Syllabus
Overview of lexical units: - Italian greetings; learn to introduce yourself and others; learn to ask and answer questions about personal details; learn to ask and say how old you and others are; learn say thank you in Italian; learn the calendar; learn to describe an apartment; learn how to book a room in a Hotel; learn to ask for information and react; learn to describe your holiday; learn to talk about your free time activities; learn to talk about your family; learn to describe a picture.
Overview of grammatical units:
- passato prossimo; imperfetto; i pronomi dimostrativi; il verbo “piacere”; il verbo “servire”; imperativo e imperativo negativo; i comparativi (quanto… come; tanto… quanto ecc.); il condizionale presente; stare + gerundio; avverbi (già, non, ancora ecc.); pronomi relativi; comparativi e superlativi di “buono” e “bene”; il futuro semplice; alcune forme del congiuntivo; uso di espressioni quali “bisogna”; alcuni plurali irregolari
Annotation
This A2-Elementary Italian course enables students to enhance and acquire Italian language skills in reading writing, listening and speaking. In addition, it supports each skills-based lesson with speaking activities designed to give students the opportunity to acquire and practice vocabulary and grammar.
The course consists of individual lessons (based on the textbook Nuovo Espresso 2) and of e-learning sessions in which the students will practice reading, listening, speaking and writing.
The course takes place once a week and lasts 1:30h.
The course is targeted preferably on doctoral students of Faculty of Arts but other students can participate in case of free capacity, too.