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Welcome to CyberItalian TUTORED Course

BEGINNER 1 ~ week 1

 

Here you will learn and practice how to:

• use the CyberItalian lessons
• pronounce Italian
• introduce yourself and greet someone

This session is to be completed during a period of 1 week. You will find here the recommended learning activities for the week (you should practice at least 3 or 4 hours per week).

Each of us has a different learning and acquisition time. If you take longer than the recommended time to study and practice, or to get accustomed to the computer and the Internet studying, it is absolutely fine. If you take less than the recommended time for studying, it is fine as well: just don't rush through the lessons, complete all exercises and activities, and give yourself the time to assimilate and practice what you learn :–)

Follow all the recommended steps and learning activities, and complete the given assignment.

 

Fase 1 - introduzione (introduction)

• Take your time to enjoy your studies and to practice the Italian pronunciation.
• Get a notebook or copybook that you will use for your Italian studies. Possibly, get some colored markers.
• Open the Alphabet and Pronunciation page
• Follow the instruction. Make sure you do the Activity.
• While listening to the sounds of the letters and repeating them, on your notebook, rewrite the Italian alphabet and the words associated to the letters (with your markers, draw also the picture for each word!)
• Learn the CyberItalian song
  
• Take a break!

Fase 2 - studio (study)

 

In this Beginner course you meet Pinocchio, the famous Italian puppet, and start to learn the Italian language and culture!

• Read and listen to the "Dialogo" (Dialogue) in Lesson 1
• Practice how to introduce yourself and greet the tutor.
• Read the "Commento" (Comment) to the Dialogue
• Complete the "Bocconcino Culturale" (Cultural Tidbit) and learn how Italians greet each other.
• When you listen to the audio in the "Bocconcino Culturale", do not worry if you find it hard to complete the required exercise. Do what you can! You have just started your Italian studies and your ear is getting accustomed to the new sounds! TAKE YOUR TIME!
• Analyze the "Bocconcino Grammaticale" (Grammatical Tidbit) and study the present of the verb “essere” .
• Complete the Exercises and exam in Lesson 1
• Complete the Activity
• Take a break!

Fase 3 - compito speciale (special assignment)

PLEASE NOTE, you are required to complete and POST this assignment in the Class Forum by this coming Sunday and NO LATER!
If you do not POST YOUR ASSIGNMENT BY THE DUE DATE the tutor will not be able to correct it :–)
You will find the reply to your assignment in the Class Forum Thursday after your posting.

Minimum total number of words to write: 80
Post only 1 message in the Class Forum including all the following points:

• Introduce your self (as you learned in lesson 1 Dialogue and Grammatical Tidbit) and greet the tutor.
• Your answers to exercises 9 and 10 - Lessons 1.
• Your answers to the following questions from the Alphabet Activity:
• Di che colore è questa casa?

 

• La penna è piccola?

 

• Questa camicia è stretta?
  

If you have a CD with Italian songs, include in your posting the title of the CD, author and title of a song in the Class Forum. If you do not have a CD with Italian songs, you can purchase one and post the author and title of a song in the Class Forum. To see a selection of Italian music check our Music area

 

If you have questions about this session post them in the Class Forum.

 

Take a break! You will receive the instruction for the next session on the beginning of the next week. "Buon fine settimana!" (Have a nice weekend!)