PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT THE PROFESSOR’S DISCRETION
Competencies: Introducing yourself and a friend.
Grammar: Present tense. Alphabet. Pronunciation. Numbers from 0 to 20.
Vocabulary: Idiomatic expressions with Avere or Essere.
Competencies: Introducing a person (formal and informal). Greeting people. Asking about pronunciation and spelling. Asking and giving phone number.
Grammar: First conjugation verbs. Preposition di, in.
Vocabulary: Greetings. Classroom objects. Adjectives of nationalities.
Competencies: Ordering in a café and in a restaurant. Asking in a polite way. Asking for the bill. Asking for price.
Grammar: Plural and singular nouns. Interrogatives che cosa?,quanto?. Definite articles. Indefinite articles. Numbers from 20 to 100.
Vocabulary: Food and beverage. Meals.
Culture: Gelato che passione!
Competencies: Introducing someone. Describing people’s activities. Asking for age and profession. Telling dates.
Grammar: Singular forms of present tense. Prepositions in, a, per. Formal.
Vocabulary: Professions. Days of the week. Workplaces.
Culture: Donne e lavoro in Italia.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 TEST 1
September 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
Competencies: Talking about free time. Talking about how often one does something. Talking about people’s interests. Expressing preferences.
Grammar: Plural persons of present tense. Adverbs of frequency. Interrogatives. Present tense of irregular verbs.
Vocabulary: Leisure activities. Parts of the day. Expressions with the verb avere.
Culture: Ristorante, trattoria o….?.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 MAKE UP DAY FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28
UNIT 5 In giro per l’Italia
Competencies: Describing a city. Following and giving directions. Asking and telling time.
Grammar: Present tense of irregular verbs. Prepositions a, in. C’è, ci sono. Adjectives. Noun-adjective agreement.
Vocabulary: Italy cities and monuments. Street directions. Shops and stores.
Culture: Quanta Italia c’è in te?
Week 5
Sept. 30, October 1, 2, 3
Competencies: Describing one’s favorite hotel. Describing a room. Asking for information on accommodation. Talking about one’s holiday activities. Describing a perfect vacation.
Grammar: Present tense of modal verbs. Preposition a + time. Compound prepositions.
Vocabulary: Hotel room types and features. Time expressions. Home furniture and features. Months and seasons. Leisure activities.
Culture: Mancia e scontrino, come funziona?
Competencies: Describing a perfect weekend. Talking about past actions. Understanding descriptions of past events. Specifying when a past event took place.
Grammar: Past tense passato prossimo. Forms and agreement of past participle. Irregular past participle. Ci vuole, ci vogliono.
Vocabulary: Weather conditions. Time expressions.
Culture: Dove Andiamo in vacanza?
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 ORAL PRESENTATION 1
Competencies: Describing one’s work habits. Describing and asking about someone’s daily routine. Congratulating someone on special occasions and holidays. Saying the date.
Grammar: finire di, cominciare a. Prepositions da, a. Present tense of reflexive verbs. Possessive adjectives mio, tuo.
Vocabulary: Everyday actions. Congratulations and wishes.
Culture: Cosa regalano gli italiani.
Competencies: Describing a family tree. Talking and writing about family. Talking about past events.
Grammar: Possessive adjectives. Past tense (passato prossimo) of reflexive verbs.
Vocabulary: Family relationships
Culture: I gesti italiani.
Competencies: Talking about one’s eating habits. Writing a shopping list. Talking about typical Italian recipes. Doing grocery shopping. Indicating quantities.
Grammar: Direct pronouns.
Vocabulary: Food and dishes. Measurement units. Food packaging.
Culture: L’Italia nel piatto
Competencies: Talking and asking about events in the future. Shopping for clothes and shoes. Making a polite request.
Grammar: Future tense. Direct and indirect pronouns. Piacere + indirect pronoun. Present conditional.
Vocabulary: Colors. Clothing. Clothing and shoes sizes.
Culture: La moda italiana.
UNIT 12 Il mondo che cambia
Competencies: Talking about technology and your relationship with it. Recalling events that have been repeated several times in the past. Talking about your younger days.
Grammar: Past tense imperfetto. Passato prossimo vs imperfetto. Agreement between direct pronouns and past participles.
Vocabulary: Technology. Travels.
Culture: La storia dell’Italia moderna in sei oggetti.
December 4 Oral presentation 2
December 9-13 Final Examination