Course Details

Italian for Pre-intermediate Students 2

Academic Year 2026/27

VYI004 course is not part of any programme in the faculty

This pre-intermediate Italian course focuses on expanding past tenses, developing practical communication skills, and handling everyday travel situations.
Grammar

  • Past tenses: passato prossimo of reflexive verbs, introduction to imperfetto (formation, habits, descriptions), and distinguishing between and combining them in storytelling
  • Pronouns: indirect object pronouns and the pronoun NE
  • Verb structures and constructions: the verbs STARE and DARE, expressing ongoing actions (stare + gerund)
  • Other structures: ordinal numbers, expressing frequency, prepositions of place

Vocabulary and Topics

  • Personal profile and appearance: detailed self-introduction, describing physical appearance
  • Travel and services: booking a hotel room, navigating and handling situations at the train station
  • Shopping and fashion: clothing, colors, gift ideas
  • Leisure and culture: reading, books, hobbies, and expressing the frequency of activities
  • Weather: describing weather and climate conditions

Communication Skills

  • Fluently narrating past events and personal experiences
  • Handling common tourist and practical situations (hotel, transportation)
  • Formulating, accepting, and declining proposals or invitations
  • Describing ongoing actions and activities

Credits

2 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

Mgr. Markéta Horváthová

Institute

Institute of Social Sciences

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

Pre-Intermediate Italian (VYI003) or any other Italian course at the VYI003 level.

Aims

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

  • Narrate past events: Coherently describe personal experiences, past events, and habits using the correct combination of passato prossimo and imperfetto.
  • Handle travel situations: Independently book a hotel room, purchase a ticket, and manage common situations at the train station.
  • Make and respond to proposals: Formulate invitations, accept offers, and politely decline suggestions.
  • Describe people and clothing: Describe physical appearance in detail, characterize clothing (colors, styles), and suggest gift ideas.
  • Describe ongoing actions: Express what is happening at the moment using the stare + gerundio construction.
  • Discuss hobbies and the weather: Hold conversations on topics such as reading, books, leisure activities, and weather conditions.
  • Use advanced grammar structures: Correctly apply indirect object pronouns, the pronoun NE, ordinal numbers, and prepositions of place in communication.

Prerequisites

Pre-Intermediate Italian (VYI003) or any other Italian course at the VYI003 level.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/306443

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

Week 1: Introductions; everything I can say about myself; review of Units 5 + 6
Week 2: Unit 7 – passato prossimo of reflexive verbs; booking a hotel room
Week 3: Clothing and gift ideas; colors
Week 4: Ordinal numbers; weather
Week 5: Unit 8 – "how often?"; passato prossimo – summary
Week 6: Indirect object pronouns; at the train station
Week 7: Verbs STARE, DARE; stare + gerund
Week 8: Unit 9 – accepting and declining proposals/suggestions; describing physical appearance
Week 9: Introduction to imperfetto (formation and usage); prepositions of place
Week 10: Unit 10 – reading and books; the pronoun NE
Week 11: Imperfetto and passato prossimo
Week 12: Imperfetto and passato prossimo
Week 13: Course review and credit test