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COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTIONS/VOCABULARY
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GRAMMAR
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CULTURE
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Week 1
Sept.
21/23
Lezione 1
Primi contatti
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Introducing yourself.Present tense of the verbsEssere(to be),Chiamarsi(my name is....). The Italian Alphabet.
Pronunciation of soft and hard sounds. Numbers from 0 to 20.
Nationality adjectives
Greetings. Classroom objects.
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Asking the meaning, pronunciation and spelling of a word
Introducing yourself. Asking the country of origin
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Saluti
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Week 2
Sept .28/30 +Oct. 2(make-up day)
Lezione 2
Buon appetito!
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Ordering in a café/restaurant
Asking in a polite way. Asking for the bill. Asking for price.
Food and beverage. Meals.
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Plural and singular nouns.Interrogativesche cosa?,quanto?.Definite articles.Indefinite articles. Numbers from 20 to 100.
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Ristornate,
Trattoria...
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Week 3
Oct. 5/7
TEST 1
Lezione 3
Io e gli altri
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Describing feelings and sensations. Talking about things that you own. Asking someone’s age.
Introducing someone.
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.Idiomatic expressions withAvereorEssere. Present of the verb To Have.
Verbs in –ARE
Fare
Peculiarities of nouns
Simple prepositions
Numbers from 100 onwards
Formal and informal
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Notizie
sull’Italia
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Week 4
Oct. 12/14
Lezione 3
Io e gli altri
continua
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Describing people’s activities. Asking for age and profession. Telling dates. Speaking formally
Professions. Days of the week. Workplaces.
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Verbs in –ARE
Verb Fare
Peculiarities of nouns
Simple prepositions
Numbers from 100 onwards
Formal and informal
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Il lavoro in Italia
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Week 5
Oct. 19/21
Lezione 4
Tempo libero
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Talking about free time. Talking about how often one does something. Talking about people’s interests. Expressing preferences.
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Present tense.
Adverbs of frequency. Interrogatives.
Present tense of irregular verbs.
The verbpiacere
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I luoghi più visitati d’Italia..
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Week 6
Oct. 26/28
Lezione 4 cont.
TEST 2
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Talking about people’s interests. Expressing preferences.
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Present tense of irregular verbs.
The verbpiacere
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Video corso
Il quiz psicologico
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Week 7
Nov. 2/4
Lezione 5
In giro per l’Italia
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Describing a city. Submitting a questionnaire. Following and giving directions. Asking and telling time.
Italy’s cities and monuments. Street directions.Shops and stores.
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Present tense of irregular verbs.Prepositionsa, in.C’è, ci sono.Adjectives. Noun-adjective agreement.
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Video
Una strada molti nomi.
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Week 8
Nov.9/11
+Nov. 13
Make-up day
Lezione 6
In albergo
ORAL Presentation 1
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Understanding hotel brochures
Describing one’s favorite hotel. Describing a room. Asking for information on accommodation. Talking about one’s holiday activities.
Hotel room types and features. Time expressions. Home furniture and features. Months and seasons.
Culture:Mancia e scontrino, come funziona?
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Present tense of modal verbs. Prepositiona+ time. Compound prepositions.
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Mancia e scontrino, come funziona?
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Week 9
Nov 16/18
Lezione 8
Vita
Quotidiana
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Describing a typical day
Describing your daily routine
Everyday actions
Talking and writing about one’s family
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Present tense of
reflexive verbs
Position of reflexive
Pronouns
Possessive adjective+nouns
HANDOUT
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Cosa regalano gli italiani.
I gesti italiani
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Week 10
Nov 23/25
Lezione 7
Un fine settimana
TEST 3
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Describing a perfect weekend. Talking about past actions. Understanding descriptions of past events. Specifying when a past event took place.
Time expressions.
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Past tensepassato prossimo .Forms and agreement of past participle. Irregular past participle.Ci vuole, ci vogliono.
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Dove Andiamo in vacanza?
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Week 11
30/ Dec.1
Lezione 7
Un fine settimana cont.
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Episode 7\Episode 8
Present tense of reflexive verbs Past tense of regular verbs. Transitive\intransitive verbs.
Episode 8 cont.
Past participle irregular verbs. Time expressions. Use of To Be or To Have in the Past tense.
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Talking about a typical day.
Descriptions in the past. Telling past events.
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Week 12
Dec. 7/9
ORAL PRESENTATION 2
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Final Review
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Final Examination
December 11-14
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