Italian language courses
Università della Svizzera italiana offers Italian language courses during both autumn and spring semesters. All of the non Italian-speaking USI students, USI researchers, USI professors and USI staff are invited to participate free of charge.
The Modern languages laboratory, USI's Language centre
Team Modern languages laboratory
Italian language courses supervisor: Susanne Stigen Pescia
Italian language lecturers
Study path
Italian language courses are offered in different levels corresponding to those described in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The table shows the possible language paths according to the starting level and the development of skills over two years. The language offer includes pre-semester intensive and semester-time courses:
1st year | 2nd year | ||||||
Starting level |
Pre-autumn sem. intensive |
Autumn sem. |
Pre-spring sem. intensive |
Spring sem. |
Pre-autumn sem. intensive | Autumn sem. | Spring sem. |
A0 |
A1.1 (A1 part 1) |
A1.2 (A1 part 2) |
A2.1 (A2 part 1) |
A2.2 (A2 part 2) |
B1.1 (B1 part 1) | B1.2 (B1 part 2) | |
A0 |
A1.1 (A1 part 1) | A1.2 (A1 part 2) | A2.1 (A2 part 1) | A2.2 (A2 part 2) | B1.1 (B1 part 1) | ||
A0 |
A1.1 (A1 part 1) |
A1.2 (A1 part 2) | A2.1 (A2 part 1) | A2.2 (A2 part 2) | B1.1 (B1 part 1) | ||
A0 |
|
A1.1 (A1 part 1) | A1.2 (A1 part 2) | A2.1 (A2 part 1) | A2.2 (A2 part 2) | ||
A1.1 |
A1.2 (A1 part 2) |
A2.1 (A2 part 1) |
A2.2 (A2 part 2) |
B1.1 (B1 part 1) |
B1.2 (B1 part 2) | B2.1 (B2 part 1) | |
A1.2 / A2.1 |
A2.1 (A2 part 1) |
A2.2 (A2 part 2) |
A2.2 (A2 part 2) |
B1.1 (B1 part 1) | B1.2 (B1 part 2) | B2.1 (B2 part 1) | |
A2.2 / B1.1 |
|
B1.1 (B1 part 1) |
|
B1.2 (B1 part 2) | B2.1 (B2 part 1) | B2.2 (B2 part 2) |
Places are limited, please only register if you are serious about attending more than 80% of the course.
Withdrawal
Good course planning requires accurate data on the number of participants. In the event of an unforeseen withdrawal, it is the candidate's responsibility to inform the Modern languages laboratory before the start of the course by writing promptly to [email protected].
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