ITALIAN LANGUAGE LEVELS
Our Italian language courses are offered at several levels designed for those
just starting to learn to speak Italian, to those who are almost fluent.
At our Italian language school, before the beginning of the course, each student is given an oral and a written
test to determine his/her knowledge of the Italian language in order to be
placed in the appropriate level. Rome, as a Metropolis, gives you the opportunity to hear different dialects and forms of speaking which later on will help you to improve your knowledge of the Italian language.
BASIC ITALIAN LEVEL
I. Designed for those who have no knowledge of the Italian language.
Furnishes students with basic communication skills and enables them to
use Italian actively in daily situations.
II. For those who have some knowledge of the elementary structures
of the Italian language. By actively using known structures, students
will be able to freely practice conversation in diverse situations and
will learn new forms to express past actions and events.
III. This level develops the student's capacity to express themselves
more precisely and provides extended practice with the forms required
to discuss future plans and events.
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INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN LEVEL
IV. For those who have an active knowledge of the basic linguistic
structures of Italian. The intermediate level is directed towards the acquisition of more complex
structures to express personal opinions and judgments.
V. Through the acquisition and active use of yet more complex
syntactical structures, this level enables students to express conjectures
and wishes. Both oral and written communication skills are strengthened,
thereby broadening the linguistic base for self-expression.
VI. This level concludes the learning of the fundamental syntactical
structures. Gives students the possibility to express themselves fluently
in Italian and to understand and use idiomatic forms. The completion of
Level VI brings the student to the "threshold level of Italian as
a foreign language" established by the Council of Europe. At this
level the student will have the linguistic capacity to communicate confidently
with native Italian speakers in all informal situations.
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ADVANCED ITALIAN LEVEL
VII. For those who have a solid grammatical and lexical base and
who want to perfect their use of the Italian language in specific areas,
in written work, and in phonetics.
VIII. Students analyze stylistic elements of Italian and examine
the register and tone appropriate to various aspects of oral and written
communication.
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ITALIAN SKILL PERFECTION
For those who possess an almost complete command of the Italian language.
The program for this course will be based on the personal needs and interests
of the students enrolled.
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COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK
The following chart is an equivalence of our levels with the common European Framework and their respective exam.
| Common European Framework |
Levels According
to C.E.F. |
Corresponding levels at Torre di Babele |
Exams and Certificates |
| Basic User |
A1 Breakthrough |
1st level |
CILS A1 |
| A2 Waystage |
2nd level |
CILS A2 / CELI 1 |
| Independent User |
B1 Treshold |
3rd level |
CILS 1 / CELI 2 / ele. IT /
Torre di Babele Intermediate |
| 4th level |
| B2 Vantage |
5th level |
|
| 6th level |
CILS 2 /CELI 3 |
| Proficient User |
C1 Proficiency |
7th level |
Torre di Babele Advanced |
| Skill Perfection A |
CILS 3 / CELI 4 |
| C2 Mastery |
Skill Perfection B |
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| Skill Perfection C |
CILS 4 / CELI 5 / IT |
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