OVERVIEW

The course, comprising 24 hours of lessons, aims to develop the learners’ communicative competence in Italian at the A1 level of the CEFR, focusing in particular on receptive language skills (reading and listening comprehension) and metalinguistic competence.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The student will acquire the basic knowledge in the national language and a glimpse at national culture and heritage of the hosting country

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Development of the learners’ communicative competence in Italian at the A1 level of the CEFR, with particular regard to receptive language skills (reading and listening comprehension) and metalinguistic competence.

PREREQUISITES

Basic literacy skills; knowledge of the English language as language of communication.

TEACHING METHODS

Interactive lessons in presence; oral exchanges in pairs and small groups.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Topics: communication in the L2 Italian class; exchanging basic personal details; booking accommodation; asking for information; describing daily routines and the frequency of actions; making proposals and counterproposals, accepting and refusing politely; close relatives.

Grammar: subject personal pronouns; formal and informal ways of addressing interlocutors; definite and indefinite articles; regular plural of nouns; the feminine of the most frequent nouns; the agreement within the noun phrase; c’è/ci sono; question word; possessive adjectives; the conjugation of the present simple of regular, reflexive and the following irregular verbs: andare, avere, dire, dovere, essere, fare, potere, rimanere, uscire, venire, volere; prepositions of place.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Turra, E. (2017), Azione! Imparare l’italiano con i video, Loescher, Torino.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

SANDRO SCIUTTI (President)

MARIO AGOSTINO ROCCA

DAVIDE PEDDIS (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

According to the timetable reported here 

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written paper (Listening comprehension, Reading comprehension, Grammar & Vocabulary)

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Professor Sergio Di Domizio (sergio.didomizio@unige.it), the Department’s disability liaison.