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.
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.
QUIZ 1
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).
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)
QUIZ 2
Oral presentation
Midterm Review
MIDTERM
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.
UNIT 11
Talking about a trip.
Past tense. Past tense time adverbs.
UNIT 11
Past tense of irregular and reflexive verbs.
QUIZ 3
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.
UNIT 9
Ordering in a restaurant. Asking for the check. Talking about food. Numbers 100-1.000.000.000
Direst pronouns. Adjectives.
Oral presentation
Final Review