FLI-LAN7316 - Italian level 2
Course Description
This course begins with a thorough review of the basics learned in Beginning Italian to ensure a good foundation. Each week a new area of conversion will be included. A strong emphasis will be placed on conversation abilities throughout the course
Course Outline
1. Activities and Hobbies2. Viewpoints
- Hello? Who’s speaking?
- The telephone
- The Cell phone
- A Business Call
- Irregular verbs with – are ending
- The Days of the Week
- How much? & Cardinal Numbers
- The months of the year & The Date
- Filippo’s week
- Writing complex sentences
- Let’s talk together!
- The Life of the Students
11. Viewpoints
- A Numerous Family
- The Family Tree
- Relatives
- At Uncle and Aunt’s house
- Possessive adjectives & Pronouns
- Irregular verbs with – ere & -i re ending
- To know (Sapere & Conoscere)
- Direct Pronouns
- The engagement
- Writing more elaborated descriptions
- Let’s talk together!
- The Family in Italy
20. Viewpoints
- At the Station
- Arrivals & Departures
- Trains
- In the train
- Passato prossimo with Avere
- Passato prossimo with Essere
- The Time
- Prepositions: a, in, da, per
- A honeymoon
- Writing a good brief summary
- Let’s talk together!
- Tuscany
29. Viewpoints
- A business trip
- Hotel and Bank
- Hotels and Boarding-Houses
- At the bank, at the money change counter
- Reflexive Verbs
- Passato prossimo with Reflexive Verbs
- Direct pronouns
- Direct Pronouns with Infinitive
35. First day at work
- Writing
- Effective use of a dictionary
- Let's talk together!
Learner Outcomes
Student will be more confident and fluent with simple conversation, enabling him/her to continue to build ability with new vocabulary added weekly.- Students will continue to write situation dialogue and re-enact in class.
- Greater ability to expand language through more in-depth study of grammar basics, particularly more “drilling” of verbs.
Notes
Evaluation: Class participation
Please be sure to have an updated email address as that is the main way of communication outside of class