Main competencies:
- express opinions, preferences and hopes
- express agreement and disagreement
- complain about something
- express wishes, opinions, formulate hypothesis, make suppositions
- use the correct language depending on different means of communications
- talk about traditions, national holidays and presents
- talk about historical characters and famous Italian people
- describe Italy, its geography and its heritage
- talk about everyday life and problems
- talk about the news
- learn and use the vocabulary related to: objects, materials, shapes, learning a language, problems of living in a big city, means of communication, bank holidays and traditions, books, family
Main grammar topics:
- how to use the past tenses: passato prossimo and imperfetto
- trapassato prossimo (e.g. avevo pensato, eravamo andati)
- the subjunctive: congiuntivo presente, passato, imperfetto e trapassato
- direct and indirect object pronouns (mi, ti, ci, vi, lo, la, li, le, gli, le)
- compound pronouns (e.g. me la, glieli, etc.)
- condizionale semplice (e.g. vorrei, mangerebbe, direste) and condizionale composto (e.g. avrei detto, sarebbe tornato)
- relative pronouns (che, cui, quale)
- periodo ipotetico della possibilità (e.g. se avessi i soldi, comprerei una casa nuova)
- periodo ipotetico dell’irrealtà (e.g. se avessi preso la macchina, non sarei arrivato tardi)
- conjunctions and prepositions
- make comparisons using che and di
- the passive form with essere and venire
- the passive form with andare
- indirect speech
