SEF-LAN7315 - Beginning Italian

Course Description

Course Outline

1. First Meetings
   • Hi, how are you?
   • Good day, how are you? (Formal)
2. Vocabulary
   • Greetings and polite expressions
   • Greetings in class
   • Numbers 0 – 49
   • Days of the week
3. Views of Italy
   • The Italian Language and Its Dialect
4. The City
   • View Points
   • Downtown
5. Vocabulary
   • The city
   • Information in the city
6. Listening
   • In a touristic information office
7. Grammar
   • Verb To Be (Essere); There Is, There Are & Look
   • The Noun
   • The articles
   • Interrogative Expressions
8. To Finish
   • What is there in a city
9. Writing
   • Basic introductions
   • Let’s talk together!
10. Views of Italy
    1. Milan
11. People and Personalities
    • View points
    • How is your roommate?
12. Vocabulary
    • Descriptions of people
    • Information
    • Geographic information
13. Listening
    • The night of the party
14. Grammar
    • The adjective
    • Good & Beautiful
    • Verb To Have (Avere)
    • Idiomatic expressions with To Have (Avere)
15. To finish
    • Two roommates
16. Writing
    • Writing a biographical profile
    • Let’s talk together!
17. Views of Italy
    • Italian cities
18. At The University view points
    • Today I study for my exams
    • Information - The University
19. Listening in class
20. Grammar
    • Regular verbs with –are ending: present tense
    • Prepositions
    •  Adverbial prepositions
    • Which? & What?
21. To finish
    • A room for Mariella
22. Writing
    • Write an e-mail
    • Let's talk together
23. Views of Italy
    • University in Italy
24. At The Table
    • At the restaurant
25. Vocabulary
    • Meals and dishes
26. Information
    • At the bar
27. Listening
    • Breakfast
28. Grammar
    • Regular verbs with –ere & -ire ending: present tense
    • Verbs with –ire ending with suffix –isc
    • The partitives; alcuni, qualche, un po’ di
    • Much, A lot, Too much, A Little, All, Every
29. To finish
    • A birthday party
30. Writing
    • Structuring a good paragraph
    • Let’s talk together
31. Views of Italy
    • Where do we eat?

Learner Outcomes

• Understand and produce the sounds of the Italian alphabet
• Acquire the basic notions of Italian spelling
• Acquire certain basic notions of Italian grammar and structure
• Acquire basic conversational skills
• Satisfy basic communicative needs
• Handle basic everyday situations while visiting an Italian speaking country or region

Notes

Book required

Please be sure to have an updated email as that is the main way of communication outside of class

Evaluation:  participation, demonstration of skills