Italian B2.1 Upper-Intermediate Public Group Online Course

Nuovo Espresso 3: B1.4 Overview

Chapter 8: Italiani nella storia (Italians in History)

• Narrate the life of a historical figure.
• Share details about a journey.
• Express disbelief.
• Politely interrupt a conversation.
• Grammar:
  • Il gerundio modale e temporale (Gerund for manner and time).
  •  Adjectives ending in -bile (e.g., “possibile,” “credibile”).
  • La terza persona plurale in funzione impersonale (Using “they” for impersonal meaning).
  • Placement of pronouns with the gerund.

Chapter 9: Italia da scoprire (Discover Italy)

• Ask indirect questions.
• Inquire about a location’s features.
• Request further clarification.
• Ask for and provide information.
• Confirm details.
• Report what someone else has said.
• Highlight the beauty of a place.
• Express disappointment.
• Grammar:
  • La frase interrogativa indiretta (Indirect questions).
  • Indirect speech with the main clause in the past tense.
  • Prima che – prima di (Before + verb forms).

Chapter 10: L’italiano oggi (Italians Today)

• Discuss personal language-learning mistakes.
• Use humor and irony.
• Tone down or invite others to soften the tone of a discussion.
• Strongly disagree.
• Make past hypotheses.
• Reflect on language learning.
• Grammar:
  • La forma passiva con andare (Passive voice with “andare”).
  • Il congiuntivo trapassato (Past perfect subjunctive).
  • Il periodo ipotetico del tipo III (Third conditional for the past).
  • Common adverbial expressions.
  • Il gerundio passato (Past gerund).
  • L’infinito passato (Past infinitive).
  • Dopo + infinito passato (After + past infinitive).

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