Società Dante Alighieri, Cork
Italian Language & Cultural Society, Cork
Progressive changeover to new textbook - Espresso Vols I & II.
In September 2013,
1 Classes will be redesignated Levels 1 to 6 with New Beginners going into Level 1
2 Level 1 New Beginners will use our new textbook Espresso Vol I.
3 Level 2 (2012 / 2013’s Complete Beginners) will also use Espresso Vol I.
4 Levels 3 - 6 will continue to use Parliamo Italiano.
5 In Autumn 2014 Levels 1, 2 and 3 will use Espresso Vol I and Levels 4, 5 and 6 will use Parliamo.
6 Each succeeding year thereafter will see another Level using Espresso Vol I until all will have
changed over and Parliamo Italiano is phased out, as follows,
2014 / ‘15 Levels 1 - 3 Espresso Vol I Levels 4 - 6 Parliamo Italiano
2015 / ‘16 Levels 1 - 4 Espresso Vol I Levels 5 - 6 Parliamo Italiano
2016 / ‘17 Levels 1 - 5 Espresso Vol I Level 6 Parliamo Italiano
2017 / ‘18 All levels on Espresso Vol I. Parliamo Italiano discontinued.
Complete Curriculum review Spring 2019.
7 Breakdown
Level 1:
Level 2:
Level 3:
Level 4:
Level 5:
Level 6:
of Espresso Vol I chapters for each Level.
Chapters 1 - 4 inclusive
Chapters 5 - 7 inclusive
Chapters 8 - 10 inclusive
Chapters 11 - 14 inclusive
Espresso Vol II - Chapters 1 - 4 inclusive.
Espresso Vol II - Chapters 5 onwards.
8 In September 2013 the Curriculum will look like this:
Level 1:
Espresso Vol I (Chapters 1 - 4)
Level 2:
Espresso Vol I(Chapters 5 - 7)
Level 3:
(Previous Level 2’s of now) Parliamo Italiano
Level 4:
(Previous Level 3’s of now) Parliamo Italiano
Level 5:
(Previous Level 4’s of now) Parliamo Italiano
Level 6:
(Previous Level 5’s of now) Parliamo Italiano
Unita 3 plus first half of Unita 4.
second half of Unita 4 plus Unita 5.
Unita 6 and Unita 7.
Unita 8 and Unita 9.
The new textbook Espresso can be purchased in Liam Ruiséal’s Bookshop, Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork
from mid August and will cost approx e45.