Where Pinocchio realizes that his good friends, "il Gatto e la Volpe" (the Cat and the Fox), are not very good friends. But what is friendship after all?

Objectives:

In this course, you meet Pinocchio, the famous Italian puppet, and his friends, and you start to get involved with Italian language and culture.
You learn how to greet someone, introduce your self or your family, express opinions, describe objects, places or situations, order at the restaurant, prepare a famous Italian dessert (Tiramisù), ask for directions, make a phone call, book a hotel room, go shopping, use the simple past, sing in Italian and much more!

Program:

• Lesson 1 Ciao Pinocchio!
  (Ciao Pinocchio!)
  Learn how to greet someone and introduce yourself. Subject pronouns; "Essere" (to be).
  Activity: the puzzle of Italy!

• Lesson 2 Chi sei?
  (Who are you?)
  Learn to describe yourself. Feminine and masculine nouns; nouns and adjectives; agreements; indefinite articles.
  Activity: the house.

• Lesson 3 Ecco i miei amici!
  (Here are my friends!)
  Learn to describe your friends and tell what your profession is. Nouns and adjectives; plural form; definite articles; "Avere" (to have).
  Activity: my friends and I.

• Lesson 4 Cosa Preferisci?
  (What do you prefer?)
  Learn to express a preference, to form a question and to answer negatively. Present indicative of regular verbs; interrogative sentences; negative sentences; irregular verbs: "Preferire, Capire".
  Activity: I like, I don't like.

• Lesson 5 Conta e canta con Pinocchio!
  (Count & sing with Pinocchio!)
  Learn to sing-count in Italian, tell your own age and introduce your family. Numbers; possessive adjectives and pronouns.
  Activity: let's sing together.

• Lesson 6 Pinocchio al ristorante
  (Pinocchio at the restaurant.)
  Learn how to ask for something and order at the restaurant. "Vorrei"; position of the adjectives, form of certain adjectives; "avere fame, avere sete".
  Activity: let's cook together.

• Lesson 7 Quando ci vediamo?
  (When are we going to see each other?)
  Learn to make or postpone an appointment. Time, days, months; irregular verbs: "Dovere, Volere, Potere, Uscire, Venire".
  Activity: what's the weather like?

• Lesson 8 Dov'è la scuola?
  (Where is the school?)
  Learn to ask for and give directions, tell your address and say where you are from. Simple prepositions; irregular verbs: "Fare, Andare".
  Activity: the body and physical exercise.

• Lesson 9 Pronto chi parla?
  (Hello, who's speaking?)
  Learn to make a phone call and give your phone number. Combined prepositions; irregular verbs: "Sapere, Conoscere, Dire, Stare".
  Activity: who called whom?

• Lesson 10 Hai comprato la mela?
  (Did you buy the apple?)
  Go shopping. Learn to report a fact happened in the past. "Participio passato" and "passato prossimo"; irregular verbs: "Pagare".
  Activity: let's get dressed

• Lesson 11 Viva le vacanze!!!
  (Three cheers for vacations!)
  Learn to make a hotel reservation. "C'è, ci sono"; review of interrogative expressions; negative expressions.
  Activity: invite your friends to your home.

• Lesson 12 Un calcio al pallone
  (Kick the soccer ball.)
  Review what you have learned in the Beginner Course. Verbs; basic structure of a sentence; use of description; partitives.
  Activity: word-search and anagrams.