This course is part of the Certificate of Higher Education: Modern Languages and this is a university qualification.  

The course is run for part-time, non-residential students, and comprises 10 credits. 

This module introduces contemporary Italian, developing all four skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. 

A wide range of activities are undertaken, such as practical language exercises, work into and out of Italian and vocabulary-building activities. 

The module will equip you with a basic knowledge of the countries where Italian is spoken and to encourage your curiosity about the language, the countries, the people, their environment, societies, traditions and cultures. 

It will enable you to reach a level of basic "survival competence" in the four main areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing. 

This will be delivered by commercially produced and in-house language materials from a variety of sources. If you successfully complete the module should feel that you have a good introductory command of Italian and should be able to proceed to Beginners 2 or equivalent.