Advanced Italian Level C1-C2

Structure of the Advanced English Course (C1-C2)

Level C1: Complex articulation

Level C1 aims to communicate confidently on a wide range of subjects, producing clear, well-structured, detailed text, and demonstrating a secure control of organizational structures.

Module 11: Syntactic and hypothetical mastery

1. Complex forms of the conditional sentence: mixed combinations (se avessi studiato, ora potrei…)

2. Phraseological and aspectual verbs: stare per, smettere di, cominciare a

3. The passive of state and action: essere, venire, andare, rimanere

4. The stylistic use of the subjunctive in formal and literary texts

5. Advanced impersonal constructs and sentence de-agentivation

6. Complex logical connectives: pertanto, nondimeno, ciononostante, a tal fine

7. Lexical substitution and resumption: avoiding repetitions in a long text

8. Analysis and production of academic texts (abstracts, introductions)

Module 12: Vocabulary and register

1. Noun and verbal prefixes and suffixes for register changes and meaning

2. Idioms, idiomatic expressions and similes

3. Diaphasic variation: distinguishing and using registers (formal, informal, specialized)

4. Sectoral vocabulary: economics, politics and social sciences

5. Analysis of indirect and free discourse in narrative

6. Clitic Pronouns (Advanced Summary of All Combinations and Positions)

7. The use of adverbs and adverbial phrases for precision

8. The gender and number of irregular nouns and adjectives (e.g. exceptions, Greek nouns)

---

Level C2: Proficiency (Near-native level)

Level C2 is geared towards the ability to understand virtually everything read or heard, and to summarise information from different sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts coherently and fluently.

Module 13: Syntactic and Textual Challenges

1. The use and ambiguities of pronominal verbs: farcela, cavarsela, volerci, metterci

2. Implicit constructions with the past and present participle: causal, temporal, relative value

3. Complex subordination: chains of implicit and explicit subordinate clauses

4. Ellipsis and Anaphora: Advanced Textual Cohesion Techniques

5. Advanced punctuation: using colons, semicolons, dashes, and parentheses

6. Analysis and production of opinion pieces (editorials and short essays)

7. Regional and sociolinguistic variations of Italian

8. The vocabulary of controversial arguments and euphemisms

Module 14: Style and Rhetoric

1. Elements of rhetoric: alliteration, hyperbole, metaphor (analysis and use)

2. Stylistic variation in translation: rendering voice and tone

3. Bureaucratic and legal language: decoding and rewriting in simple prose

4. Analysis of complex literary texts (poetry and authorial prose)

5. The use of politeness and distancing in public discourse

6. Verb moods and tenses in historical reconstruction and literary analysis

7. Abstract vocabulary and philosophical terminology

8. Simulated debates and conferences: oral production C2

---

Previous level: Intermediate Italian Level B1-B2