Italian Language Course

Program A1

Singapore
March 2020
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INITIAL LEVEL: Beginner TARGET LEVEL: Beginner (A1.1)

OVERALL GOAL: To be able to hold a basic conversation with local speakers.

PROGRAM:

LESSON UNIT COMMUNICATION GOALS GRAMMAR GOALS

Italian words all over the world

and new basic Italian words
Italian alphabet
How do you say in Italian….?

Lesson 1 Unit 0 How to ask and do the spelling of

Yes / no
(2 hours) words

How do you write in Italian…?

Cardinal numbers 0-20
How to count from 0 to 20

The prosody of Italian questions

and declarations
How to recognize Italian questions
Come interrogative pronoun
Lesson 2
Unit 1 Greetings
(2 hours) Subject pronouns io (I) and tu
(you)
Introducing yourself
Conjunction e

Dove interrogative pronoun

Singular adjectives

Verb essere (to be)

Talking about where you come
from Preposition di
Lesson 3
Unit 1
(2 hours)
Introducing someone to someone Negative sentences
else
Subject pronouns lui (he) and lei
(she)

Phonetic: letter H

Verb avere (to have)

Undefinite articles
Lesson 4 How to indicate possess
Unit 1
(2 hours) Singular nouns

Phonetics: the apostrophe

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Lesson 5 Formal and informal register

Unit 1 How to check-in in a hotel
(2 hours)

Present tense of regular verbs

ending in -are

Asking and saying your age Prepositions in and a

Lesson 6
Unit 2
(2 hours) Explaining why you are studying Interrogatives dove, quanti,
Italian perché, che

Cardinal numbers 21-100

Present tense of verb fare (to do)

Lesson 7 Definite articles

Unit 2 Talking about your job
(2 hours)
Phonetics: letters C and G

Briefly talking about yourself Courtesy form

Lesson 8
Unit 2 How to enroll in a language Vocabulary related to email, home
(2 hours)
course address, telephone number,
website

Plural nouns
Lesson 9 Ordering at a bar
Unit 3
(2 hours) Present tense of regular verbs
ending in -ere

The use of anche (also) and

Lesson invece (whereas)
How to express your culinary
10 Unit 3
tastes and preferences
(2 hours) Adjectives related to food

Present tense of verbs volere (to

Lesson Ordering at a restaurant want) and potere (can)
11 Unit 3
(2 hours) How to order food via phone call Vorrei (I would like) as a polite
request

Lesson FINAL REVISION

12
(2 hours) A1.1 FINAL TEST

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INITIAL LEVEL: Beginner (A1.1) TARGET LEVEL: Beginner (A1.2)

OVERALL GOAL: To be able to hold a basic conversation with local speakers.

PROGRAM:

LESSON UNIT COMMUNICATION GOALS GRAMMAR GOALS

Present tense of regular verbs ending

in -ire

Lesson 1 How to describe a house or office Vocabulary related to furniture and

(2 hours) rooms of a house
Unit 4
Adjectives related to houses

Present tense of irregular verbs

ending in -ire

Present tense of verbs andare (to

Lesson 2 How to describe the facilities and
Unit 4 go) and venire (to come)
(2 hours) amenities of a hotel
Vocabulary related to the hotel’s
facilities, amenities, room types

The adverb molto (much)

Present tense of verb dovere (to

Lesson 3
Unit 4 Reviewing a hotel have to)
(2 hours)
Adjectives related to hotels

Vocabulary related to damages

and malfunctions

Lesson 4 Unit 4 Asking for help at a hotel Days of the week

(2 hours)
Oggi (today) and domani
(tomorrow)

C’è / ci sono (there is / there are)

The adjective molto (very)

Lesson 5 Months of the year

Unit 5 Describing your city
(2 hours)
Means of transport and public
places

Phonetics: difficult “vowel groups”

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Describing the location of Expressions of place

something
Lesson 6 The verb volerci (it takes…)
Unit 5
(2 hours) Saying how long it takes to get
somewhere

Ordinal numbers 1st-10th

Lesson 7 Asking and saying how to get
Unit 5
(2 hours) somewhere Simple and complex prepositions

The time
Asking and saying what time it is
Lesson 8
Unit 5
(2 hours) Phonetics: how to pronounce SC
How to reserve a guided tour

Interrogative A che ora? (At what

time?)

Present tense of reflexive verbs

Talking about your habits
Lesson 9 Unit 6 Present tense of the irregular verb
(2 hours) Expressing timetables and uscire (to go out)
frequency
Adverbs of frequency

Double negation with mai (never)

Present tense of the verb piacere

(to like)
Lesson
Unit 6 Talking about free time and Indirect pronouns mi (to me) and ti
10
personal interests (to you)
(2 hours)
Vocabulary related to free time

Expressing agreement or
The use of anche (so do …) and
disagreement
neanche (neither do …)
Lesson
Unit 6
11 Arranging a meeting
Indirect pronouns gli (to him) and
(2 hours)
le (to her)
Doing, accepting and refusing
proposals

Lesson FINAL REVISION

12
(2 hours) A1.2 FINAL TEST

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INITIAL LEVEL: Beginner (A1.2) TARGET LEVEL: Beginner (A1.3)

OVERALL GOAL: To be able to hold a basic conversation with local speakers.

PROGRAM:

LESSON UNIT COMMUNICATION GOALS GRAMMAR GOALS

The place particle ci

Talking about weather
Seasons and weather
Lesson 1
Unit 7 Getting informed for an upcoming
(2 hours)
travel Phonetics: letter S

Recent past tense of verbs to be

and to have

Recent past tense regular verbs

Lesson 2 Talking about what you did last
Unit 7
(2 hours) summer
Vocabulary related to holidays

Phonetics: GL and GN

Recent past tense of irregular

verbs

Talking about past events Time linkers such as poi, dopo,

Lesson 3
Unit 7 alla fine, etc.
(2 hours)
How to write a postcard
Vocabulary related to how to start
and close an informal letter

Nel + year

Talking about how you spent the Cardinal numbers from 101 to
New Year’s Eve 10000
Lesson 4
Unit 8
(2 hours)
How to congratulate someone Vocabulary related to Italian
traditions and celebrations

Phonetics: words with accent

The use of prima di (before) and

dopo (after) with nouns
Lesson 5 Talking about what you planning
Unit 8 The use of mai with the recent
(2 hours) to do for next holidays
past tense

Possessive adjectives

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Possessive adjective with family

members
Describing both physical aspect
Vocabulary related to aspect and
Lesson 6 and personality traits of someone
Unit 8 personality
(2 hours)
Talking about your family
Vocabulary related to family
members

Vocabulary related to colours and

Asking for help while shopping shopping
Lesson 7
Unit 9
(2 hours)
Describing someone else’s outfit Direct pronouns

Demonstrative adjectives and

pronouns questo and quello
Doing shopping at the grocery
Lesson 8
Unit 9 store
(2 hours) Vocabulary related to grocery
stores and shopping

Vocabulary related to
At the supermarket
supermarkets
Lesson 9
Unit 9
(2 hours) Describing a simple food recipe
Vocabulary related to food and
recipes

Interrogatives a quanti anni, che

tipo, da quanto tempo...

Imperfetto past tense of the verb

to be
Lesson
10 Unit 10 Describing a career path The use of expressions such as
(2 hours) cominciare a, finire di, continuare
a

Vocabulary related to the

workplace

The place preposition da

Describing little health diseases
Lesson Vocabulary related to health,
Suggesting how to solve them or
11 Unit 10 doctors and the body
giving order to solve them
(2 hours)
Regular and irregular imperative
Asking for a help at the pharmacy
tense

Lesson FINAL REVISION

12
(2 hours) A1.3 FINAL TEST

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