Italian Intermediate 5 (A2.5)
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Term 1, 2027
Classes begin: Week commencing 1 February 2027
Course length: 10 weeks
Your first lesson: On your selected class day during that week.
Continue developing your Italian in a structured, supportive course for students who have completed Italian Intermediate 4 or have equivalent knowledge.
You’ll expand your ability to express opinions, discuss news and technology, and communicate about jobs and professional life while developing greater grammatical range and confidence.
Course: Italian Intermediate 5
Level: Elementary / A2.5
Format: Small-group class
Course length: 10 weeks
Lesson length: 90 minutes per week
Textbook: Arrivederci! 2
Best for: Students who have completed Italian Intermediate 4 or already understand its core content
What You’ll Cover
- revision and consolidation of Italian Intermediate 4
- talking about mass media and news media
- expressing opinions
- commenting on and reporting a news story
- developing the conditional tense in greater depth
- vocabulary for technology
- using the passato prossimo of modal verbs
- talking about jobs and job interviews
- describing your work and daily responsibilities
- discussing your ideal job
- using stare per + infinitive
- using prima di + infinitive
- verb + preposition + infinitive structures
- extending vocabulary for jobs and workload
- revision and consolidation of key A2 language
Is This the Right Level?
This course is designed for students continuing directly from Italian Intermediate 4.
You should already be comfortable discussing quality of life, homes, food and recipes, using formal and informal commands with pronouns, making requests and offers, and using the conditional tense in common situations.
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! 2 and is purchased separately.
Students continuing from Italian Intermediate 4 will normally already have this textbook.
Italian Intermediate 5 covers Units 8 and 9 of Arrivederci! 2.