Italian for Beginners 4: Likes And Dislikes
In the fourth Italian for Beginners course, learn to talk about your likes, dislikes and preferences.
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How it works
Italian for Beginners 4: Likes And Dislikes
This online course is the fourth of six courses. It will introduce you to the language you need to :
- say what you like and dislike;
- talk about your likes, dislikes and interests;
- compare likes and dislikes;
- talk about preferences;
- give reasons.
Learn Italian to talk about your hobbies and interests
During the four weeks of the course, you will learn the vocabulary and expressions to talk about what you like doing in your leisure time.
You will learn how to talk about what you like and dislike, using the piacere (to like) and what you prefer, using preferire (to prefer).
By now, you will be halfway through the Italian for Beginners program, and you will be growing in confidence. You will be coming across longer texts in Italian, and you will read some of them for gist, so you understand what they are about even if you don’t understand all of the words.
You will learn about popular holiday destinations for Italians, about the Università per Stranieri in Perugia and about the Abruzzo region.
Syllabus
Week 1
Saying what you like and dislike
Talking about activities you like or dislike
In this activity you learn to talk about what you like or don’t like doing.
Saying how much you like doing something
In this activity you will learn to quantify how much you like or dislike doing something.
Talking about your likes and dislikes
In this activity you learn to talk about the things that you like or don’t like, and about what interests you.
Talking about what other people like or dislike
In this activity you learn how to talk about what someone else likes or dislikes, using the verb piacere.
Over to you
Learning another language requires personal effort. Here you can find some guidance to get the most out of what you learned this week.
Week 2
Comparing likes and dislikes
Italian television programmes
In this section you will learn how to talk about Italian television companies and the programmes they broadcast.
Talking about other people’s likes and dislikes
In this activity you will learn how to use emphatic pronouns to compare people's likes and dislikes.
Talking about the things you are interested in
In this activity, you will learn to talk about the things that interest you and about Italian cinema.
Comparing and contrasting people’s likes and dislikes
In this activity, you will learn how to compare people’s likes, dislikes and interests using the words anche and invece.
Over to you
Learning another language requires personal effort. Here you can find some guidance to get the most out of what you learned this week.
Week 3
Talking about preferences
Talking about holiday destinations
In this activity you will learn to talk about holiday destinations and hobbies. You will also find out what Italians do during their holidays.
Talking about preferences
In this section, you learn how to express your preferences using the verb preferire.
Indicating objects
When talking about what you prefer you may want to point things out. In this activity you will learn how to use ‘this’ (questo) and ‘that’ (quel) in all their forms.
Pronunciation patterns
In this activity you will work on vocabulary for descriptions and learn about words ending in -co and -go. You will also learn some common Italian false friends.
Over to you
Learning another language requires personal effort. Here you can find some guidance to get the most out of what you learned this week.
Week 4
Giving reasons
Expressing dislike
In this activity you will learn how to say you really dislike something.
Giving reasons
In this section you will learn to give reasons and practise doing this by using perché.
Reasons for studying Italian
In this activity you will read about the reasons for studying Italian given by some students on a summer language course at the Università per Stranieri in Perugia.
Reasons for emigrating to other parts of the world
In this activity you find out why some abruzzesi – people from the Abruzzo region – have emigrated to other parts of the world, and how this part of Italy has developed in the last decade.
Over to you
Learning another language requires personal effort. Here you can find some guidance to get the most out of what you learned this week.
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Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Develop skills in basic Italian for interacting in common communicative situations
- Engage in simple communication in Italian
- Apply the language introduced to talk about what you like and dislike, and what you prefer
- Apply the language introduced to talk about what you like doing in your leisure time
Who is the course for?
This course is aimed at people with little prior knowledge of Italian, who want to learn the basic language and find out about Italy and its regions and culture. The course assumes that you have already studied the previous three courses in the Italian for Beginners program. This course is taught through English.
Who will you learn with?
Lecturer in Italian at the Open University, author of Italian course books. I'm Scottish but learnt Italian in Italy when young. I love singing, dancing and travelling around Italy.
OU associate lecturer and materials writer. I have written materials on business communication, Academic English and Italian.
Who developed the course?
The Open University
As the UK’s largest university, The Open University (OU) supports thousands of students to achieve their goals and ambitions via supported distance learning, helping to fit learning around professional and personal life commitments.
Established
1969Location
Milton Keynes, UKWorld ranking
Top 510Source: Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020
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$244.99 for a whole year
Automatically renews
Develop skills to further your career
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- Access to 1,000+ courses
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Tests to boost your learning
- Digital certificate when you're eligible
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Buy this course
$79/one-off payment
Fulfill your current learning need
- Access to this course
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Tests to boost your learning
- Printed and digital certificate when you’re eligible
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Free
Sample the course materials
- Access expires 13 Feb 2025
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