Note: The thematic content and grammar of course levels B1.1 to B2.4 correspond to the content of the textbook Nuovo Espresso 3 from Hueber.
Thematic content / learning objective:
Describe a product. Describe an object: Material, benefits and properties. Ask for and confirm an intention. State the reason. Express assumptions. Express feelings, sensitivities and fears. State conditions. Complain. Express doubts. Apologising or justifying yourself. Blame someone. // Expressing yourself in an appropriate way. Compare. Giving reasons. Making phone calls: Offering help, asking for someone, pointing out mistakes, repeating what you have heard, leaving and taking a message. // Telling the content of a book. Express interest, disinterest, preference. Giving advice. To enquire about something and explain something. To judge something.
Grammar:
The congiuntivo passato. The use of the congiuntivo (Summary). The time sequence in the congiuntivo (I). The suffix -accio. The conditional record: a patto che, purché, a condizione che + congiuntivo. Adverbs on -mente. // The congiuntivo imperfetto. Come se + congiuntivo imperfetto. The indirect speech (I). The verbs andare and venire. // Che io sappia. The time sequence in the congiuntivo (II). The passive voice with essere and venire. The passato remoto. The historical present tense.
Course content and learning objectives for all levels
The learning objectives and grammar content listed are for guidance only. They represent an average programme that can be handled within a course of 20 units of 45 minutes each. The lecturer will decide how far the programme can be extended or deepened based on the level and other characteristics of their class and their personal teaching style. The intensity of the grammatical exercises as well as the speaking exercises using role play and listening exercises based on dialogues on CDs and videos can vary from group to group.
| Course level | Course content and learning objectives |
| Beginner I - A1.1 | Course content and learning objectives - Beginners |
| Beginner II - A1.2 (with previous knowledge) | Course content and learning objectives - Beginners II |
| Beginner III - A1.3 | Course content and learning objectives - Beginners III |
| Elementary I - A2.1 | Course content and learning objectives - Elementary I |
| Elementary II - A2.2 | Course content and learning objectives - Elementary II |
| Elementary III - A2.3 | Course content and learning objectives - Elementary III |
| Elementary IV - A2.4 | Course content and learning objectives - Elementary IV |
| Intermediate I - B1.1 | Course content and learning objectives - Intermediate I |
| Intermediate II - B1.2 | Course content and learning objectives - Intermediate II |
| Intermediate III - B1.3 | Course content and learning objectives - Intermediate III |
| Intermediate IV - B1.4 | Course content and learning objectives - Intermediate IV |