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Levels

Italian language lessons at Sorrento Lingue are designed to allow students, professionals and those who are learning simply for fun, to develop a full command of the language, based on the four main skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. The courses are practical, stimulating and interactive, and make use of didactic materials taken not only from text books, but from everyday life as well (e.g. newspaper articles, magazines, videos and music CDs), all of which will help you to achieve a working level of competence in the language. The general objective is for you to be able to communicate, deal with the most common, everyday situations, and express what you want to say in your interactions with Italians.   

 

LEVEL
Communication Objectives

I.
Beginner

  1. Greetings and introductions
  2. Time
  3. Simple biographical information (i.e., family, job, house, traditions, holidays)
  4. Descriptions of people and places
  5. Living abroad essentials (i.e., ordering in a restaurant, daily situations such as    phone calls, health matters, taxi, post office)

II.
Elementary

  1. Travel experiences
  2. Current events
  3. Customs
  4. Descriptions of people and places
  5. Art and cultural topics
  6. Comparing situations and opinions
  7. Body language

III.
Pre-Intermediate

  1. Giving instructions and making suggestions
  2. Simple reading comprehension
  3. Expressing needs, obligation, possibility
  4. Making invitations
  5. Expressing preferences and desires

IV.
Intermediate

  1. Understanding context
  2. Communicating in different situations (i.e., formal vs. informal)
  3. Compare and analyze alternative viewpoints
  4. Ability to express perspectives

V.
Upper Intermediate

  1. Idiomatic expressions and phraseology
  2. Shades of meaning
  3. Regional aspects of Italian
  4. Persuasion and argumentation
  5. Making judgments and evaluation
  6. Expressing emotion
  7. Conversation on literary or poetic passages

VI.
Advanced

  1. Demonstrated ability to integrate levels I-V to speak in a clear, yet nuanced mode stylistically adapted to the situation.
  2. Ability to present oneself logically, contribute to and facilitate conversation
  3. Ability to hear, recall and identify the most important points of a conversation

 

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