Spazio Italia 4. Unit 1 “Ho viaggiato da Nord a Sud”.
Grammar: Review: Passato Prossimo vs. Imperfetto. Communicative Skills: Talks about geographical places, trips, relationships between places and people. Cultural contents: Italian regions, cities, local and global cultures.
WEEK 2. Jan 26, 28
Spazio Italia 4, Unit 2 “Torino fu la prima capitale d’Italia”
Grammar: Passato remoto; Trapassato remoto. Communicative skills: Tell past events; talk about past famous people; talk about historical events. Cultural contents: Introduction to the history of modern Italy. Italy’s Unification.
WEEK 3, Febr. 2,4
Spazio Italia 4, Unit 2. Continue. + Unit 3 “Il Parlamento è eletto da tutti I cittadini”.
Grammar: Relative pronouns. Passive form. Communicative skills: talk about past events; talk about Italian politics and governmental structure; make comparison with other national political structures. Cultural contents: Italian administrative and political structure. Italian Constitution.
WEEK 4, Febr. 9,11
Spazio Italia 4, Unit 3. Continue.
Grammar: Passive form; passive SI vs. impersonal SI; Indefinitive adjectives (selection). Communicative skills: talk about Italian private and public life; talk about Italian politics and bureaucracy. Cultural Contents: Italian Republic system; Italian President; Italian Constitution.
TEST 1. Febr 11
WEEK 5 . Febr. 16,18
Spazio Italia 4, Unit 4: “È importante impegnarsi affinché le cose vadano meglio”
Grammar: Present subjunctive. Communicative Skills: talk about Italian job market and entrepreneurship; express opinions on different working environments; talk about Italian manufacture tradition. Cultural contents: Made in Italy.
WEEK 6. Febr 23, 25
Spazio Italia 4, Unit 4. Continue
Grammar: Past subjunctive; subjunctive moods in subordinate clauses. Communicative skills: prepare a job interview. Cultural contents: Italian job market.
WEEK 7. March 2, 4
MIDTERM REVIEW + Midterm oral exams
MIDTERM EXAM MARCH 4
SPRING BREAK MARCH 8-12
WEEK 8. March 16, 18
Spazio Italia 4, Unit 5 “Credevo che fosse agli Uffizi”.
Grammar: Imperfect Subjunctive. Comunicative Skills: describe art works; talk about your relationship with fine arts. Cultural contents: Italian cultural and artistic heritage.
Oral Presentation 1 (to be recorded and show to the class via microsoft team). March. 3
WEEK 9 . March 23, 25.
Spazio Italia 4, Unit 5; Continue.
Grammar: Plusperfect subjunctive. Communicative skills: talk about works of art. Cultural contents: major Italian artists and artistic periods.
WEEK 10. March 30, April 1
Spazio Italia 4, Unit 6: “Avrei fatto volentieri lo scrittore!”
Grammar: Past Participle; Simple and Past Infinitive. Communicative skills: talk about writers and literary works; express ideas and comments on Italian literature. Cultural contents: introduction to the history of Italian language; literature in the era of digital devices.
WEEK 11. April 6, 8
Spazio Italia 4, Unit 6. Continue
Grammar: Simple and Past conditional; Present and Past Gerundive. Communicative skills: talk literary tests, authors, personal ideas on literature. Cultural contents: Italian literary tradition.
TEST 2. April 8
WEEK 12. April 13, 15
Spazio Italia 4, Unit 7. "Se potessi andrei ogni sera a un concerto".
Grammar: Hypothetical tenses. Communicative skills: organize concerts, interview singers and composers. Cultural contents: Italian opera; Italian classic and pop music. Oral presentation 2 April 15
WEEK 13. April 20, 22.
Spazio Italia 4, Unit 7. Continue.+ Unit 8. "Alessandra dice che vorrebbe tornare a vivere in Italia".
Grammar: Direct and Indirect Speech. Communicative Skills: discuss regional Italian cultures. Cultural Contents: Dialects, Historical and cultural differences between Northern and Southern Italy
WEEK 14. April 27, 29
Review for Final
Oral exams + Listening Comprehension.
Final Exam Week: May 3-7