General Italian B2

About this course

Develop fluent, accurate Italian for professional and academic settings. You will build and defend arguments, use the full subjunctive system and hypothetical sentences, recognise the passato remoto in written texts and adjust your register for meetings, presentations and formal correspondence.

Following the B2 level of the CEFR, the course works with longer authentic articles, interviews and talks, and develops extended writing such as essays and reports. You finish with an Alalamia certificate.

What you'll learn

• Build and defend a clear argument in discussion and debate
• Use the congiuntivo imperfetto and trapassato with the correct sequence of tenses
• Discuss unreal and past hypothetical situations with the condizionale passato
• Recognise the passato remoto and use passive and impersonal structures in formal texts
• Adapt your register for meetings, presentations and formal correspondence
• Understand extended authentic articles, interviews and talks, including implicit meaning
• Write well-structured essays, reports and reviews

Curriculum

Who it's for

Adults at B1 level in Italian who need confident, nuanced Italian for work, study or life abroad.

Before you start

• Completion of General Italian B1 or an equivalent B1 level