Italian Level 9 is a Pre-Intermediate Italian course for students who have been studying Italian for a while. Italian Level 9 requires that you have previously studied Italian Level 8 or a course of at least 96 class hours.

Our Italian language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Evening language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills. 

Course Content

Communicative aims

• Talking about your childhood
• Making comparisons
• Describing appearance and personality
• Writing a brief biography
• Expressing irritation and arguing
• Describing someone’s past

Linguistic aims

• The imperfect when talking about your childhood
• Adjectives to describe someone’s appearance and personality.
• Use of ‘piú’ and ‘meno’ when making comparisons
• The historic present when reading and writing a biography
• Prepositions in front of years ‘nel’, ‘dopo’, ‘dal..al’
• Negative phrase: ‘né…né’
• Pronouns and prepositions ‘ a/con … me, te , lui, lei, Lei, noi, voi, loro’
• Past tenses: passato prossimo e imperfetto

Socio-cultural aspects

• Discovering the lives of famous Italian authors: Elena Ferrante, Giacomo Casanova and Antonio Manzini
• Social interaction in a public office

Coursebook

Dieci A2* 

Units 2 & 3A

* Coursebooks are to be purchased after the first lesson and are required for the course. Books will also be available to purchase from reception on the day of your second lesson.

This language course includes

• Access to our online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources
• Support and advice from Italian language teachers
• Italian language study tips

Italian Level 10 is a Pre-Intermediate Italian course for students who have been studying Italian for a while. Italian Level 10 requires that you have previously studied Italian Level 9 or a course of at least 108 class hours.

Our Italian language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Evening language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills. 

Course Content

Communicative aims

• Sharing life’s stories
• Discussing relationships
• Congratulating someone
• Expressing emotions
• Talking about holidays in the past (nuovo espresso – lezione 2)

Linguistic aims

• Past tenses: passato prossimo e imperfetto :  ‘mentre + imperfetto’
• Agreement of the direct pronouns with past participles
• Indirect pronouns
• The use of ‘ecco’
• Prepositions and pronouns

Socio-cultural aspects

• Italian imitator : Virginia Raffaele
• Relationships
• Romantic things to do in Italy

Coursebook

Dieci A2– Unit 4 

ISBN 9788861826335

* Coursebooks are to be purchased after the first lesson and are required for the course. Books will also be available to purchase from reception on the day of your second lesson.

This language course includes

• Access to our online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources
• Support and advice from Italian language teachers
• Italian language study tips

Italian Level 11 is a Pre-Intermediate Italian course for students who have been studying Italian for a while. Italian Level 11 requires that you have previously studied Italian Level 10 or a course of at least 120 class hours.

Our Italian language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Evening language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills.

Course Content

Communicative Outcomes

Giving formal instructions and orders

Discussing the advantages and disadvantages of a sport

Asking a pharmacist or a doctor for advice

Asking for assistance in the emergency room

Linguistic Outcomes

The imperative with ‘Lei’ regular and irregular

The pronoun ‘ne’

The partitive ‘delle, dell’, dello, degli, dei’

Sociocultural Outcomes

Things to do in Italy to be in good health

Coursebook

Dieci A2– Unit 4 

ISBN 9788861826335

* Coursebooks are to be purchased after the first lesson and are required for the course. Books will also be available to purchase from reception on the day of your second lesson.

This language course includes

• Access to our online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources
• Support and advice from Italian language teachers
• Italian language study tips

Italian Level 12 is a Pre-Intermediate Italian course for students who have been studying Italian for a while. Italian Level 12 requires that you have previously studied Italian Level 11 or a course of at least 132 class hours.

Our Italian language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Evening language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills.

Course Content

Communicative aims

• Ask for a discount
• Describe clothing
• Give and understand advice, orders and instructions
• Talk about mistakes and mishaps
• Posting a package
• Talk about interesting aspects of our own country
• Talk about films
• Making and reacting to propositions
• Organise a trip to the cinema
• Recommend places or cultural events
• Understand orders, instructions and cautions in public spaces

Grammar

• Stare + gerundio
• The imperative with tu, the imperative with Lei, voi and noi and pronouns
• Prenominal verb averci
• Ne
• Da + infinito
• The impersonal verb bisogna
• Combined pronouns
• Adverbs: già, non ancora with the past simple and direct pronouns
• Giving orders and instructions with the infinitive

Vocabulary

• Fabrics, patterns and sizes
• Sales
• Accessories
• Post Office
• Film genres
• Ti va? Che ne dici? Non mi va… Non ho voglia… D’accordo.
• Music genres
• Cultural reviews
• Public announcements

Cultural aspects

• Italian fashion
• Italian cinema

Coursebook

Dieci A2

ISBN 9788861826335

* Coursebooks are to be purchased after the first lesson and are required for the course. Books will also be available to purchase from reception on the day of your second lesson.

This language course includes

• Access to our online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources
• Support and advice from Italian language teachers
• Italian language study tips

Italian Level 13 is an Intermediate course for students who have studied the Italian language to a fairly high level. Italian Level 13 requires that you have previously studied Italian Level 12 or a course of at least 144 class hours. 

Our Italian language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Evening language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills. 

Course Content

Communicative Aims

• Describe a typical workday.
• Make predictions about the future.
• Imagine one’s future.
• Indicate causes and tell a story about a change.
• Interact formally on the phone.
• Write short formal or informal emails.

Linguistic Aims

• Use the relative pronoun che.
• Pronominal verb metterci.
• Use the future simple tense: regular, irregular, and contracted forms.
• Use collocations with avere, cambiare, dare, essere, fare.
• Use prepositions: tra / fra.
• Use connectives: cioè, siccome, insomma, perché.
• Learn professional titles and salutations.
• Learn opening and closing formulas for phone calls and emails.

Sociocultural Aspects

• Learn about different professions in Italy.
• Explore the world of tomorrow.
• Discover ancient professions still existing in Italy.

Coursebook

DIECI A2 – book + online audio + video – Unit 7

ISBN 9788861826335

* Coursebooks are to be purchased after the first lesson and are required for the course. Books will also be available to purchase from reception on the day of your second lesson.

This language course includes

• Access to our online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources
• Support and advice from Italian language teachers
• Italian language study tips

Italian Level 14 is an Intermediate course for students who have studied the Italian language to a fairly high level. Italian Level 14 requires that you have previously studied Italian Level 13 or a course of at least 156 class hours. 

Our Italian language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Evening language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills. 

Course Content

Communicative aims 

• Expressing preferences about houses
• Describing a house
• Talking about professions
• Introduction to talking about future plans

Linguistic aims 

• Building on condizionale presente
• Introduction to futuro semplice 

Cultural aspects 

• Italian houses

This language course includes

• Access to our online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources
• Support and advice from Italian language teachers
• Italian language study tips