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.

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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.
  Reflect on wealth, fame and happiness, and review some Intermediate language structures. Pronouns; 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.)
  Get to know the famous poet Dante and the situation of work in Italy. Start "perfecting" your use of the Italian language and prepare your resume. "Infinito", "gerundio" and "participio e curriculum"; 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.)
  Get to know the cycling champion Bartali and the situation of sport in Italy. Learn to express yourself with concise and effective sentences. 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.)
  Get to know the father of the most famous cars in the world and the situation of the Italian economy. 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.)
  Discover the secrets of Leonardo's famous Mona Lisa painting, learn about Italian history and improve your way of narrating. Different types of past and narration (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.)
  Get to know the futurist Depero and the situation of dialects in Italy. Continue to refine your knowledge of the Italian language and learn how to give the desired emphasis to a sentence. Active and passive construction; difference between standard Italian, regional Italian and dialects.
  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.)
  Get to know the scientist-educator Maria Montessori and the school system in Italy, and learn to speak in a way that brings people together. 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.)
  Get to know Galileo and the world of science in Italy. Learn more about the use of the subjunctive, develop your intuition and maintain the use of the language. The subjunctive (part 2); intuition and language practice.
  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.)
  Get to know Machiavelli and Italian politics. Learn to make ipothesys and recognize different styles. Hypothetical sentences; different language styles; emphatic use of pronouns.
  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.)
  Get to know the famous comedian Totò and reflect on the meaning of life. Learn to report a conversation and to maintain the practice of the Italian language. Direct/indirect construction; language review and practice.
  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.)
  Get to know Dr. Gino Strada, founder of Emergency, learn to speak in public and to expose your theories. Theorizing; implicit form; oratory technique.
  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.)
  Get to know the writer Tiziano Terzani and reflect on how to be happy in life. Review what you have learned until now; 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)
  Reflect on how to find happiness and continue the language review with an in-depth analysis of some aspects. Personal pronouns: lui, lei, esso, essa, egli, ella, ciò. Comparatives - use of "più" and "di più". Collocations and idiomatic expressions.
  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)
  Reflect on "individuality and loneliness" and practice some details that help to speak and relate. Discursive signals and filler words; punctuation; difference between "stare" and "essere"; main and secondary sentences, structure of complex texts.
  Activities:
  L'Annunciata and the articles - read,test
  

• Lesson 15 - Osservarsi
  (Observing oneself)
  Reflect on how to observe a masterpiece and how to observe yourself, and delve into the use of pronouns and idiomatic expressions. Demonstrative and relative pronouns "colui, coloro, ciò", use of "quello che", difference between "quello" and "che"; pronoun "cui" + article; emphatic use of pronouns: shift to the right; collocations and idiomatic expressions.
  Activities:
  Bring the sound in the mask - listen,read
  

• Lesson 16 - Emigrazione italiana
  (Italian emigration)
  Reflect on Italian emigration and learn more about the use of pronouns. Direct and indirect pronouns, pronouns "ne" and "ci"; use of double pronouns; verbs used with pronouns; emphatic use of pronouns: shift to the left.
  Activities:
  Italiani nel mondo - play,read
  

• Lesson 17 - L'arte dell'equilibrio
  (The art of balance)
  Learn more about verbs and idiomatic expressions. Revision of verb tenses and moods (indicative); active and passive form; use of the verb "venire" in the passive form; collocations and idiomatic expressions.
  Activities:
  L'arte dell'equilibrio - listen,test
  

• Lesson 18 - Emozioni e fiducia in se stessi
  (Emotions and self-confidence)
  Reflect on emotions and self-confidence and delve into the use of verbs and of the language for work. Revision of verb tenses and moods (conditional and imperative); use of the conditional to express the future in the past; Italian for work 1 (greetings, standard formulas, formal approach); direct and indirect construction.
  Activities:
  Emozioni e fiducia in se stessi. Approccio formale e informale. - read,test
  

• Lesson 19 - La rabbia e la stizza
  (Anger and irritation)
  Reflect on anger, learn more about the use of verbs and of the language for work, and make assumptions. Revision of verb tenses and moods (infinitive, participle and gerund); Italian for work 2 (subjunctive, abbreviations); difference between "sono contento di" and "sono contento che"; hypothetical sentences.
  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)
  Reflect on your true nature and your talent, delve into different styles and complete a general revision. Impersonal form and personal linguistic style (slangs and dialects); Italian for advertising, Italian for journalism; general revision and more difficult points; collocations and idiomatic expressions.
  Activities:
  Cinque consigli per rilassarsi prima di un esame - read,test
  Interview with an Italian antique dealer - listen,test