If you dream of speaking a foreign language fluently and impressively and perhaps even working abroad, studying a language will bring this ambition within your grasp. We offer Italian for beginners and post-GCSE students to AS and A2 as well as GCSE and “taster” courses. If you want a mix of activities in lessons and an intellectually stimulating course with a strong practical application, you will enjoy studying Italian at any level. Just let us know which option you prefer so we can discuss your course. Experience the freedom and thrill of stepping into another culture!
Entry with:
GCSE Grade B for post-GCSE. GCSE grade A in a foreign language for the beginners Italian.
- • High student satisfaction
- • High quality and dynamic teaching
- • Outstanding results and development of high-level language skills
- • Opportunity to study Italian from scratch
- • Foreign language assistants for small group conversation
- • Opportunity to visit Italy
- • Extra one-to-one help outside lessons
- • Weekly choice of homework activities to develop your cultural interests and language skills at your own pace
- • University-style seminar classes for Oxbridge or extension work
- • Careers advice
Awarding body:
EdExcel
AS Level Units
Unit 1: Spoken Expression and Response in Italian
Unit 2: Understanding and Written Response in Italian
Advanced (A2) Level Units
Unit 3: Understanding and Spoken Response in Italian
Unit 4: Research, Understanding and Written Response in Italian
What the AS and A2 language courses involve:
• Lots of pair and small-group work in class and in conversation lessons.
• Working in the language laboratory at a pace to suit you.
• Writing in different styles to suit the situation and your audience
• Reading newspaper and magazine articles of contemporary interest
• Watching films and the daily news
• Debating contemporary topics and social issues
• Researching on the internet
• Choosing from a huge range of resources to practise your skills and extend your interests at your own pace
• Reading and discussing literature in short extracts (AS) and texts (A2).
| | Year | Qual | A* | A | B | C | D | E | U | A-C | A-E |
| Italian | 11/12 | A | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
100.0%
|
100.0%
|
| Italian | 10/11 | A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
100.0%
|
100.0%
|
| Italian | 09/10 | A | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
100.0%
|
100.0%
|
| Italian | 08/09 | A | | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
100.0%
|
100.0%
|
| Italian | 07/08 | A | | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
88.9%
|
100.0%
|
| Italian | 11/12 | AS | | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
88.2%
|
100.0%
|
| Italian | 10/11 | AS | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
71.4%
|
100.0%
|
| Italian | 09/10 | AS | | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
80.0%
|
100.0%
|
| Italian | 08/09 | AS | | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
100.0%
|
100.0%
|
| Italian | 07/08 | AS | | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
70.6%
|
100.0%
|
- • Modern, purpose-built accommodation
- • Multimedia Language Laboratory
- • Modern Languages Resources Room fully equipped for work in all media and stocked with tapes, CDs, DVDs, newspapers, magazine and topic materials
- • Resources area fully equipped with networked computers
- • Intranet website and use of the internet
"I have really enjoyed being able to start a new language from scratch - the fast pace has kept the language in my head, and I felt confident when we went on the school trip to Venice - I felt very comfortable speaking Italian to my exchange family. I loved visiting the country and being able to understand and be understood too. The lessons have been great, because we cover all the different aspects of the language - we do listenings in the lab, we read Italian articles, and we watch Italian videos. I have loved learning this language and I encourage anybody with an interest in linguistics to take up Italian."
Sian Jones