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Italian course: A1 beginner (syllabus)

Learning module 1: Presentarsi

A1:1 Saluti e arrivederci (Greetings and Farewells)

A1.1: Greetings and Farewells

Learning goals

  • Basic greetings and farewells.
  • Starting and ending a conversation.
  • Useful phrases to use during class (asking for clarification, repetition, etc.).
  • Personal pronouns

A1:2 Dire il tuo nome (Telling your name)

A1.2: Telling your name

Learning goals

  • Tell your name and ask for the name of somebody
  • Titles and ways of addressing people. (Mister, miss,...)
  • Introduce yourself
  • The Italian alphabet
  • Italian pronunciation

A1:3 Di dove sei? (Where are you from?)

A1.3: Where are you from?

Learning goals

  • Ask somebody where they are from
  • Say your nationality
  • The articles in Italian
  • Gender and number of nouns

A1:4 Numeri e conteggio (Numbers and counting)

A1.4: Numbers and counting

Learning goals

  • Learn to count
  • Numbers from 1-100
  • Cardinal numbers: the tens
  • Large numbers: centinaia, migliaia, milioni
  • Cardinal numbers: the basics

A1:5 Famiglia (Family)

A1.5: Family

Learning goals

  • Introduce and tell about your family.
  • Ask someone about their family. (size, structure,...)
  • Possessive adjectives

A1:6 Dire la tua età (Saying your age)

A1.6: Saying your age

Learning goals

  • Asking somebody's age
  • Say how old you are and when your birthday is
  • The interrogatives: "Quando?", "Quanto?",

A1:7 Professioni e studi (Professions and studies)

A1.7: Professions and studies

Learning goals

  • Describe your profession
  • Ask somebody's profession
  • Talk about studies
  • The interrogatives: "Quale?", "Dove?", "Perché?"

A1:8 Indirizzo e recapiti (Address and contact details)

A1.8: Address and contact details

Learning goals

  • Asking for and giving contact details.
  • Tell and ask for addresses.
  • Present tense of regular verbs
  • the zero conditional
Learning module 2: Dalle ore alle stagioni

A1:9 Giorni della settimana e momenti della giornata (Days of the week and parts of the day)

A1.9: Days of the week and parts of the day

Learning goals

  • Learn the parts of the day.
  • Learn the names of the 7 days of the week
  • Describe your weekly activities.
  • Prepositions: indicating times of the day

A1:10 Il tempo (The weather)

A1.10: The weather

Learning goals

  • Talk about the weather
  • Basic weather vocabulary
  • The articulated prepositions

A1:11 Numeri ordinali (Ordinal numbers)

A1.11: Ordinal numbers

Learning goals

  • Learn the ordinal numbers.

A1:12 Stagioni, mesi e parti dell'anno (Seasons, months and parts of the year)

A1.12: Seasons, months and parts of the year

Learning goals

  • Learn the seasons and months.
  • Describe the weather in each season and month.
  • Advanced: tell what you do in what month of the year.
  • Stare per + infinitive

A1:13 Dire l'ora e leggere l'orologio (Telling the time and reading the clock)

A1.13: Telling the time and reading the clock

Learning goals

  • Ask and tell the time
  • Read the clock

A1:14 Date di calendario e festività (Calendar dates and holidays)

A1.14: Calendar dates and holidays

Learning goals

  • The basic dates and holidays
  • How is the date formed?
Learning module 3: Ogni giorno

A1:15 Cibo quotidiano (Daily food)

A1.15: Daily food

Learning goals

  • Name the food that we consume daily.
  • Tell what you eat and drink.
  • conjunctions

A1:16 Abitudini giornaliere (Daily routines)

A1.16: Daily routines

Learning goals

  • Talk about your daily routine.
  • Talk about habits.
  • Reflexive verbs

A1:17 Cucinare e cuocere al forno (Cooking and baking)

A1.17: Cooking and baking

Learning goals

  • Basic ingredients for cooking
  • Expressing obligations
  • qualifying adjectives

A1:18 Chiedere cose (Asking things)

A1.18: Asking things

Learning goals

  • Ask and answer questions.
  • Learn the question words.
  • Interrogatives

A1:19 Prezzi e soldi (Prices and money)

A1.19: Prices and money

Learning goals

  • Talk about money, currencies and payment methods.
  • Ask for and say the price in a shop.
  • Indefinites: 'molto', 'tanto', 'poco', etc...

A1:20 Fare la spesa (Grocery shopping)

A1.20: Grocery shopping

Learning goals

  • Write a grocery list for daily food and drinks.
  • Ask a shop assistant about a product in the supermarket.
  • Forms of courtesy: Scusa and Scusi
  • The imperative: 'Andiamo'

A1:21 Al negozio d'abbigliamento (At the clothing shop)

A1.21: At the clothing shop

Learning goals

  • Describe everyday clothing.
  • Ask for availability in a clothing shop.
  • Ask for your size.
  • The modal verbs: 'Potere', 'Dovere', 'Volere'

A1:22 Parti del corpo (Body parts)

A1.22: Body parts

Learning goals

  • Get to know the basic body parts.
  • Basic phrases to describe your health.
  • The plural of nouns
Learning module 4: Descrivere oggetti e persone

A1:23 Aspetto fisico (Physical appearance)

A1.23: Physical appearance

Learning goals

  • Describe people's physical appearance
  • Use adjectives to describe people.
  • The agreement of adjectives

A1:24 Colori (Colours)

A1.24: Colours

Learning goals

  • Describe the colours of common objects.
  • Basic, compound and hair colours.
  • Use of “piacere”

A1:25 Emozioni e sentimenti (Emotions and feelings)

A1.25: Emotions and feelings

Learning goals

  • Express your basic emotions.
  • Describe the emotions of others.
  • The present perfect with essere
  • The present perfect with avere

A1:26 Sensi e percezione (Senses and perceiving)

A1.26: Senses and perceiving

Learning goals

  • Describe taste, smell, sight, sound and touch
  • Compare things
  • The comparative adjectives: "Più + aggettivo + di," ...

A1:27 Forme (Shapes and forms)

A1.27: Shapes and forms

Learning goals

  • Describe forms and shapes.
  • Describe basic objects.
  • Express preferences.
  • The demonstrative adjectives: Questo, quello

A1:28 Carattere e personalità (Character and personality)

A1.28: Character and personality

Learning goals

  • Learn to describe the character of people.
  • Talk about personalities.
  • The relative superlative: il più, il meno, i più, ...

A1:29 Stati e sensazioni fisiche (Physical states and sensations)

A1.29: Physical states and sensations

Learning goals

  • Express what you need.
  • Tell how your body feels.
  • Past participles as adjectives

A1:30 Malattia e dolori (Sickness and pain)

A1.30: Sickness and pain

Learning goals

  • Express sickness and pain.
  • Express your medical condition at the doctor's office.
  • Adverbs of manner
Learning module 5: A casa

A1:31 La nostra casa (Our house)

A1.31: Our house

Learning goals

  • Describe all the rooms and floors of a house.
  • Understand a house rental or sales ad.
  • The use of 'c'è' and 'ci sono'

A1:32 Mobili (Furniture)

A1.32: Furniture

Learning goals

  • Describe the furniture in your house.
  • Use the prepositions of place to indicate the location of furniture.
  • "Ci" vs "ce"

A1:33 Stoviglie (Tableware)

A1.33: Tableware

Learning goals

  • Describe what tableware you need.
  • Setting up the table to receive guests.
  • Adverbs of place

A1:34 Elettrodomestici (Household appliances)

A1.34: Household appliances

Learning goals

  • Learn the names of common household and electrical appliances.
  • Daily situations with common household devices.
  • Adverbs ending in -mente

A1:35 Alloggio (Housing and accommodation)

A1.35: Housing and accommodation

Learning goals

  • Learn the different types of accommodations.
  • Contact a landlord or agency to rent a house.
  • The connectors: Allora, Quindi, Perché, Anche

A1:36 Piante da appartamento e piante da giardino (Houseplants and garden plants)

A1.36: Houseplants and garden plants

Learning goals

  • Learn the names of common plants and flowers in the house and in the garden.
  • Daily plant care routine and gardening.
  • Stare + gerund

A1:37 I tuoi animali domestici (Your pets)

A1.37: Your pets

Learning goals

  • Learn the basic animals (pets).
  • Describe the routines, daily care and food of your pet.
  • 'Andare a' + infinitive
Learning module 6: La città e il villaggio

A1:38 Servizi quotidiani (Everyday services)

A1.38: Everyday services

Learning goals

  • Describe the location of services on a map.
  • Ask for the opening hours of a certain service.
  • The negation: 'Non', 'No', 'Neanche', 'Nemmeno'

A1:39 Ordinare cibo e uscire a cena (Ordering food and dining out)

A1.39: Ordering food and dining out

Learning goals

  • Ask food from the menu.
  • Reserve a table in a restaurant.
  • The polite form: vorrei

A1:40 Sport ed esercizio fisico (Sports and exercise)

A1.40: Sports and exercise

Learning goals

  • Learn the sports
  • Talk about the sports you practice
  • The adverbs of frequency: sempre, spesso, mai

A1:41 Descrivere gli hobby (Describing hobbies)

A1.41: Describing hobbies

Learning goals

  • Talk about your hobbies
  • Describe activities that you enjoy
  • The adverbs of time: dopo, prima, poi, etc...

A1:42 Trasporto (Transportation)

A1.42: Transportation

Learning goals

  • Describe the different types of transportation.
  • Buy a transport ticket.
  • Describe transportation between places.
  • The prepositions of place: andare in, andare a, per, da, etc.

A1:43 Chiedere e dare indicazioni (Asking for and giving directions)

A1.43: Asking for and giving directions

Learning goals

  • Ask for directions in a city
  • Giving directions to a stranger
  • Ask for the existence of a building or service.
  • The expressions of place: a destra, vicino a, ...

A1:44 Venerdì sera fuori (Friday night out)

A1.44: Friday night out

Learning goals

  • Make plans with your friends for the Friday evening.
  • Invite somebody for an event.
  • The passive form with essere + past participle

A1:45 Musica e arte (Music and art)

A1.45: Music and art

Learning goals

  • Talk about culture events in the city.
  • Go to the museum, an exposition, musical,...
  • Indirect speech: “dire che”