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| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5220 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 9 of 11 11 August 2012 at 10:23pm | IP Logged |
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I started, but abandoned the OU Italian course. At that time it was on its second iteration. As a false beginner I felt hampered by the speed of the course and the amount of contact that was offered and said so on my review. The course book was Colloquial Italian, plus a few online tutorials. Often involving a native speaker.
There is now a further 1st level Italian course. According to the website following both will get you to a B1 level and the 'Certificate in Italian'. The cost is 1250 GBP per course now (was a lot less when I signed up) and more if you are outside the UK and certain other areas. My cousin followed and passed 3 levels of Spanish and still says he didn't get enough native contact. I've heard good reports on the Welsh course. Edited by maydayayday on 11 August 2012 at 10:33pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4829 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 10 of 11 11 August 2012 at 10:45pm | IP Logged |
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@Mayday: £1250 is a lot! Is that just for the beginner level or the whole certificate
(i.e. 2 years)? Level 2 courses have (I trust they still have) summer schools, and that put up the cost of them. (Level 3 courses also used to have them, but they dropped them on cost grounds, although there were some related private ones you could do). My wife and I both did the beginners and level 1 (i.e. the complete certificate) in Spanish, and were considering going on, but for whatever reason didn't. I doubt if we could afford it now! Yes, lack of native contact is always a problem with these sort of courses. The summer schools (where available) were great, but in a way came too late in the year! You basically have to try to make your own arrangements, e.g. meetup groups, and nowadays of course, Skype. I'm not sure how else they could do it though. Theoretically there was always the possibility of self-help groups, i.e. students getting together to practice (now possible via Skype or similar), but that's still not native contact. :-( I understood that the first Italian course was going to be "bought-in" (unlike their original courses which were produced in-house), which might have put up the cost. I came very close to signing up for the Welsh in its 1st year. Should have done so while it was still relatively cheap! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5220 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 11 of 11 12 August 2012 at 10:04am | IP Logged |
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Thats £1250 per course of 30 units.
The 'Upper Intermediate' 2nd level courses cost £2500 which takes you to B2 level. It does include the residential school. That doesnt include the set books for another £100 or so. There isnt a 2nd level Italian course. For 5k I could pay for a lot of self study materials, 1:1 tutor contact time and a residential. I spent about £300 on study materials & tuition. We had a couple of holidays in Spain and still have budget left. Edited by maydayayday on 12 August 2012 at 10:14am 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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