Elementary Italian 2

Overview

As an elementary level course, you should have some knowledge of Italian already, either by studying Elementary Italian 1: in campo! (LGXI004) or because you have learned Italian to a similar level elsewhere. 

You’ll carry out guided online activities based on audio clips, visual images and written text, and have access to a dedicated course website, forum and learning advisers. The course has no formal assessment, but you’ll test your knowledge by completing a quiz in each unit..

After successfully completing this Elementary Italian 2 course at The Open University UK you will receive a digital badge. This can be shared on social media, added to email signatures or act as a certificate.

You will learn

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• communicate with speakers of Italian in a limited range of predictable and simple contexts relating to everyday situations
• understand and use basic and more complex Italian language points (for example, questions, statements and instructions), and common vocabulary relating to parts of the body, past events, and childhood
• recognise and use basic and more complex Italian phrases in formal and informal communication
• show a basic level of intercultural communicative competence, including an awareness of Italian culture and society.

The course is designed to help you achieve a level of language proficiency equivalent to level A1 of the Council of Europe Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR).