Beginners

Main competencies:

• interact with your teacher and your classmates in Italian
• pronunciation and spelling
• greet people, introduce yourself and someone else
• talk about your free time and how often you do something
• talk about yourself and ask and answer basic questions
• read money and prices
• order something in a café and in a restaurant
• talk about holidays
• talk about what you like and you prefer
• talk about your family
• book a room in a hotel
• describe places in town and give simple directions
• talk about your everyday routine
• talk about your past experiences
• use the vocabulary related to: greetings, numbers, days of the week, months, dates, weather, eating and drinking, holidays and free time, family members, hotel, places in town, everyday routine, cafè, restaurant, supermarket, bank holidays and traditions

Main grammar topics:

• gender and number: masculine, feminine, singular and plural of nouns and adjectives
• the present tense of regular and irregular verbs
• how to ask questions
• definite and indefinite articles (un, uno, una, un’, il, lo, l’, la, i, gli, le.)
• adverbs of frequency (e.g. sempre, spesso, qualche volta, mai)
• how to use the verb piacere
• how to use c’è and ci sono
• possessive adjectives (e.g. mio, i tuoi, le nostre, i vostri, etc.)
• reflexive verbs (e.g. svegliarsi, alzarsi, vestirsi)
• the past tense of regular and irregular verbs (passato prossimo)
• direct object pronouns (mi, ti, lo, la, ci, vi, li, le)
• indirect object pronouns (mi, ti, gli, le, ci, vi, gli)