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Italian A2

The A2 courses are addressed to learners with a basic knowledge of Italian. Participants have either completed the EUI A1 level or sat an EUI placement test.

ItalianCourses

Italian courses are composed of 3 to 4 modules. Module 4 is a bridging course to the next level.

To have an overview of the Italian course offering, see the Annual Timetable.

 
 

Italian 104 - Module 1

Italian 105 - Module 1

Italian 200 - Module 3

Italian 201 - Module 3

Italian 202 - Module 3 & 4

 

 

Italian 104


Communication and Grammar Skills 

CEFR level A2 Module 1

All EUI members

Length of course:

26 weeks, 56 hours from September to May

September:

9 - 20 September 2024

2 weeks

16 hours

First term:

14 October 

6 December 2024

8 weeks

16 hours

Second term:

13 January 

21 March 2025

10 weeks

15 hours

Third term:

7 April

16 May 2025

6 weeks

9 hours

Time


Module 1 starts on 14 January 2025

January-March: 15 hours

Tuesday

17:00-18:30

Place & Instructor


Convento

TBA

Valentina Martelli

 

 

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be able: 

  • to interact in areas of immediate personal relevance
  • to ask for and give information on everyday topics and their own field of research
  • to talk about various aspects of their country and town (food, architecture, lifestyles, arts, sport, etc.)
  • to understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency daily or job-related language
  • to participate in basic conversations about work, studies, leisure, etc.
  • to read, listen to and understand short simple texts (fiction, journalism and essays)
  • to write notes, messages and short stories/reviews

Course contents

 

Course materials are communicated by the teachers of the Italian Unit
 

 

The course includes work on the following:

  • introduction to some grammatical structures at A2 level (imperfect, the future tense, the imperative, the simple conditional, stare +gerund, stare per + infinitive), the impersonal form si; object pronouns, relative pronouns, ne as a partitive, prepositions (2), conjunctions (2) etc.
  • expanding vocabulary through reading, listening, and speaking
  • Reading: short informative texts and notices on topics of personal, professional, and academic interest
  • Writing: short and simple texts, completing of forms, simple requests, and answers
  • Listening: understanding familiar everyday expressions, recognizing concrete information in dialogues and announcements
  • Speaking: introducing oneself, asking and answering questions on familiar topics, simple social conversations
  • insights into Italian life and culture

Learning methods and activities

Activities in class include:

  • grammar exercises
  • exercises to expand the vocabulary
  • reading and listening exercises
  • phonetic exercises
  • conversation in small groups
  • role play
  • pair work
  • peer correction
  • individual writing

Teacher's bio

Valentina Martelli has been teaching Italian as a second and as a foreign language since the beginning of her career. She has been teaching Italian at the EUI since 2013 for A1 to B2 level courses. After university she specialized in teaching Italian language thanks to a Master's degree at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and to preparatory courses in language teaching at the Universities of Parma, Siena and Rome. She is the author of simplified texts aimed at studying school subjects in primary and secondary schools. Her teaching approach puts students at the center of their language learning process.

Italian 105


Communication and Grammar Skills 

CEFR level A2 Module 1

All EUI members

Length of course:

26 weeks, 56 hours from September to May

September:

9 - 20 September 2024

2 weeks

16 hours

First term:

14 October 

6 December 2024

8 weeks

16 hours

Second term:

13 January 

21 March 2025

10 weeks

15 hours

Third term:

7 April

16 May 2025

6 weeks

9 hours

Time


Module 1 starts on 16 January 2025

January-March: 15 hours

Thursday

14:15-15:45

Place & Instructor


Convento

TBA

Serena Neri

 

 

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be able: 

  • to interact in areas of immediate personal relevance
  • to ask for and give information on everyday topics and their own field of research
  • to talk about various aspects of their country and town (food, architecture, lifestyles, arts, sport, etc.)
  • to understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency daily or job-related language
  • to participate in basic conversations about work, studies, leisure, etc.
  • to read, listen to and understand short simple texts (fiction, journalism and essays)
  • to write notes, messages and short stories/reviews

Course contents

Course materials are communicated by the teachers of the Italian Unit
 

The course includes work on the following:

  • introduction to some grammatical structures at A2 level (imperfect, the future tense, the imperative, the simple conditional, stare +gerund, stare per + infinitive), the impersonal form si; object pronouns, relative pronouns, ne as a partitive, prepositions (2), conjunctions (2) etc.
  • expanding vocabulary through reading, listening, and speaking
  • Reading: short informative texts and notices on topics of personal, professional, and academic interest
  • Writing: short and simple texts, completing of forms, simple requests, and answers
  • Listening: understanding familiar everyday expressions, recognizing concrete information in dialogues and announcements
  • Speaking: introducing oneself, asking and answering questions on familiar topics, simple social conversations
  • insights into Italian life and culture

Learning methods and activities

Activities in class include:

  • grammar exercises
  • exercises to expand the vocabulary
  • reading and listening exercises
  • phonetic exercises
  • conversation in small groups
  • role play
  • pair work
  • peer correction
  • individual writing

Teacher's bio

Serena Neri has been teaching at the EUI since 2017. She earned her degree in Lingue e Lettarature Straniere from the University of Florence in 2006. After initially teaching in private schools, she began to teach Italian to immigrants, in order to help with their integration into Italian society. In 2010 she was awarded a Master’s degree in “Didattica e Promozione della Lingua Italiana a Stranieri” by the Universita Ca Foscari; her thesis, which focuses entirely on the prison of Sollicciano, is published on the University’s site. She holds an examiner’s certificate for the CILS exam, and works as an examiner at the Università per Stranieri di Siena.  

 Italian 200


Communication and Grammar Skills 

CEFR level A2 Module 3

All EUI members

Length of course:

26 weeks, 56 hours from September to May

September:

9 - 20 September 2024

2 weeks

16 hours

First term:

14 October 

6 December 2024

8 weeks

16 hours

Second term:

13 January 

21 March 2025

10 weeks

15 hours

Third term:

7 April

16 May 2025

6 weeks

9 hours

Time


Module 3 starts on 15 January 2025

January-March: 15 hours

Wednesday

16:15-17:45

Place & Instructor


Convento

TBA

Mya Giungi

 

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be able: 

  • to interact in areas of immediate personal relevance
  • to ask for and give information on everyday topics and their own field of research
  • to talk about various aspects of their country and town (food, architecture, lifestyles, arts, sport, etc.)
  • to understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency daily or job-related language
  • to participate in basic conversations about work, studies, leisure, etc.
  • to read, listen to and understand short simple texts (fiction, journalism and essays)
  • to write notes, messages and short stories/reviews

Course contents

 

Course materials are communicated by the teachers of the Italian Unit
 

The course includes work on the following:

  • introduction to some grammatical structures at A2 level (imperfect, the future tense, the imperative, the simple conditional, stare +gerund, stare per + infinitive), the impersonal form si; object pronouns, relative pronouns, ne as a partitive, prepositions (2), conjunctions (2) etc.
  • expanding vocabulary through reading, listening, and speaking
  • Reading: short informative texts and notices on topics of personal, professional, and academic interest
  • Writing: short and simple texts, completing of forms, simple requests, and answers
  • Listening: understanding familiar everyday expressions, recognizing concrete information in dialogues and announcements
  • Speaking: introducing oneself, asking and answering questions on familiar topics, simple social conversations
  • insights into Italian life and culture

Learning methods and activities

Activities in class include:

  • grammar exercises
  • exercises to expand the vocabulary
  • reading and listening exercises
  • phonetic exercises
  • conversation in small groups
  • role play
  • pair work
  • peer correction
  • individual writing

Teacher's bio

Mya Giungi has been teaching Italian as a Foreign Language since 2009, and at the EUI since 2017. She holds an examiner’s certificate for the CILS exam. She has taught Italian to immigrants and asylum seekers in both the private and public education sector. After being awarded a Master’s degree in Cooperation and Development by the University of Pavia, she coordinated a project for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bolivia. She decided to return to Italy to contribute to the integration of foreigners into Italian society through the essential and emancipatory instrument of language. 


Italian 201


Communication and Grammar Skills

CEFR level A2 Module 3

All EUI members

Length of course: 27 weeks, 60 hours from September to May

September:

9 - 27 September 2024

3 weeks

20 hours

First term:

14 October 

6 December 2024

8 weeks

16 hours

Second term:

13 January 

21 March 2025

10 weeks

15 hours

Third term:

7 April

16 May 2025

6 weeks

9 hours

Time


Module 3 starts on 16 January 2025

January-March: 15 hours

Thursday

12:45-14:15

 

 

Place & Instructor


Convento

TBA

Serena Neri

 

 

 

 

 

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be able:

  • to interact in areas of immediate personal relevance
  • to ask for and give information on everyday topics and their own field of research
  • to talk about various aspects of their country and town (food, architecture, lifestyles, arts, sport, etc.)
  • to understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency daily or job-related language
  • to participate in basic conversations about work, studies, leisure, etc.
  • to read, listen to and understand short simple texts (fiction, journalism and essays)
  • to write notes, messages and short stories/reviews

Course contents

 

Course materials are communicated by the teachers of the Italian Unit
 

The course includes work on the following

  • introduction to some grammatical structures at A2 level (imperfect, the future tense, the imperative, the simple conditional, stare +gerund, stare per + infinitive), the impersonal form si; object pronouns, relative pronouns, ne as a partitive, prepositions (2), conjunctions (2) etc.
  • expanding vocabulary through reading, listening, and speaking
  • Reading: short informative texts and notices on topics of personal, professional, and academic interest
  • Writing: short and simple texts, completing of forms, simple requests, and answers
  • Listening: understanding familiar everyday expressions, recognizing concrete information in dialogues and announcements
  • Speaking: introducing oneself, asking and answering questions on familiar topics, simple social conversations
  • insights into Italian life and culture

Learning methods and activities

Activities in class include:

  • grammar exercises
  • exercises to expand the vocabulary
  • reading and listening exercises
  • phonetic exercises
  • conversation in small groups
  • role play
  • pair work
  • peer correction
  • individual writing

Teacher's bio

Serena Neri has been teaching at the EUI since 2017. She earned her degree in Lingue e Lettarature Straniere from the University of Florence in 2006. After initially teaching in private schools, she began to teach Italian to immigrants, in order to help with their integration into Italian society. In 2010 she was awarded a Master’s degree in “Didattica e Promozione della Lingua Italiana a Stranieri” by the Universita Ca Foscari; her thesis, which focuses entirely on the prison of Sollicciano, is published on the University’s site. She holds an examiner’s certificate for the CILS exam, and works as an examiner at the Università per Stranieri di Siena.  

Italian 202


Communication and Grammar Skills

CEFR level A2 Module 3 & 4

Bridging A2/B1

All EUI members

Length of course: 24 weeks, 40 hours from October to May

First term:

14 October 

6 December 2024

8 weeks

16 hours

Second term:

13 January 

21 March 2025

10 weeks

15 hours

Third term:

7 April

16 May 2025

6 weeks

9 hours

Time


Module 3 & 4 starts on 13 January 2025

January-March: 15 hours

Monday

15:00-16:30

 

Place & Instructor


Convento

TBA

Valentina Martelli 

 

 

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be able: 

  • to interact in areas of immediate personal relevance
  • to ask for and give information on everyday topics and their own field of research
  • to talk about various aspects of their country and town (food, architecture, lifestyles, arts, sport, etc.)
  • to understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency daily or job-related language
  • to participate in basic conversations about work, studies, leisure, etc.
  • to read, listen to and understand short simple texts (fiction, journalism and essays)
  • to write notes, messages and short stories/reviews

Course contents

 

Course materials are communicated by the teachers of the Italian Unit
 

The course includes work on the following:

  • introduction to some grammatical structures at A2 level (imperfect, the future tense, the imperative, the simple conditional, stare +gerund, stare per + infinitive), the impersonal form si; object pronouns, relative pronouns, ne as a partitive, prepositions (2), conjunctions (2) etc.
  • expanding vocabulary through reading, listening, and speaking
  • Reading: short informative texts and notices on topics of personal, professional, and academic interest
  • Writing: short and simple texts, completing of forms, simple requests, and answers
  • Listening: understanding familiar everyday expressions, recognizing concrete information in dialogues and announcements
  • Speaking: introducing oneself, asking and answering questions on familiar topics, simple social conversations
  • insights into Italian life and culture

Learning methods and activities

Activities in class include:

  • grammar exercises
  • exercises to expand the vocabulary
  • reading and listening exercises
  • phonetic exercises
  • conversation in small groups
  • role play
  • pair work
  • peer correction
  • individual writing

Teacher's bio

Valentina Martelli has been teaching Italian as a second and as a foreign language since the beginning of her career. She has been teaching Italian at the EUI since 2013 for A1 to B2 level courses. After university she specialized in teaching Italian language thanks to a Master's degree at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and to preparatory courses in language teaching at the Universities of Parma, Siena and Rome. She is the author of simplified texts aimed at studying school subjects in primary and secondary schools. Her teaching approach puts students at the center of their language learning process.


 

 

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