LFU:online

Prerequisites: B1
Goal: B1+

At this level the learner can handle a substantially wider range of information than at the B1 level in the following areas: he/she can take messages, can communicate enquiries, explain problems; he/she can provide concrete information required in an interview/consultation (e.g. can describe symptoms to a doctor) but does so with limited precision; he/she can explain why something is a problem and can summarise and give his/her opinion about a short story, article, talk, discussion, interview, or documentary and answer further questions of detail; he/she can carry out a prepared interview, check and confirm information, though he/she may occasionally have to ask for repetition if the other person’s reply is rapid or extended.

Topics:
geographical and political map of Italy; temporary and classical art in Italy;  culture of museums and the Rinascimento; immigration and emigration; “the Italian design”

Linguistic Goals:
to assume something; to express futurity in the past; to lead an interview; to hold a conversation in a special field (museum, culture); to talk about historical facts

Structural Goals:
condizionale semplice e composto – to express assumptions/ posteriority in the past; passato remoto – to talk about and understand historical facts 

written and oral
mid term test (testing of writing, listening and reading comprehension) and final test (testing of writing, listening and reading comprehension and speaking/dialogues)

Nuovo Magari (B2), Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch (Alma Edizioni), Lektionen 1-5