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Continue developing your beginner Italian fluency and confidence with our Beginner Italian: A2.1 Course, suitable for learners who have completed our Beginner Italian: A1 Conclusion course or have approximately 100 hours of prior study. This course helps you strengthen your communication skills for everyday situations while deepening your understanding of Italian grammar and vocabulary, making it ideal for learners wanting to learn the Italian language for travel, work, or personal enrichment in a supportive, interactive learning environment.

You will learn to describe and buy clothes, ask for sizes and exchanges, express tastes and opinions, give advice, and compare ideas or experiences. The course also covers talking about memories, past habits, and circumstances, and constructing arguments for and against something. Grammar is taught in context, including piacere, indirect and ci pronouns, the tu imperative, comparatives, the imperfect tense, and time expressions contrasting the imperfect and present perfect. Vocabulary practice includes clothing, colours, and descriptive suffixes like -ino and -one, helping you use beginner Italian more confidently and naturally in real-life situations.

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 2 - A2 (Alma Edizioni: 2025), ISBN: 9788861828469

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 and buying clothes and footwear
• Stating the size and expressing doubts
• Asking to change something
• Expressing tastes and asking for an opinion
• Giving advice and making comparisons
• Talking about one's memories
• Describing past habits
• Explaining circumstances
• Arguing for and against something

Grammar

• The verb piacere
• Indirect Object Pronouns and Ci pronoun
• Imperative mode (second person singular TU)
• Comparative of Adjectives
• Forms and usage of the Imperfect Tense
• Usage of the Imperfect and Present Perfect tenses
• Expressions of time with the Imperfect and Present Perfect tenses
• Suffixes Modifying Nouns/Adjectives -Ino -One

Vocabulary

• Clothing and Footwear - Colours
• Pets at home
• Troppo / Molto; Questo / Quello

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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

1. Communicate more confidently in everyday situations, including shopping for clothes and shoes, expressing opinions and preferences, giving advice, making comparisons, and talking about memories and past habits.
2. Use key grammar structures to describe and compare experiences, including the verb piacere, indirect object and ci pronouns, the imperative (tu form), comparatives, the imperfect tense, and the contrast between the imperfect and present perfect tenses.
3. Expand vocabulary and fluency, using a wider range of expressions related to clothing, colours, time, opinions, and daily life, while improving pronunciation and listening comprehension through contextual practice.