- Online
- $435 - $445
If you have taken two or more beginner conversational Italian courses, or you’re able to have simple conversations on familiar topics, this level is ideal.
Continue to add to your basic vocabulary and develop the complexity of your sentences in everyday situations, including travel, food, shopping, transportation, family and business. Focus on speaking correctly and distinguishing between the past, present and future tenses. Deepen your understanding of the nuances of Italian, including correct registers of language to use in various situations.
Textbook
This course requires the purchase of the textbook Via Del Corso A1, which is used for Beginner 1, Beginner 2 and Lower Intermediate 1 levels. This course covers units 9-12. Students can order this book from the UBC Bookstore.
How am I assessed?
This is a non-credit course without letter or numerical grades. You receive verbal feedback on your conversation and grammar skills from your instructor during class. Written homework is typically corrected in class. Some lesson modules may include quizzes.
Record of completion
A record of completion will be emailed to students who participate and satisfy the course requirements within two weeks of the course end date. Course completion means 80% attendance and/or 80% completion of mandatory assignments.
Course format
This course is offered 100% online.
Materials will be available in Canvas for three weeks after the course ends, after which time you will no longer be able to access the course.
About online learning
Our online conversational language courses offer you a real-time virtual classroom experience where you can see and interact with your teacher and classmates. Each week, you log in at a set time to your class using our intuitive learning management platform, Canvas. Through Canvas, you access Zoom, a web conferencing app, for your live class. Just like in a classroom, you do individual, pair and group work, ask questions and receive verbal feedback from your instructor.
Outside of class time, you can access handouts and other materials online at your own pace and rhythm. You might be doing readings or watching videos to prepare for your next class, or practising with the material you have learned in your previous class. You do get out what you put in.
In order for a virtual classroom to be successful, we want to see your faces! Please be prepared to participate with your video turned on. We provide virtual drop-in sessions for you to test out the Zoom app before your first day of class. We will also send you instructions on accessing Canvas before your course begins.