PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT THE PROFESSOR’S DISCRETION
Introducing yourself . Present tense of the verbs Essere (to be), Chiamarsi (my name is....), Avere ( to have), Abitare (to live), and Studiare (to study). The Italian Alphabet. Pronunciation of soft and hard sounds. Numbers from 0 to 20. Idiomatic expressions with Avere or Essere.
UNIT 1
Greetings. Introducing a person (formal and informal)
Present tense of the verb Presentare (to introduce).
Asking and telling a phone number.
UNIT 2
Asking nationality. Nationalities. Ordering in a caffè.
Present tense of regular verbs and verbs in _ISC. Undefinite aticles. Nouns ending in –o and –a. Nouns ending in –e.
Prepositions a, di, da.
Numbers from 20 to 100.
Food week
UNIT 3
Talking about work. Jobs. Asking for address. Talking about family. Telling age and asking for age. Family nouns.
Present tense of Avere (toh ave) and Fare (to do). Definite articles.
Week 4 26 28 settembre QUIZ 1
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UNIT 4
Talking about a typical day.Talking about how often you do something. Asking and tellina time. Days of the week.
Present tense of reflexive verbs. Adverbs of frequency. Present tense of irregular verbs andare (to go), uscire (to go out) and stare (to stay/to be).
MUSIC WEEK
Quiz 1 26 settenbre
UNIT 5
Enrolling in a class. Seasons and months. Asking and giving timetable informations.
Writing a letter.
UNIT 5
There is and there are. Simple prepositions. Compound prepositions. Present tens of Volere (to want)
Sport week
Review
MIDTERM 17 ottobre
ORAL PRESENTATION 1 19 ottobre
UNIT 6
Talking about leisure time. Expressing likes and preferences. Inviting someone. Best wishes and congratulations.
Present tens of modal verbs. Mi piace/mi piacciono (I like). In direct pronouns. Present continuous.
Fashion week
Week 9 31 ottobre 2 novembre
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UNIT 7
Talking about a trip.
Past tense. Past tense time adverbs.
ART week
UNIT 7
Past tense of irregular
Quiz 2 7 novembre
UNIT 7
Grocery shopping. Describing food and eating habits.
Direct pronom ne. Ci vuole/ci vogliono (you need).
UNIT 8
Asking and giving directions. Talking about the weather.
Present tense of sapere and conoscere (to know).
UNITA’ 8 CONT.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS 2
WEEK 14 5 7 dicembre
Final Review
WEEK 15