In this free course, Getting started with Italian 3, you will learn and practise how to make enquiries about travel times using the 12-hour and 24-hour clock. You'll also have the opportunity to learn about the Tuscan Archipelago and about ferry services in Italy. The course also explores the Italian rail network and you'll learn vocabulary for talking about different types of train. The course offers interactive activities which will allow you to practise your listening and speaking skills, and there are quizzes so that you can test your learning.This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXI003 Beginners Italian 3: stai andando bene! After completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to continue your learning!
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Introduction
- Open Centre for Languages and Cultures
- Acknowledgements
- Week1Week 1: Talking about arrival and departure times
- Introduction
- 1 Revising the 12-hour clock
- 2 Revising the 24-hour clock
- 3 At Piombino’s tourist office
- 4 Asking about arrival and departure times
- 5 Visiting the Tuscan Archipelago
- 6 The Tuscan Archipelago
- 7 Visiting the Tuscan Archipelago (continued)
- 8 Speaking practice
- 9 Italian ferry and hydrofoil service
- 10 This week’s quiz
- 11 Summary of Week 1
- Acknowledgements
- Week2Week 2: Enquiring about train times
- Introduction
- 1 The Italian rail network
- 2 Italian trains
- 3 Checking availability of trains
- 4 Talking about the availability of something
- 5 Grammar practice
- 6 Train timetables
- 7 More practice
- 8 Speaking practice
- 9 This week’s quiz
- 10 Summary of Week 2
- Next steps
- Acknowledgements
