The course aims to provide foreign students with an Italian language competence at A2 level (elementary) according to the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR https://rm.coe.int/common-european-framework-of-reference-for-languages-learning-teaching/16809ea0d4).
The course allows the student to achieve a sufficient oral and written comprehension of the local language, as well as an introduction to Italian culture.
The course facilitates the students to achieve a practical oral and written comprehension of the local language, as well as an introduction to the country's culture.
The course includes 60 hours (4 CFU) during the second semester.
Learning activities are listed below:
- Viewing videos
- Vocabulary and grammar exercises
- Describing pictures
- Brief listening practice
- Fun activities/games
- Reading/listening and comprehension
- Progress evaluations
- Conversations and interactions.
- Compositions
Morphosyntactic elements
Alphabet, subject personal pronouns, pronunciation C and G, polite/formal form, affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences, gender and number of nouns and adjectives, formation of masculine and feminine nouns, regular and irregular nouns, qualifying adjectives, cardinal and ordinal numbers, definite articles, indefinite articles, concordance article + noun + qualifying adjective, present indicative of regular, irregular, and reflexive verbs, expressions with "essere" and "avere", demonstrative adjectives and pronouns, possessive adjectives, adverbs of frequency, construction of the verb "piacere", simple, articulate and improper prepositions, "passato prossimo", present and past tense of reflexive verbs, informal affirmative and negative imperative (you, we, you) of regular, irregular and reflexive verbs, direct and indirect pronouns, the particle "CI", "imperfetto" indicative, difference between "passato prossimo" and "imperfetto", present progressive, direct and indirect pronouns with the "passato prossimo", partitive articles, "ne" partitive, "stare per" + infinitive.
Alphabet, s
ubject personal pronouns, p
ronunciation C and G, p
olite/formal form, a
ffirmative, negative and interrogative sentences, g
ender and number of nouns and adjectives, f
ormation of masculine and feminine nouns, r
egular and irregular nouns, q
ualifying adjectives, c
ardinal and ordinal numbers, d
efinite articles, i
ndefinite articles, c
oncordance article + noun + qualifying adjective, p
resent indicative of regular, irregular, and reflexive verbs, e
xpressions with "essere" and "avere", d
emonstrative adjectives and pronouns, p
ossessive adjectives, a
dverbs of frequency,
construction of the verb "piacere", s
imple, articulate and improper prepositions,
"passato prossimo", p
resent and past tense of reflexive verbs, i
nformal affirmative and negative imperative (you, we, you) of regular, irregular and reflexive verbs, d
irect and indirect pronouns, t
he particle "CI",
"imperfetto" indicative, d
ifference between "passato prossimo" and "imperfetto", p
resent progressive, d
irect and indirect pronouns with the "passato prossimo", p
artitive articles,
"ne" partitive,
"stare per" + infinitive.
Lexicon
Nationality, greetings, objects in the classroom, people and environments in the school, physical appearance, human body, character, hours/time, pastimes, leisure activities, days of the week, months, seasons, holidays, vacations, vacation accommodations and places, hotel services, weather, dishes and dinning courses, meals, food and drink, table setting, professions, modes of transportation, home, places in the city, articles of clothing, colors, symptoms of physical discomfort, expressions with body parts, states of mind, formal and informal e-mails, decorative objects, furniture, sanitary items and household appliances, internet and social networks, grocery stores, containers and units of measurement, shopping lists, television genres and programs.
Nationality, g
reetings, o
bjects in the classroom, p
eople and environments in the school, p
hysical appearance,
human body, c
haracter, h
ours/time, p
astimes, l
eisure activities, d
ays of the week, m
onths, s
easons, h
olidays, v
acations, v
acation accommodations and places, h
otel services, w
eather, d
ishes and dinning courses, m
eals, f
ood and drink, t
able setting, p
rofessions, m
odes of transportation, h
ome, p
laces in the city, a
rticles of clothing, c
olors, s
ymptoms of physical discomfort, e
xpressions with body parts, s
tates of mind, f
ormal and informal e-mails, d
ecorative objects, furniture, sanitary items and household appliances, i
nternet and social networks, g
rocery stores, c
ontainers and units of measurement, s
hopping lists, t
elevision genres and programs.
Communicative elements
Introducing yourself, asking for and saying name, nationality and age, asking and saying how you are, spelling in Italian, expressing agreement, disagreement, uncertainty and doubt, asking and saying where you work, expressing an opinion, asking for explanations, describing physical appearance, ordering at the bar, asking and telling the time, accepting or refusing an invitation, talking about leisure activities, asking and telling birthday, asking and telling what day it is, planning an outing, expressing good wishes, asking and telling what the weather is like, describing a person's character and physical appearance, asking and giving address/location, talking about the family, ordering at a restaurant, locating objects, talking about daily routines, describing the environment in which one lives, shopping in a store, talking about past events, talking about vacations, giving orders, talking about health, talking about movies, telling the plot of a movie, talking about means of transportation, planning an outing, booking a hotel room, describing habits in the past tense, talking about musica and moods, writing a formal e-mail, asking for and giving information at the bank and post office, talking about travel, talking about houses and apartments, talking about the furnishings of a home, describe a person's character and physical appearance, talking about social networks and the Internet, making a prediction, explaining the choice of a product and talking about a television program.
Introducing yourself, a
sking for and saying name, nationality and age, a
sking and saying how you are, s
pelling in Italian, e
xpressing agreement, disagreement, uncertainty and doubt, a
sking and saying where you work, e
xpressing an opinion, a
sking for explanations, d
escribing physical appearance, o
rdering at the bar, a
sking and telling the time, a
ccepting or refusing an invitation, t
alking about leisure activities, a
sking and telling birthday, a
sking and telling what day it is, p
lanning an outing, e
xpressing good wishes, a
sking and telling what the weather is like, d
escribing a person's character and physical appearance, a
sking and giving address/location, t
alking about the family, o
rdering at a restaurant, l
ocating objects, t
alking about daily routines, d
escribing the environment in which one lives, s
hopping in a store, t
alking about past events, t
alking about vacations, g
iving orders, t
alking about health, t
alking about movies, t
elling the plot of a movie, t
alking about means of transportation, p
lanning an outing, b
ooking a hotel room, d
escribing habits in the past tense, t
alking about music
a and moods, w
riting a formal e-mail, a
sking for and giving information at the bank and post office, t
alking about travel, t
alking about houses and apartments, t
alking about the furnishings of a home, d
escribe a person's character and physical appearance, t
alking about social networks and the Internet, m
aking a prediction, e
xplaining the choice of a product and t
alking about a television program.
At the end of the course, the student will be able to understand written and oral texts in Italian and to write and speak in Italian according to the criteria described in the CEFR (Common European Framework of References for Languages https://rm.coe.int/common-european-framework-of-reference-for-languages-learning-teaching/16809ea0d4) for A2 level.
The students will need to purchase the following textbooks:
L.Mattioli, Bla Bla! Livello A1, Nina Edizioni
L.Mattioli, Bla Bla! Livello A2, Nina Edizioni
L. Morano, Alfa Beta Gramma, Nina Edizioni
https://www.ninaedizionishop.it/it/catalogo-articoli/italiano
During the course, at least one A2 level reading book will be read from the following list:
Authentic texts will also be used where possible and ad hoc material will be created during the lessons.
Ricevimento: Students may contact the professor by e-mail.
CHRISTIANO LEPRATTI (President)
LAURA MORANO (President Substitute)
Lessons will start on Monday 27 January 2025..
The exam will be conducted in written mode.
The test is based on the lexical, morphosyntactic, and communicative topics covered during the lessons.
The written test consists of various types of exercises to evaluate the students language skills, including:
The use of a dictionary is not allowed.
