Italian web-based and interactive course (one-on-one)

Course 1 is intended for people with no prior knowledge of Italian. Once you have completed this course, you would be able to:

• greet people and introduce yourself and others
• Ask for and give information about yourself and your family;
• describe yourself and others physically and personally
• describe habits and hobbies; indicate time, day and frequency;
• talk about food and quantity
• shopping and ordering in restaurants and bars
• making an appointment;
• talk about holiday activities;
• describe houses and cities, identify location of buildings;
• ask for and give tourist information;
• have simple conversations in the past and present tense;
• discuss daily activities such as work, study or sport.

For more detailed information about the course click here

Course material: Your coach will give you specific study materials and research assignments, use the effective language training of babbel.com.

Certificate A1: Upon completion of the course requirements, you will receive a participation certificate by mail.

Dates: starting date and schedule determined in consultation with coach.

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“After attending both the A2 and B1 course, I am perfectly capable of understanding the Italian language. The structures of Italian language courses at the Maastricht University Language Centre are very motivating for a student and leave room for a lot of self-development within this beautiful language. Next to that, the schedules of the courses are very flexible, therefore you can decide at what pace you want to learn the language.”

Romeijn Sadee | 3rd year Arts and Culture student.

In this course, you will considerably improve your language skills. You will be able to:

• inquiring about travel details;
• talking about physical health;
• planning social and welfare activities;
• talking about social media and clarifying issues
• give details of future projects;
• talk about work and professions;
• giving advice and orders; expressing preferences, wishes, polite requests;
• describe and comment on films in the present and past;
• describing childhood, habits, events and feelings in the past;
• talk about housekeeping.

For more detailed information about the course click here

Course material:

In your independent study time, you will be working in Google Classroom, where you can download extra resources for free. You will need to subscribe at babbel.com. You can choose any subscription you like (the longer the subscription, the cheaper it is). Your coach will give you specific study materials and research assignments, use the effective language training of babbel.com.

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Dates: starting date and schedule determined in consultation with coach

Certificate A2: Upon completion of the course requirements, you will receive a participation certificate by mail.

Registering for this course is only possible when you have passed the previous course or had an intake with one of our staff members.

You will learn how to:

• Revise and expand your existing knowledge through ad-hoc presentation techniques; 

   

• Give a presentation and lead a discussion on a current topic; 

• Read and comment on articles from newspapers or internet sites; 

   

• Give advice and instructions; 

   

• Invite someone to an activity; 

   

• Make an appointment over the phone; 

   

• Describe symptoms, ask for, and provide health information and advice; 

   

• Talk about travel and holidays, including: 

   

• Describing travel experiences and habits, along with their advantages and disadvantages; 

   

• Recounting past travel experiences.

For more detailed information about the course click here

Course material:

You will work in Google Classroom , where you can find all information about the course and can download extra resources for free. On quizlet.com you can practise for free.

• Universitalia 2.0 – B1-B2Alma Edizioni
• ebook (con audio integrati,  ISBN: 9788861824652  https://shop.blinklearning.com/en/planescolar18-13561/35679-Universitalia20B1-B2.html
• paperversion + 2 CD’s  ISBN: 9788861825826

Please check if the ISBN number is the same! Verkrijgbaar via Studystore en Goodbook.it

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Date: starting date and schedule determined in consultation with coach.

Certificate B1min: Upon completion of the course requirements, you will receive a participation certificate by mail.

Registering for this course is only possible when you have passed the previous course or had an intake with one of our staff members.

You will learn how to:

• Revise and expand existing knowledge through ad-hoc presentation techniques; 
• Give presentations on current topics and lead discussions; 
• Read and comment on articles from newspapers or websites; 
• Discuss topics such as climate, society, politics, and culture; 
• Talk about cultural hobbies, film and literary genres, and express your opinions on them; 
• Make proposals and counterproposals; 
• Make comparisons; 
• Recount past experiences; 
• Talk about the future: values, dreams, and life projects; 
• Suggest activities; 
• Talk about family, society, work, mobility, and new technologies; 
• Express and justify an opinion.

Course material:

You will work in Google Classroom , where you can find all information about the course and can download extra resources for free. On quizlet.com you can practise for free.Universitalia 2.0 – B1-B2Alma Edizioni ebook (con audio integrati,  ISBN: 9788861824652  https://shop.blinklearning.com/en/planescolar18-13561/35679-Universitalia20B1-B2.html paperversion + 2 CD’s  ISBN: 9788861825826

Please check if the ISBN number is the same! Verkrijgbaar via Studystore en Goodbook.it

Date: starting date and schedule determined in consultation with coach.

Certificate B1: Upon completion of the course requirements, you will receive a participation certificate by mail.

This course is for people with a fairly high level of Italian. Meaning you are able to make yourself understood in common everyday situations even though you might not have the all the necessary vocabulary. In this module you will improve your ability to debate and present certain topics and you will learn to:

• describe professional aims and requirements;  
• express votes, wishes and consent;  
• understand a job advertisement, write a CV, prepare a job interview;  
• speaking about languages and dialects, cultures and education;  
• speaking about cities, infrastructures, services, liveability, (sustainable) trade;  
• expressing feasible and unrealistic hypotheses and speculating about these;  
• expressing cause, aim and effect;  
• expressing a positive or negative opinion;  
• discuss sustainable tourism for the protection of artistic heritage;  
• read argumentative, narrative and explanatory texts;  
• summarise information;  
• report what others have said.

For more detailed information about the course click here

Course material:

You will work in Google Classroom , where you can find all information about the course and can download extra resources for free. On quizlet.com you can practise for free.

• Universitalia 2.0 – B1-B2Alma Edizioni
• ebook (con audio integrati, ISBN: 9788861824652  https://shop.blinklearning.com/en/planescolar18-13561/35679-Universitalia20B1-B2.html
• paperversion + 2 CD’s ISBN: 9788861825826

Please check if the ISBN number is the same! Available at Studystore and Goodbook.it

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Date: starting date and schedule determined in consultation with coach.

Certificate B2: Upon completion of the course requirements, you will receive a participation certificate by mail.

You can register to a course by using our registration form. After registering, you will receive a confirmation.

Would you like to meet us for an intake or receive more information? Please send an email to Laura Capitani to make an appointment, free of charge. The appointment will take place at the Maastricht University Language Centre or via Zoom.

Book an intake well before the course is scheduled to begin. It will be simpler to make the appointment and you will have a greater chance of finding a place in the course of your choice.

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Costs per course:

• UM students and UM employees: € 475 per module

• All other participants: € 605 per module