Advanced 1 in-person – Monday evenings

Advanced 1 will help you become more fluent in the language, deepen your understanding of the nuances of Italian, and approach authentic material (i.e. TV news, newspapers, films). The focus will be on speaking correctly and learning new grammar topics, distinguishing between the past, present, and future tenses. Italian culture is an integral part of this course: through interviews and readings you will learn about many aspects of Italian art, history, politics, and contemporary society

Once completing Advanced 1, 2, and 3 you’ll be able to converse with native speakers, follow debates and discuss current issues using more complex and linguistically accurate structures and a greater range of vocabulary.

This course is for students who have completed the Intermediate 3 course or for those who have high intermediate experience with the Italian language and are comfortable having conversations in different verb tenses.

What you will learn

• Students will continue to add to your vocabulary and develop the complexity of your sentences in everyday situations, including travel, food, shopping, transportation, family, and business
• Students will learn how to the correct registers of the language in various situations
• You’ll improve your command of topic-related vocabulary and ability to vary your style according to the situation.
• You will learn critical grammatical structures, such as the subjunctive in various tenses, perfect conditional, past perfect, and pronominal verbs.

Syllabus

Benvenute e Benvenuti!
Textbook: Nuovo Espresso 3 is required. The course consists of chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4

Schedule

Tuesday evenings, from OCTOBER 6th to DECEMBER 15th, 2025
6 pm – 8 pm PST
11 weeks – Classes meet ONCE a week in our downtown office.

Tickets

288.5$ (+ 5% GST) Early Bird Rate available until September 20th

320$ (+ 5% GST) FROM September 21st

Course Cancellations

Please note that the school administration may cancel courses anytime due to low enrollment. Upon cancellation, registrants will receive a full refund.
For any further info about our cancellation policy please visit the Cancellation & Refund Policy.