Italian Beginner Course A1.1 (15 hours of frontal lessons)
| WEEK | CONTENT |
|
Week 1
|
Greeting people; introducing yourself; asking the meaning and translation of a word through the function “Che cosa significa? Or Come si dice?” Numbers 1-30. Alphabet, pronunciation of “C” and “G”. Asking nationality and telephone number. Numbers 1-100; asking and giving information about name, city and age. Present tense of essere and avere (to be, to have). |
| Week 2 |
How to read a short Italian article. Nouns: gender and number (masculine, feminine, plural and singular), regular and few irregulars. Present tense of “andare” (to go). How to book a room in a hotel. Asking price and directions; numbers 100-1000; adjectives of nationality; present tense of regular verbs (-are, -ere, -ire). Vocabulary of hotel. |
| Week 3 |
Revision of regular verbs and irregular verbs (essere, avere, andare). Asking and giving the time; introduction of definite and indefinite articles. Vocabulary revision. Work on adjectives and colours. How to write a formal e-mail in Italian. Phonetic “L” and “R”. |
| Week 4 |
Talking about cinema, working places and professions. Present tense of verbs in -isco (capire, preferire, finire). Definitive articles. Talking and writing about a movie. Making questions (How are you? What do you do?…) in a formal and informal way. Present tense of modal verbs dovere, potere, volere (to have to, to be able to, to want). Introduction of some Italian prepositions: in, a, di. Reading an Italian newspaper. |
| Week 5 |
Revision of modal verbs. Ordering in a bar. Indefinite articles; vocabulary of food and bar. Phonetic “s+ci/ce and s+schi/sche” Revision |