Italian Language and Culture

These courses are designed to maintain high levels of fluency and accuracy in the language. Practice of complex language tasks in a wide variety of contexts will ensure that you are able to interact competently in almost any situation encountered abroad. The course includes the 4 linguistics skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing), and you will be required to complete assignments throughout the course. This is not a qualification course.

This course focus on maintaining the fluent use of language by consolidating and developing grammatical and vocabulary performance; using and applying idiomatic expressions and listening to different registers and accents. You will be encouraged to suggest topics and contexts that may be of special interest to you.

There will be no exams or qualifications. Whilst you will, predominantly, be using speaking and listening skills in class, it is also important to recognise and address the fact that reading and writing skills are also very important at this level. Reading and writing will be explored as part of weekly homework, via Google Classroom, which the tutor will mark and feed the results back to you. This will help you both to know what needs to be done to help you progress. Developing independent language skills will be important at this stage in order that you become proficient at studying on your own. Tutors will encourage you and make sure you have the appropriate skills to make it a positive experience. So that you can be successful in learning the language, we do require that you arrive promptly for each lesson, and that you agree to attend at least 80% of the lessons. You will be given an Individual Learning Plan on which you and the tutor will be able to chart your progress during the course. You will be expected to comment briefly in writing on your learning, and your tutor will give you feedback and suggestions on ways in which you can improve. Lessons will be classroom based and supported by Google Classroom. This is our virtual learning space which will enhance your learning experience and will be used for resources, extra activities, homework, assignments, as well as to extend learning and support independent learning throughout the week. You will be able to access Google Classroom via a secure leicesterlearns account. Additionally, you will be asked to complete a course evaluation survey to share your learning experience. This survey will be shared via Google classroom at the end of the course.

You will need to have completed a Italian course at level 5 or have substantial knowledge to enable you to progress in the course.

This course leads on to a variety of Italian enhancement courses and language talks that you may want to participate throughout the year. Your tutor will be able to give you more details before the end of the course. You can also access free impartial careers Information, Advice, and Guidance (IAG) through the careers service at Leicester Adult Education. We are here to help you to make informed choices about your future pathways and support you to progress towards your goals. We can support you with 1-2-1 IAG tailored to your needs, via Google Classroom and through our resources such as Kudos AD© & our Careers Zone. Please telephone 01164541900, contact reception, speak to your tutor, email dkilgariff@leicesterlearns.ac.uk or text Dan on 07821803056 to make an appointment or for further information.