Italian Level 21 is an Upper-Intermediate course for students for students who have been studying the Italian language for quite some time and who are wanting to progress to a more advanced level. Italian Level 21 requires that you have previously studied Italian Level 20 or a course of at least 240 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 preference about music
• Talking about fashion and design
• Expressing preferences about books
• Expressing opinions about past events (introduction & consolidation)
• Talking about Italian heritage

Linguistic aims

• Building on and consolidation of congiuntivo imperfetto
• Introduction to and building on second conditional (se + congiuntivo imperfetto + condizionale presente)
• Suffixes and prefixes of the adjectives

Socio-cultural aspects

• Italian music, books and heritage

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 22 is an Upper-Intermediate course for students for students who have been studying the Italian language for quite some time and who are wanting to progress to a more advanced level. Italian Level 22 requires that you have previously studied Italian Level 21 or a course of at least 252 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 how communication is changing
• Talking about current affairs and society
• Talking about arts
• Talking about Italian heritage

Linguistic aims

• Consolidation of congiuntivo imperfetto
• Building on second conditional (se + congiuntivo imperfetto + condizionale presente)
• Building on futuro semplice

Socio-cultural aspects

•  Italian current affairs, arts and heritage

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 23 is an Upper-Intermediate course for students for students who have been studying the Italian language for quite some time and who are wanting to progress to a more advanced level. Italian Level 23 requires that you have previously studied Italian Level 22 or a course of at least 264 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. 

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 24 is an Upper-Intermediate course for students for students who have been studying the Italian language for quite some time and who are wanting to progress to a more advanced level. Italian Level 23 requires that you have previously studied Italian Level 23 or a course of at least 276 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. 

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 25 is an Upper-Intermediate course for students for students who have been studying the Italian language for quite some time and who are wanting to progress to a more advanced level. Italian Level 25 requires that you have previously studied Italian Level 24 or a course of at least 286 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. 

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 26 is an Upper-Intermediate course for students for students who have been studying the Italian language for quite some time and who are wanting to progress to a more advanced level. Italian Level 26 requires that you have previously studied Italian Level 25 or a course of at least 298 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. 

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

This course is aimed at students interested in taking the CILS B1 Citizenship exam which is required for gaining Italian Citizenship.  

The Preparation Course 

The B1 Citizenship course requires a previous knowledge of the Italian language at B1 level. 

Lessons take place face-to-face, once a week, on Wednesdays (6:30-8:30) for 6 weeks at our school.

The course also requires self-study time between sessions.  

Each course must reach a minimum number of 4 students to be confirmed to run.

What will I learn? 

During the course you will: 

– practise written and oral exercises on mock tests 

– focus on the main grammatical parts  

– analyse the strategies to be used in the exam 

– review basic and necessary vocabulary to be used in texts and conversations 

– produce and understand written texts, both formal and informal  

Coursebook

• Percorso CILS Cittadinanza B1 – Test di preparazione + online audio
• ISBN 9786188492776
• Authors – Emanuela Paciotti & Paolo La Gamma
• Publisher – Ornimi

Syllabus

You can find the official syllabus for the B1 Citizenship exam from the University of Siena on this link: https://cils.unistrasi.it/public/articoli/357/B1%20Cittadinanza_Sillabo.pdf  

Why should I do this course? 

With this course:

– you will have the opportunity to practise similar tasks to the exam 

– you will be more confident when you take the exam  

– you will be able to anticipate problems  

What’s included? 

– materials based on past examinations and mock tests  

– materials with grammatical focus, based on the syllabus  

– thematic vocabulary  

– support on writing and important tips with hints and errors to avoid  

Fee 

This fee is for the course only and is separate from the exam fee. 

The Exam 

Italian B1 Citizenship – CILS B1 CITTADINANZA 

The B1 Citizenship exam is aimed at adults, living in Italy or abroad, interested in obtaining Italian citizenship (Law 1 December 2018, no. 132). 

This exam certifies competence with reference to the autonomous learner profile of the CEFR and therefore tests the linguistic communicative skills needed to use the Italian language appropriately in contexts and communicative situations relating to life in Italy, in the personal sphere, in public contexts, at work and in training. 

Those who possess this level of competence can understand the essential points of a clearly articulated speech in standard Italian, to read written texts that they encounter most frequently in everyday life and in communicative situations in Italian. Oral and written production is communicatively effective, even if it contains errors. 

Having specific objectives, the CILS B1 Cittadinanza exam has a different construct and format from the CILS UNO B1 exam. In particular, the B1 Cittadinanza describes a much more limited portion of competence than the standard B1 and for this reason it has a spendability limited to citizenship purposes only. This exam does not cover working and academic aims.   

The CILS UNO-B1 Cittadinanza has to be passed in full: if candidates fail one part of the exam, they have to do the whole exam again. 

Did you know that at IH London you can sit Italian exams at all levels? Find out more and book your place here.