THIS IS A PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE AND IT MAY CHANGE !!
Week 1 Introduction to the course and yourself. Warm up in class and on forums. Test d'ingresso-
Week 2 Review
Communicative skills: Describe people and the environment; talk about typical day/week; make and answer questions in present tense; Grammar: Review of present tense of regular, irregularand reflexive verbs, use of possessives adj. ; Vocabulary: Daily life vocab; family members with possessives; Cultural contents: Italy and Rome; Italian people stereotypes and of different countries
Week 3 Episode 1 “Il viaggio continua “
Communicative skills: Describe past events. Tell about your own biography or past experiences. Ask and tell what you did yesterday (last week, last month etc.); express agreement or disagreement; say how you are feeling.
Grammar: Past tense - review and use of passato prossimo; Vocabulary: Name parts of the human body; expressions related to health; Cultural contents: Famous Italian people and artists
Week 4 TEST 1 –Episode 2 “Ti posso offrire un caffè?”
Communicative skills: Order food and drinks; describe Italian “caffé” and “bar”Grammar: Direct object pronouns; Vocabulary: Food, drinks; Cultural contents: Different countries / different foods / cultural differences
Week 5 Episode 2 continue
Grammar: indirect object pronouns; use of piacere, mancareverbs; use ofNEpronoun;
Week 6 Episode 4 “Firenze Santa Maria Novella”
Communicative skills: Ask and give directions; give instructions and advices;Grammar: Imperative tense regular and irregular forms; negative imperative; use of preposition di+ articles;Vocabulary: Ask and give directions; a bit of architecture and art lexicon; Cultural contents: Traveling and travelers
Week 7 TEST 2—Episode 5 “”In un angolo tranquillo di Firenze”
Communicative skills: Describe clothes and shoes; go shopping; Grammar: Use of prepositions DA, A, CON, DI; use of quale-quali/quello-quella…Vocabulary: Clothing; Cultural contents: Fashion and styles in different cultures
Week 8 Episode 6 “Ricordi dal finestrino”
Communicative skills: Talk about own's memories and past situations and experiences; describe people, places, situations from the past; Grammar: Imperfect tense of regular and irregular conjugations, of essere and avere; Vocabulary: Time expressions with imperfect tense; Cultural contents: Comparison between past and present habits and lifestyles
Week 9 Episode 7 “Tutte le strade portano a Roma”
Cultural contents: Describing “Roma Caput Mundi”- Pro e contro / different experiences and visions; TEST 3
Week 10 Episode 8 “Ma guarda che coincidenza!!
Communicative skills: Telling past situations and events; talking about different past experiences in different context; Grammar: Use of Imperfetto/Passato prossimo; Vocabulary: Use of mentre, perciò, perché, durante
Week 11 Episode 9 “Vedrai che passerà”
Communicative skills: Talking about the future: making promises, projects;make assumptions and predictions; Grammar: Future tense regular and irregular conjugation, essere and avere; Vocabulary: Time prepositions: da, fra/tra; Cultural Contents: The new world: dreams, hopes, personal and non-personal projects; different views and hypotheses
Week 12 Oral exam- Review
FINAL EXAM 11-14 December (TBA)
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