MATSEC SEC Italian study plan

Identify and produce all 21 Italian phonemes, including double consonants and the open/closed e/o distinction, in isolation and in minimal pairs.

Conjugate the present indicative of regular -are, -ere, -ire verbs and the six most frequent irregular verbs (essere, avere, fare, andare, venire, dare) orally without hesitation.

Record and self-assess a 2-minute spoken self-introduction covering name, origin, work, and daily routine, noting three pronunciation errors to correct.

Listen to a 1-minute authentic audio clip (weather forecast or station announcement) and transcribe the five key content words.

Build a personal vocabulary list of 40 high-frequency words from the week's listening and grammar work, grouped by part of speech.

Form and use the passato prossimo with avere and essere, applying correct past participle agreement, in 20 spoken sentences about last weekend.

Distinguish and produce the imperfetto for habitual past actions versus the passato prossimo for completed events in a 3-minute narrative.

Listen to a 2-minute dialogue (at a bar or shop) and answer six comprehension questions on prices, quantities, and times.

Use direct object pronouns (lo, la, li, le) and the particle ne correctly in five spoken exchanges.

Memorise and recite the irregular past participles of 15 common verbs (fatto, detto, preso, etc.).

Sustain a 5-minute role-play conversation (booking a hotel room, reporting a lost item) using appropriate formal and informal register (tu/Lei).

Apply the futuro semplice to make predictions and promises, and the condizionale presente for polite requests, in 15 spoken sentences.

Listen to a 3-minute radio interview and take notes on five specific facts, then summarise them orally in 60 seconds.

Use comparative and superlative structures (più... di, il più...) accurately in eight spoken comparisons.

Identify and correct five common Maltese-English interference errors in Italian pronunciation (e.g., vowel reduction, /r/ tapping).

Skim three 250-word Italian articles (news, culture, sport) and identify the main idea of each within 90 seconds per text.

Scan a 300-word text for specific details (dates, numbers, names) and answer eight true/false and short-answer questions with 80% accuracy.

Deduce the meaning of ten unknown words from context using morphological clues (prefixes, suffixes, cognates).

Recognise and translate all forms of the pronoun particles ci and ne in context.

Complete a 20-item cloze test on verb tenses and prepositions with at least 16 correct.

Analyse the structure of an Italian informal letter and an email, identifying opening and closing formulae and register markers.

Write a 120-word informal letter to a friend describing a recent event, using at least three tenses and five connectives (però, quindi, inoltre, infatti, mentre).

Read a 300-word narrative text and produce a 100-word summary capturing the main events in chronological order.

Use the subjunctive present (congiuntivo presente) after opinion verbs (penso che, credo che) in five written sentences.

Self-edit a draft for agreement errors (noun-adjective, subject-verb) using a checklist of five common mistakes.

Write a 150-word formal letter or email (complaint, application, request for information) using the correct formal address (Gentile..., Cordiali saluti) and the conditional for politeness.

Structure a 180-word opinion composition with a clear introduction, two supporting arguments, and a conclusion, using discourse markers (in primo luogo, d'altra parte, in conclusione).

Apply the congiuntivo imperfetto and trapassato in hypothetical sentences (se clauses) in eight written examples.

Use relative pronouns (che, cui, il quale) to combine ten pairs of simple sentences into complex ones.

Proofread a 150-word text and correct ten deliberate errors in spelling, accents, and double consonants.

Complete a full mock oral exam (10 minutes: presentation, picture description, general conversation) under timed conditions.

Complete a full mock reading comprehension paper (two texts, 20 questions) in 45 minutes and score at least 70%.

Write a 180-word composition under exam conditions in 45 minutes, planning for five minutes before writing.

Review and consolidate the ten grammar structures most frequently tested (articles, prepositions, pronouns, tenses, agreement, subjunctive, conditional, comparatives, relative clauses, passive).

Listen to a 5-minute podcast or news bulletin and produce a 100-word written summary in Italian.

Target the three weakest areas identified in the week 7 mock and complete 30 minutes of focused practice on each.

Re-record the oral exam tasks and compare fluency and accuracy against the week 7 recording.

Complete a final timed mini-mock (reading 30 minutes, writing 30 minutes) and achieve at least 75% on each section.

Memorise and rehearse ten useful exam phrases for buying time and expressing opinions in speaking and writing.

Create a one-page personal error checklist and review it daily for the final five days before the exam.