PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT THE PROFESSOR’S DISCRETION
January 20,22
Daily life, introduce yourself and ask about others, express your preferences, what you like and what you don’t. Describe past events. Tell about your own biography or past experiences. Ask and tell what you did yesterday (last week, last month etc.)
Present tense of regular, irregular, and reflexive verbs (Review) - article / name / adjective agreement (Review). Use of verb “piacere”.
Review of past tense (Passato prossimo); past tense time adverbs.
January 27,29
Review of past tense cont.
February 3,5
FEBRUARY 3 QUIZ 1
UNIT 9
Ordering in a restaurant. Asking for the check. Talking about food. Numbers 100-1.000.000.000
Direct pronouns. Adjectives.
UNIT 10
Describe a house and furniture. Express possession.
Possessive adjectives (related to family nouns) - Superlative
February 10,12,14
UNIT 10 cont.
UNIT 12
Talking about vacations. Booking an hotel room. Planning a trip. Giving advises.
Comparatives. Agreement of the past participle with the direct pronoun. Informal imperative.
FEBRUARY 14 MAKE UP FOR APRIL 13
February 17,19
UNIT 12 Cont.
UNIT 1 ( Copies provided from book 2)
Tell past events. Indicate a consequence. Approve or disapprove an opinion.
Passato prossimo of the verbs cominciare, finire, and modal verbs. The connective quindi, dunque, perciò, the adjective bello.
FEBRUARY 19 QUIZ 2
February 24,26
UNIT 1 Cont.
March 2,4
MARCH 2 REVIEW MIDTERM
MARCH 4 MIDTERM
9-13 MARCH SPRING BREAK
March 16,18
MARCH 16 Oral presentation
UNIT 2 (Copies provided from book 2)
Talking about childhood. Describing past situations. Talking about habitual activities in the past.
Talking about past events.
Imperfect.
Imperfect vs passato prossimo.
March 23,25
UNIT 2 cont.
March 30, April 1
UNIT 4
Express wishes, hopes, possibilities. express surprise, disagreement, and dissatisfaction. Ask and give advices.
The present conditional
MARCH 30 QUIZ 3
April 6,8
UNI 4 Cont.
April 15
UNIT 7
Talk about future. Invite someone and accept or refuse.
Future tense (futuro semplice).
April 20,22
APRIL 20 QUIZ 4
APRIL 22 Oral presentation
April 27,29
UNIT 7 cont.
APRIL 29 Final Review
Final Examination May 4-8
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