CILS A2 study plan
CILS A2 · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Produzione e comprensione orale & Analisi delle strutture di comunicazione
Distinguish and produce the seven Italian vowel sounds and double consonants in isolation and in minimal pairs (e.g., casa/cassa, papa/papà).
Conjugate the present indicative of essere and avere and use them in 20 self-written sentences about daily life.
Recognize and produce numbers 0–100, days of the week, months, and telling time in both audio and written form.
Identify the subject pronoun and verb ending in 15 short audio clips (A2-level dialogues) and note the person (io/tu/lui/lei/noi/voi/loro).
Your checkpoint
A recorded 2-minute self-introduction (name, origin, work/study, daily routine) plus a written transcript with the 20 essere/avere sentences, submitted as one audio file and one text file.
Produzione e comprensione orale & Analisi delle strutture di comunicazione
Form and use regular -are, -ere, -ire present-tense verbs in 30 oral sentences describing habits and routines.
Ask and answer 10 common A2 questions (Come ti chiami? Di dove sei? Che lavoro fai? A che ora...?) with correct intonation.
Use definite and indefinite articles correctly with 20 nouns, including irregular plurals (uomini, donne, città).
Take dictation of 10 short sentences containing present-tense verbs and articles, scoring at least 80% accuracy.
Your checkpoint
A 3-minute audio dialogue with a partner or self-recorded role-play covering introductions, work, and daily schedule, accompanied by a written list of the 10 questions and answers used.
Produzione e comprensione orale & Analisi delle strutture di comunicazione
Conjugate the passato prossimo with avere and essere, including agreement of the past participle, in 25 written sentences about last weekend.
Distinguish when to use passato prossimo versus imperfetto in 15 sentence pairs and explain the choice orally.
Understand and use common time expressions (ieri, la settimana scorsa, due anni fa, mentre) in spoken and written sentences.
Listen to a 2-minute A2 audio passage about a past event and answer 5 comprehension questions with at least 4 correct.
Your checkpoint
A 150-word written narrative in the passato prossimo about a recent trip or event, plus a 90-second oral retelling of the same event without reading the text.
Produzione e comprensione orale & Comprensione della lettura & Analisi delle strutture di comunicazione
Read 3 short A2 articles (150–200 words each) on daily life and identify the main idea and 3 supporting details per article.
Scan a menu, a train timetable, and a shop return policy to locate 8 specific pieces of information under timed conditions (3 minutes per text).
Use context to infer the meaning of 10 unknown words in reading passages and confirm with a dictionary.
Produce oral summaries of two of the articles in 60–90 seconds each, using at least 5 new vocabulary items from the texts.
Your checkpoint
A reading log with 3 articles, 5 comprehension questions answered per article, and 10 inferred vocabulary items with definitions, plus two 60–90 second audio summaries.
Comprensione della lettura & Produzione scritta
Write a 120–150 word informal email or message (invitation, apology, request) using appropriate opening and closing formulas.
Write a 100–120 word descriptive text about a person or place, correctly using adjectives, agreement, and the present tense.
Read 4 A2-level short texts (advertisements, notices, personal letters) and answer 12 multiple-choice or true/false questions with at least 10 correct.
Revise two written drafts for article, adjective agreement, and verb tense errors, reducing errors by at least 50% between drafts.
Your checkpoint
A portfolio of two written texts (one informal email, one description) with first and revised drafts, plus a 12-question reading comprehension set with answer key and score.
Comprensione della lettura & Produzione scritta
Write a 150-word narrative in the past tense about a memorable day, sequencing events with connectives (prima, poi, dopo, infine).
Read a 200-word A2 text and answer 6 questions that require distinguishing main ideas from details.
Use a bilingual dictionary effectively to check 10 word choices and record the part of speech and example sentence for each.
Self-assess two written texts against a 5-point checklist (task completion, vocabulary range, grammar accuracy, coherence, length) and set two specific improvement targets.
Your checkpoint
A 150-word past-tense narrative plus a completed self-assessment checklist with scores and two concrete revision goals for the final two weeks.
Produzione e comprensione orale & Comprensione della lettura & Produzione scritta & Analisi delle strutture di comunicazione
Complete one full timed mock exam under CILS A2 conditions (listening, reading, writing, structures) and record section scores.
Identify the two weakest task types from the mock and complete 10 targeted practice items for each.
Deliver a 2-minute oral presentation on a familiar topic (family, work, free time) with no more than 3 hesitations longer than 3 seconds.
Review 20 recurring errors from weeks 1–6 and write corrected versions of each.
Your checkpoint
A mock exam score report with section-by-section results, a list of the two weakest task types, and a corrected error log of 20 items.
Produzione e comprensione orale & Comprensione della lettura & Produzione scritta & Analisi delle strutture di comunicazione
Complete a second full timed mock exam and achieve at least 60% in every section, with an overall score at or above the pass threshold.
Write one 150-word formal or semi-formal message (complaint, request, arrangement) within 25 minutes.
Record a 2-minute oral response to an unpredictable A2 prompt (e.g., describe your last holiday) with clear pronunciation and at least 8 connected sentences.
Review the error log from week 7 and confirm that at least 15 of the 20 errors are no longer repeated in the second mock.
Your checkpoint
Second mock exam score report showing at least 60% per section, plus the timed 150-word writing sample and the 2-minute oral recording, submitted together as a final exam-readiness package.
Milestones
Week 2: Can sustain a 2-minute spoken self-introduction using present tense and correct articles, with a listener understanding the main points without repetition.
Week 4: Can read a 150–200 word A2 text and answer 4 of 5 comprehension questions correctly within 5 minutes, and can narrate a past event orally for 90 seconds.
Week 6: Can write a 150-word text in the past tense with clear sequencing and no more than 5 grammatical errors, and can answer 10 of 12 reading questions correctly.
Week 8: Achieves at least 60% in each of the four domains on a full timed mock exam and completes all writing and oral tasks within the official time limits.