Italian is a language of enormous cultural, historical and political strength. Italy is the country of artistic monuments, of Raphael, Michelangelo, Dante, Petrarch and Fellini. For that reason, it is one of the most exciting and influential languages in Europe, and today it continues to extend its power through the country's large industry and the nation's political influence in institutions such as the European Union. It is, therefore, a great decision to improve the level to B1. TECH offers students the possibility to do so through group conversation classes, guided by native teachers. All of this, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Improve your expression and comprehension of Italian thanks to this university program and pass the CEFR Level B1 oral test"

This online group conversation classes university program is specifically aimed at improving the student’s level of Italian in a quick and simple way. It adapts to your circumstances and allows you to develop new linguistic skills in this language, based on a complete syllabus, a native teacher and a very agile and totally practice-focused class dynamic. Thus, you will not only reach a B1 level of Italian quickly, but you will also prepare yourself to certify your level according to the CEFR.

TECH's group classes will allow you to interact with other students and native teachers, ensuring that your learning process is the most effective.

This university program will prepare you to pass the CEFR Italian B1 oral test through more than 100 activities.

It is proven that learning languages increases your Intelligence. Learning a foreign language strengthens the brain's neural networks” 

José Antonio Marina. 
Philosopher, writer, and teacher.

A unique and stimulating experience 

Flexible and Tailored

Take the best Italian conversation program, at your own pace based on your personal availability and schedule.

Acquires Skills and Abilities

With our method you will practice and consolidate the oral communication skills required at this level.

Networking

Join a large community and exchange knowledge and experiences with students from all over the world.

The main objective of this program is to help the student acquire the B1 level certification in Italian, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. To achieve this goal, TECH offers the student a native teacher, specialized in online language teaching, as well as varied and comprehensive didactic materials and a small conversation group, with whom the student can practice comfortably. In this way, you will be able to accredit your Italian language level quickly and safely, thus improving your professional, academic and personal prospects.

Practice with guarantees of the oral skills and competences required by the B1 CEFR: more than 100 different practice exercises"

General Objectives

• Use the language being learned as a means of communication and personal expression, both in the classroom and in a wide range of face-to-face and virtual situations and on both concrete and abstract topics, including cultural ones
• Understand, interact and express themselves in these situations, orally in an adequate, reasonably flexible, accurate and correct way
• Describe the sociocultural aspects related to usual situations, as well as those related to one's own environment and use the appropriate social formulas, gestures, register and treatment in these situations 
• Internalize the appropriate and necessary linguistic resources for the planned communicative activities, through functional and formal practice 
• Encourage and diversify the use of strategies that streamline communication and facilitate learning 
• Manage tools to evaluate and improve one's own learning and use of the language

Specific Objectives

Oral Comprehension

• Understand concrete everyday or work-related information and identify both the general message and specific details as , long as the speech is clearly articulated and with a normal accent 
  
• Understand the main ideas of clear, standard speech on everyday topics , related to work, school or leisure time, including short narratives
  
• Generally follow the main ideas of a long discussion going on around them, provided that the discourse is clearly articulated at a standard language level 
  
• Understand, in general terms, simple and short speeches on everyday topics provided they are delivered with standard and clear pronunciation
  
• Understand a lecture or talk that deals with their area of expertise, provided that the subject matter is familiar and the presentation is simple and clearly structured 
  
• Understand simple technical information, such as operating instructions for frequently used appliances, as well as follow detailed instructions 
  
• Understand the main ideas of radio news and other simpler recorded material dealing with everyday topics delivered relatively slowly and clearly
  
• Understand the information content of most recorded or broadcast material related to topics of personal interest with clear standard pronunciation 

In TECH's preparation course for the official CEFR B1 level test you will find more than 100 activities focused on developing your oral skills.

Oral Expression

• Carry out, with a reasonable degree of fluency, a simple description of a variety of topics that are of interest to them, presenting them as a linear sequence of elements 
  
• Give simple descriptions on a variety of common topics within your specialty 
  
• Give simple narratives or descriptions with a reasonable degree of fluency following a linear sequence of elements 
  
• Make detailed accounts of experiences describing feelings and reactions
  
• Report the details of unpredictable events, such as, for example, an accident 
  
• Relate book or movie plots and describe your reactions to them 
  
• Describe dreams, hopes and ambitions 
  
• Describe real or imagined events. Tell stories 
  
• Provide brief rationales and explanations for opinions, plans and actions
  
• Develop arguments well enough so that they can be understood without difficulty most of the time
  
• Make short rehearsed statements on a relevant topic within their specialty, which are clearly intelligible despite being accompanied by an unmistakably foreign accent and intonation
  
• Deliver a brief, prepared presentation on a topic within their specialty, with sufficient clarity to be followed without difficulty most of the time and whose main ideas are explained with reasonable accuracy. Can also answer supplemental questions, but may have to ask for repetition if spoken quickly

Sociocultural and sociolinguistic competence

• Know how to carry out a wide variety of linguistic functions, using the most common exponents of these functions in a neutral register. Be aware of the most important rules of courtesy and act appropriately. Be aware of the most significant differences that exist between the customs, usages, attitudes, values and beliefs prevailing in the community in question and their own, and know how to identify such differences. Know how to carry out basic language functions such as exchanging and requesting information and expressing opinions and attitudes in a simple way
  
• Adapt their expression to deal with less common and even difficult situations. Use a wide range of simple linguistic elements with the flexibility to express much of what is wanted
  
• Intervene in debates on everyday topics using an appropriate phrase to take the floor. Initiate, maintain and end simple face-to-face conversations on everyday topics or of personal interest
  
• Perform, with reasonable fluency, simple narratives or descriptions, through a linear sequence of elements
  
• Link a series of short, specific and simple elements to enable a linear sequence of related ideas 

Linguistic competence 

• Possess sufficient linguistic ability to describe unpredictable situations, to explain the main points of an idea or problem with reasonable accuracy, and to express thoughts on abstract or cultural topics, such as music and movies
  
• Possess sufficient linguistic ability to get by, and sufficient vocabulary to express themselves with some hesitation and circumlocution on topics such as family, hobbies and interests, work, travel and current events, but lexical limitations lead to repetition and sometimes even difficulties in formulation
  
• Possess sufficient vocabulary to express themselves with some circumlocution on most topics relevant to their daily lives, such as family, hobbies and interests, work, travel, and current events
  
• Demonstrate a good command of elementary vocabulary, even if significant errors are made when expressing more complex thoughts, or when dealing with unusual topics and situations
  
• Communicate with reasonable accuracy in everyday situations; generally have good grammatical control, although with an obvious influence of the native language 
  
• Use with reasonable accuracy a repertoire of commonly used “formulas ” and structures associated with predictable situations
  
• Have a clearly intelligible pronunciation, even if their foreign accent is sometimes evident and sporadic mispronunciations are made
  
• Produce continuous writing that is usually intelligible throughout. Spelling, punctuation and structuring are correct enough to be understood most of the time

In order to consolidate all these skills you will have more than 40 sessions designed by expert teachers and based 100% on the CEFR"

 

Did you know?

Communicative competence is not merely limited to the knowledge and ability to use the linguistic code, but has other broader dimensions, which place it in direct relation with other competences such as information processing and digital competence, learning to learn, social and civic competence, or cultural and artistic competence.

This implies a cultural immersion that is only possible to recreate in the online format through simulated scenarios, storytelling, videos and real situations. 

Enroll and observe how TECH helps you to improve your level of Italian in a quick and fluid way.