OVERVIEW

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

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Providing the student with further knowledge of the Italian language and culture as an improvement of their initial skills

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

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

PREREQUISITES

Basic literacy skills.

TEACHING METHODS

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

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Lexical Elements

Greetings, nationalities, classroom objects, people and school environments, physical appearance, body parts, time, hobbies, leisure activities, days of the week, months, seasons, weather conditions, professions, family names, dishes, courses, meals, food, drinks, table settings, clothing, colors, means of transportation, shops, rooms in the house, places in the city, sports, holidays, and vacations.

Communicative Elements

Introducing oneself; asking for and stating one's name, nationality, and age; asking for and stating how one feels; spelling in Italian; expressing agreement, disagreement, uncertainty, and doubt; asking for and stating where one works; asking for and stating what one studies; expressing an opinion; asking for explanations; describing physical appearance; ordering at a café; asking for and telling the time; accepting or refusing an invitation; talking about leisure activities; describing the weather; asking for and stating one's birth date; asking for and stating what day it is; organizing a trip; giving well wishes; asking for and stating the weather conditions; describing a person’s character; asking for and giving an address; talking about family; ordering at a restaurant; locating objects in space; talking about daily habits; shopping in a store; describing one’s home; asking for information about a course; talking about health; interacting in a pharmacy; telling what one did over the weekend; talking about a vacation; talking about holidays.

Morphosyntactic elements

Alphabet, subject personal pronouns, pronunciation of c and g,formal and informal distinctions, affirmative sentence, negative sentence, interrogative sentence, gender and number of nouns and adjectives, formation of masculine and feminine, qualifying adjectives, noun-adjective agreement, cardinal and ordinal numbers, definite and indefinite articles, present tense of regular, irregular, and reflexive verbs, demonstrative and possessive adjectives, adverbs of frequency, and simple prepositions, brief introduction to past perfect.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

During the course, this textbook will be used:

Fumagalli, L., Rota, D. & Bozzone Costa, R.,  C. Ghezzi & M. Piantoni (2024), Italiano da zero, Loescher Editore

Reference will be made to this grammar book:

Morano, L. (2024), Alfa Beta Gramma, Nina edizioni

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Lessons will start on Tuesday, February 25th.

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written and oral exam

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Written and oral exam