Italian Advanced 2 (B1.2) — Term 4, 2026
Course is not currently scheduled for this term.
New classes are added throughout the year as groups move through levels and demand increase. Contact us to register your interest or view currently available courses.
Continue developing your Italian in a structured, supportive course for students who have completed Italian Advanced 1 or have equivalent knowledge.
You’ll deepen your understanding of Italian verb structures while learning to tell more detailed stories, discuss generations and family relationships, and use connected speech and combined pronouns more confidently.
Course: Italian Advanced 2
Level: Advanced / B1.2
Format: Small-group class
Course length: 10 weeks
Lesson length: 90 minutes per week
Textbook: Arrivederci! 3
Best for: Students who have completed Italian Advanced 1 or already understand its core content
What You’ll Cover
- revision and consolidation of Italian Advanced 1
- overview of Italian verb structures and tenses
- talking about different generations
- introducing and using the trapassato prossimo
- narrating stories using the passato prossimo, imperfetto and trapassato prossimo
- connecting ideas with mentre, siccome, visto che and dato che
- talking about family relationships
- using the pronominal verbs farcela and andarsene
- quizzes, interviews and conversation activities
- discussing cultural changes across different decades
- revising direct- and indirect-object pronouns
- combining direct- and indirect-object pronouns
- using ne with combined pronouns
- general revision and consolidation
Is This the Right Level?
This course is designed for students continuing directly from Italian Advanced 1.
You should already be comfortable discussing feelings and sensory experiences, using the main past tenses, expressing permission and prohibition, and using structures with fare or lasciare followed by an infinitive.
Students with previous Italian experience can review the full Italian Course Level Structure or contact us for help selecting the right course.
Course Book
The required course book is Arrivederci! 3 and is purchased separately.
Students continuing from Italian Advanced 1 will normally already have this textbook.
Italian Advanced 2 covers Units 2 and 3 of Arrivederci! 3.