Where Pinocchio (Pino for friends) and his conscience "Grillo" (Talking Cricket or Jiminy Cricket), travel through Italy, meet very famous people and ask them what friendship is.

Objectives:

In the Intermediate level you follow Pino while he travels through Italy, meets with very famous* Italian people (Leonardo, Michelangelo, Rossini, etc.) and ask them what friendship is.
You get to know more of Italian culture and you become familiar with Italian topics such as Opera, Art, Cinema and others. You learn how to express your opinions in a better way, understand more complex sentences, make comparisons, narrate a fact, write a letter, use the future and much more!

*The Intermediate level draws inspiration from famous Italian characters. The dialogues between Pino and the characters have been written with creative license.

What is Pinocchio doing on CyberItalian?

Program:

• Lesson 1 Un viaggio in Italia
  (A trip to Italy.)
  Pino decides to go on a journey through Italy.
  Practice how to use the dictionary and improve your listening skills. Review the basic structures of the Italian language and the verbs.
  Activities:
  La geografia italiana - read,test
  La pasta all'amatriciana e il Viaggiatore! - cook,watch
  Anagrammi e altri esercizi (Anagrams and other exercises) - play
  Word search: articles, prepositions, verbs - play
  Eccellenze italiane: il capitalismo umanistico - read,watch
  

• Lesson 2 Pino e Rossini a Milano
  (Pino and Rossini in Milan.)
  Pino begins his journey through Italy.
  Get to know Milan, and Italian opera and music. Learn to express yourself with more complex sentences and make comparisons. "Se, che, perché"; comparative and superlative. Idiomatic expressions.
  Activities:
  Get ready for Italian conversation: 3 steps - listen,test
  Rossini and Italian music - listen,research,sing
  Italian Opera - listen,read,sing
  Your Renaissance - read
  Memorization techniques - read,test
  Play with the Italian language - play
  Milano - research
  Italian cultural centers and Italian movies - research,watch
  

• Lesson 3 Pino e Hugo Pratt a Venezia
  (Pino and Pratt in Venice.)
  Get to know Venice and Italian comics. Learn to ask for assistance. Parts of the body. Reflexive verbs; irregular nouns; the partitive.
  Activities:
  Mediterranean Diet: Italians, nice and thin - read
  Difference between mangiare and nutrirsi (vocabulary: nouns and verbs) - read,research
  Italian comics - read
  Reflexive and reciprocal verbs - play
  Venice - research
  Italians and sport - read
  

• Lesson 4 Pino e Fellini a Bologna
  (Pino and Fellini in Bologna.)
  Get to know Bologna and Italian cinema. Learn to express doubt or make hypothesis. The future tense; direct object pronoun.
  Activities:
  Bologna - research
  Italian Cinema in the USA and the Oscars - read
  Federico Fellini - research
  Italian cinema - read,watch
  

• Lesson 5 Pino e Leonardo a Firenze
  (Pino and Leonardo in Florence.)
  Get to know Florence and Italian style. Learn to express pleasure, regret or make an apology. Indirect object pronoun; use of the verb "Piacere".
  Activities:
  Moda italiana: 5 regole per vestirsi bene - read,watch
  Vocabulary: Getting Dressed - listen,play
  Eccellenze italiane: lo stilista Valentino - read,watch
  Firenze - research
  Leonardo da Vinci - research
  

• Lesson 6 Pino e Michelangelo a Roma
  (Pino and Michelangelo in Rome.)
  Geto to know Rome and Italian art. Learn to narrate and express disapproval. How to narrate (part 1): "imperfetto"; pronouns "ne" and "ci".
  Activities:
  A revolutionary painter: Masaccio (part 2) - listen,read
  A revolutionary painter: Masaccio (part 1) - listen,read
  La gatta e l'imperfetto (the cat and the imperfect) - sing,test
  Michelangelo - research
  Roma - research
  A brief history of art - read,test
  

• Lesson 7 Pino e Santa Scolastica sul Monte Majella
  (Pino and Saint Scolastica on Mount Majella.)
  Get to know the Italian parks and the most common religion in Italy. Learn how to narrate and congratulate someone. Relative pronouns; pronouns after a preposition; how to narrate (part 2): "trapassato prossimo".
  Activities:
  Get ready for Italian conversation: 3 steps - listen,test
  Torrone, a holiday dessert - cook,read
  August in Italy - read
  Experience Stromboli, the Vulcano - read
  Memorization techniques - read,test
  A trip to Italy - read
  Italian traditions: tree or nativity scene? - read,research
  Natural parks and reserves - research
  Santa Scolastica and religion - research
  The feast of Saint Lucy - cook,read
  

• Lesson 8 Pino e Pulcinella a Napoli
  (Pino and Pulcinella in Naples.)
  Get to know Naples and Italian theater. Learn to express preferences. The conditional (present and past conditional); special construction: conditional of "dovere, volere, potere" + infinitive. Idiomatic expressions.
  Activities:
  Pulcinella and Italian theatre - research
  Napoli - research
  

• Lesson 9 Pino e Pirandello a Lipari
  (Pino and Pirandello in Lipari.)
  Get to know Lipari and Italian literature. Learn to speak in a general and impersonal way and discover more idiomatic expressions. Indefinite adjectives and pronouns; impersonal construction.
  Activities:
  Giacomo Leopardi and freedom - listen,research
  Pirandello and Italian literature - research
  Poetic spaghetti - cook,read
  Isole Eolie - research
  Write your poem - play
  

• Lesson 10 Pino e Eleonora d'Arborea a Tharros
  (Pino and Eleonora d'Arborea in Tharros.)
  Get to know Tharros and Italian history. Learn to write a letter. Difference between written and spoken Italian. Learn to give commands and suggestions. Imperative.
  Activities:
  A historical dish - cook,read
  L'importanza dei saluti (The importance of greetings) - listen,read
  Eleonora d'Arborea e la storia d'Italia - research
  I misteri dell'archeologia: Tharros e la Sardegna - research
  Can you write a letter in Italian? (Esempi di lettere) - read,write
  A historical pasta - cook,read
  

• Lesson 11 Pino e Cristoforo Colombo a San Fruttuoso
  (Pino and Colombo in San Fruttuoso.)
  Get to know San Fruttuoso and Italian politics. Learn to make plans and reflect on fake news. Reciprocal construction; other particular constructions; special construction (stare + gerundio); adverbs.
  Activities:
  Cristoforo Colombo, Italian politics and news - listen,research
  San Fruttuoso and Liguria - research
  

• Lesson 12 La vera amicizia
  (True friendship.)
  Reflect on true friendship and review what you have learned so far in the Intermediate level. Use of pronouns; use of verbs.
  Activities:
  Happy Anniversary of the Republic of Italy! - cook,listen,read
  The Italian anthem - listen,read,sing
  The eighth wonder of the world: Bomarzo - listen,read