In the free course, Getting started with Italian 2, you will learn and practise how to ask and say the time in Italian. This will include learning and practising how to ask and say the time using the 24-hour clock, which is commonly used for arrival and departure times and for the opening and closing of shops and services. The course offers interactive activities which will allow you to practise your listening and speaking skills, and there are quizzes so that you can test your learning.This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXI002 Beginners Italian 2: in cammino! After completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to continue your learning!
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Introduction
- Open Centre for Languages and Cultures
- Acknowledgements
- Week1Week 1: Talking about the time
- Introduction
- 1 Asking what the time is
- 2 Saying what the time is
- 3 Asking and saying the time
- 4 Expressing ‘ten past’ and ‘ten to’
- 5 Saying what the time is (‘past’ and ‘to’)
- 6 Practising your listening and speaking skills
- 7 Practising your pronunciation
- 8 This week’s quiz
- 9 Summary of Week 1
- Acknowledgements
- Week2Week 2: Talking about the time (continued)
- Introduction
- 1 Listening to time announcements
- 2 Using the 24-hour clock
- 3 Telling the time using the 24-hour clock
- 4 Saying what time it is
- 5 Expressing the time of day
- 6 Talking about different times of the day
- 7 Saying what time is it in the rest of the world
- 8 This week’s quiz
- 9 Summary of Week 2
- Next steps
- Acknowledgements
