Italian academic writing course
Annotated Italian academic writing: hedges, Lei-adjacent formality, model essay, error clinic, four-week plan.
Academic Italian without Spanish bleed
Spanish cognates accelerate reading and import wrong glue. Prefer prendere una decisione, tuttavia, i dati suggeriscono, secondo lo studio. Keep Lei/outward formality instincts even in academic email.
Annotated model essay
La mobilità urbana è diventata un tema centrale delle politiche locali. I dati disponibili suggeriscono che il miglioramento del trasporto pubblico riduce, in una certa misura, l’uso dell’automobile nelle ore di punta. Tuttavia gli effetti non sono automatici: dipendono dalla frequenza e dal prezzo. Nella misura in cui le città combinano infrastrutture e tariffe accessibili, i risultati tendono a essere più chiari. Secondo rapporti comunali recenti, anche la percezione di sicurezza influisce sul cambiamento modale. Va sottolineato che questo quadro non esaurisce fattori come la pianificazione residenziale.
Four-week plan
- Skeleton with media-sheet facts.
- Neutralize an editoriale.
- False-friend + collocation clinic.
- Timed essay + 90-second oral.
Error clinic
- fare una decisione → prendere una decisione
- tu in institutional writing → Lei forms where required
- Spanish connectors imported wholesale → tuttavia / pertanto / nel complesso
Pair with academic register, collocations, Italian C1 guide.
Worked drill 1
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 2
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 3
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 4
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 5
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 6
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 7
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 8
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 9
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 10
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 11
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 12
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 13
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 14
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 15
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 16
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 17
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 18
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 19
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 20
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 21
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Worked drill 22
Take a 90-word news summary in italian and rewrite it as an academic paragraph: add one hedge, one concession, and one attribution. Speak the paragraph once. If you cannot say a clause, simplify the written version until speech and writing agree. Score task/register/markers/control (0–2 each).
Output workshop Academic register pack Collocations C1 assessed tasks
FAQ
- How should I practice this course?
- Follow the four-week plan: skeleton reuse, neutralize opinion, error clinic, then a timed essay plus oral summary. Score task/register/markers/control each Friday.
- Is this only for exams?
- No. Exam manuals are a gym. This course trains academic and formal writing you can reuse in study and work.