Post intermediate Italian Courses in Auckland & Wellington (b2)
Learn Italian in Auckland and Wellington with our fun immersion Upper Intermediate Italian language courses (B2) taught by experienced professional Italian teachers from Italy. In this Italian B2 Language Course you will learn to discuss cities and artistic attractions. Describe people, situations and past events asking for and giving advice, express the opinions, agreeing and disagreeing... Furthermore every lesson will include something about Italian Culture and People.
Our Italian Language Course Program follows the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and ranges from Level A1 to C2..
The B2 Italian level is broken in to Upper Intermediate Italian 1 & 2 (B2.1 & B2.2)
The formal CEFR objectives for B2 :
- Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation.
- Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.
- Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
Listening Skills:
- You can understand extended speech and lectures and follow even complex lines of argument provided the topic is reasonably familiar.
- You can understand most TV news and current affairs programmes.
- You can understand the majority of films in standard dialect.
Reading Skills:
- You can read articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems in which the writers adopt particular attitudes or viewpoints.
- You can understand contemporary literary prose.
Speaking Skills:
- You can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible.
- You can take an active part in discussion in familiar contexts, accounting for and sustaining my views.
- You can present clear, detailed descriptions on a wide range of subjects related to my field of interest.
- You can explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
Writing Skills:
- You can write clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects related to my interests.
- You can write an essay or report, passing on information or giving reasons in support of or against a particular point of view.
- You can write letters highlighting the personal significance of events and experiences.
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods:
- Immersion language learning, Interactive lectures, multi-media techniques (audio/video/information technology), discussion with class participation, group/pair work
Optional Course Textbook:
- Marin, T., & Magnelli, S. . Nuovo progetto italiano 2 (2009): Corso multimediale di lingua e civiltà italiana: Livello elementare (B1-B2). Roma: Edilingua. - Readily available at online bookstores and downloadable pdfs
Duration:
- Each evening course is made of 8 x 1 1/2 hour weekly classes running for over 2 months at the same time and day of the week as its listed course start date. There are no classes on Public holidays.
Benefits of taking your Italian courses with the Italian Institute:
- You will learn Italian with qualified and experienced professional Italian teachers from Italy
- Progress in a friendly Italian immersion environment
- Benefit from a small class sizes which maximises your student and teacher interactions
- Follow a structured curriculum following the Common European Framework of Reference A1-C2 (CEFR - www.coe.int)
- Work toward internationally recognised exams (Celi, Cils, Plida, & AIL)
- Use the recommended Nuovo Progetto Italiano textbooks used in Universities worldwide including Victoria University, University of York, Oxford, Latrobe, Brown, MIT...
- Back up your learning with resources from our media-library
Italian School Locations:
- Auckland Central - Outhwaite Hall, 53 Carlton Gore Road, Grafton
- Meadowbank - Tahapa Crescent Hall, 22 Tahapa Crescent, Meadowbank
- North shore - Northcote Memorial Hall, 2 Rodney St, Northcote
- West Auckland - Point Chevalier Community Centre, 18 Huia Road, Point Chevalier, Auckland
- Hamilton - TBC
- Wellington - Toi Poneke Arts Centre, 61/69 Abel Smith Street, Wellington
- Also Online School - Online Italian classes via Google Meet, New Zealand wide....
Price:
- $190 includes 8 weekly classes, an expert teacher from Italy, free course materials and small class sizes. There are no hidden membership fees or contracts.
Italian courses start all year round - Enrol today!
Italian courses for Upper Intermediates 1 (B2.1) & Upper Intermediate 2 (B2.2)
Upper Intermediate 1 (B2.1): Nuovo progetto Italiano 2 (Chapters): 7-8
Upper Intermediate 2 (B2.2): Nuovo progetto Italiano 2 (Chapters): 9-10

















