiar vocabulary and structures.
3. Talk about routines, celebrations, and personal possessions, and justify simple choices in everyday situations.