Where Pinocchio (Pino for friends) wants to grow-up and become rich and famous, even though he doesn't know what to do in life. But what is life after all?

Objectives:

In the Advanced level, you follow Pino while he meets many renowned Italians* (Dante, Ferrari, Galileo, etc.) and asks them how to find a job and become happy, rich and famous.
You get to know more and more of Italian culture through authentic material and you learn how to write your resume in Italian, make hypothesis, refine and maintain the language, use the subjunctive and much more!

*The Advanced 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 Diventare ricchi e famosi
  (To become rich and famous.)
  Pino is tired of being a poor boy. He wishes to be rich and famous.
  Review the intermediate structures of Italian language. Meaning of pronouns; meaning of verbs.
  Activities:
  Dare del LEI. Mariapia Fanna Roncoroni - test,watch
  ABC of Italian style - read
  My reasons for loving and hating Italy - read
  

• Lesson 2 - Pino cerca lavoro e ne parla con Dante
  (Pino looks for a job and talks about it with Dante.)
  Learn to write a resume. "Infinito", "gerundio" and "participio"; verbs with prepositions; "diminutivi, peggiorativi".
  Activities:
  Get ready for Italian conversation: 3 steps - listen,test
  Your Renaissance - read
  Memorization techniques - read,test
  Eccellenze italiane: il capitalismo umanistico - read,test
  Write your Curriculum Vitae - read,write
  Can you write a letter in Italian? (Esempi di lettere) - read,write
  Video curriculum - read,watch
  

• Lesson 3 - Pino vuole essere un campione e ne parla con Bartali
  (Pino wants to be a sport champion and talks about it with Bartali.)
  Learn to express yourself in a concise and effective way. Verbs with pronouns. Relative pronoun "cui" + the article.
  Activities:
  La squadra del cuore - watch
  Figurine e collezioni - research
  Italians and sport - read
  

• Lesson 4 - Pino vuol fare il manager e ne parla con Ferrari
  (Pino wants to be a manager and talks about it with Ferrari.)
  Learn to express yourself in a concise and effective way. Double object pronouns; verbs with pronouns.
  Activities:
  Italia: le terribili tasse! - research,watch
  Statistics about Italians (part 3) - read
  Statistics about Italians (part 2) - read
  Statistics about Italians (part 1) - read
  

• Lesson 5 - Pino vuol fare l'artista e ne parla con Monnalisa
  (Pino wants to be an artist and talks about it with Monnalisa.)
  Learn how to narrate (part 3). "Passato remoto"; "trapassato remoto".
  Activities:
  La luna e il passato remoto - read,sing,test
  Eleonora d'Arborea e la storia d'Italia - research
  The Italian anthem - listen,read,sing
  La storia della cioccolata e dei pasticcini - research,watch
  A brief history of art (2) - read,test
  

• Lesson 6 - Pino vuol fare il pubblicitario e ne parla con Depero
  (Pino wants to work in an advertising agency and talks about it with Depero.)
  Learn to place emphasis in a sentence. Active and passive construction.
  Activities:
  Consigli per fare la spesa - watch
  Dialects - listen
  

• Lesson 7 - Pino vuol fare il professore e ne parla con la Montessori
  (Pino wants to be a professor and talks about it with Montessori.)
  Learn to refine your expressions. The subjunctive (part 1).
  Activities:
  Get ready for Italian conversation: 3 steps - listen,test
  Memorization techniques - read,test
  La scuola in Italia - read
  

• Lesson 8 - Pino vuol fare lo scienziato e ne parla con Galileo
  (Pino wants to be a scientist and talks about it with Galileo.)
  Learn to maintain the language. The subjunctive (part 2).
  Activities:
  Per un umanesimo scientifico - read,watch
  La segreteria telefonica - read,write
  In the shade of the blooming science - read
  

• Lesson 9 - Pino vuol fare il politico e ne parla con Machiavelli
  (Pino wants to be a politician and talks about it with Machiavelli.)
  Learn to recognize different styles. Make ipothesys: if clauses.
  Activities:
  Write a poem like Cecco Angiolieri - read,sing,write
  Giacomo Leopardi and freedom - listen,research
  A Secret Story (when being Italian was a crime) - read
  Italian news - read,write
  Interview with writer Dacia Maraini - read
  

• Lesson 10 - Cosa farà Pino nella vita? Ne parla con Totò
  (What will Pino do in life? He talks about it with Totò.)
  Learn to report a conversation. Learn to maintain the practice of the language. Direct/indirect construction.
  Activities:
  Italian Cinema in the USA and the Oscars - read
  Recipes from cinema: timpano di maccheroni - cook,read
  A new year, a new life - cook,read
  Essere scrittore - play
  

• Lesson 11 - Cosa fare nella vita? Pino ascolta Gino Strada
  (What to do in life? Pino listens to Gino Strada.)
  Learn to theorize and speak in public.
  Activities:
  Baustelle and the meaning of life - listen,test,watch
  Perspective view and subjunctive - read,test
  

• Lesson 12 - Come essere felici nella vita? Pino ascolta Terzani
  (How to be happy in life? Pino listens to Tiziano Terzani.)
  Review what you have learned until now and reflect upon certain words.
  Activities:
  Raffaello e l'armonia (concordanze, preposizioni, pronomi, verbi)) - read,test
  Incipit. Leggi tanti libri? - read,test
  The gambler (tribute to Pinocchio's father) - read
  

• Lesson 13 Il tuo ritratto: sei felice? Come ritrovare la tua felicità
  (Your portrait: are you happy? How to find your happiness)
  Review what you have learned in the Advanced Course.
  Ripasso generale. Pronomi personali: lui, lei, esso, essa, egli, ella, ciò. Comparativi - uso di "più" e "di più". Collocazioni ed espressioni idiomatiche.
  Activities:
  Crea il tuo autoritratto. Sei felice? (Congiuntivo) - read,test
  

• Lesson 14 Individualità e solitudine: tu non sei solo
  (Individuality and loneliness: you are not alone)
  Review what you have learned in the Advanced Course.
  Segnali discorsivi e intercalare. Punteggiatura. Differenza fra "stare" ed "essere". Frasi principali e secondarie, struttura di testi complessi.
  Activities:
  L'Annunciata and the articles - read,test
  

• Lesson 15 Osservarsi
  (Observing oneself)
  Review what you have learned in the Advanced Course.
  Pronomi dimostrativi e relativi - "colui, coloro, ciò", uso di "quello che", differenza fra "quello" e "che". Pronome "cui" + articolo. Uso enfatico dei pronomi: spostamento a destra. Collocazioni ed espressioni idiomatiche.
  Activities:
  Bring the sound in the mask - listen,read
  

• Lesson 16 Emigrazione italiana
  (Italian emigration)
  Review what you have learned in the Advanced Course.
  Pronomi diretti e indiretti, approfondimento dei pronomi "ne" e "ci". Uso dei doppi pronomi. Verbi usati con i pronomi. Uso enfatico dei pronomi: spostamento a sinistra.
  Activities:
  Italiani nel mondo - play,read
  

• Lesson 17 L'arte dell'equilibrio
  (The art of balance)
  Review what you have learned in the Advanced Course.
  Revisione di tempi e modi verbali (indicativo). Forma attiva e passiva. Uso del verbo "venire" nella forma passiva. Collocazioni ed espressioni idiomatiche.
  Activities:
  L'arte dell'equilibrio - listen,test
  

• Lesson 18 Emozioni e fiducia in se stessi
  (Emotions and self-confidence)
  Review what you have learned in the Advanced Course.
  Revisione di tempi e modi verbali (condizionale e imperativo). Uso del condizionale per esprimere il futuro nel passato. Italiano per il lavoro 1 (saluti, formule standard, approccio formale). Costruzione diretta e indiretta.
  Activities:
  Emozioni e fiducia in se stessi. Approccio formale e informale. - read,test
  

• Lesson 19 La rabbia e la stizza
  (Anger and irritation)
  Review what you have learned in the Advanced Course.
  Revisione di tempi e modi verbali (infinito, participio e gerundio). Italiano per il lavoro 2 (congiuntivo, abbreviazioni). Differenza fra "sono contento di" e "sono contento che". Frasi ipotetiche.
  Activities:
  Qual è la tua scelta? - read,test
  Interview with an Italian fashion designer - listen,test
  

• Lesson 20 La nostra vera natura: scopriamo le nostre potenzialità e i talenti
  (Our true nature: let's discover our potential and talents)
  Review what you have learned in the Advanced Course.
  Forma impersonale e stile linguistico personale (gerghi e dialetti). Italiano per la pubblicità, italiano per il giornalismo. Ripasso generale e dei punti più difficili. Collocazioni ed espressioni idiomatiche.
  Activities:
  Cinque consigli per rilassarsi prima di un esame - read,test
  Interview with an Italian antique dealer - listen,test