
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 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 13 Antico e moderno

(Ancient and modern)
Compare ancient and modern (who were the ancient Romans? who are we?) and continue the language review with an in-depth analysis of some aspects.
Pronouns: esso, essa, egli, ella, ciò. Comparatives - use of "più" and "di più". Verb revision - passato prossimo.
Activities:
Witches in Calcata (difference between chi and che) - read,test,watch
- Lesson 14 Le abitazioni degli antichi romani

(Houses of the ancient Romans)
Practice listening to authentic material (Italian spoken at natural speed), explore the homes of the ancient Romans and delve into some aspects of the language.
Difference between "stare" and "essere". Difference between "buono", "bravo" and "bene". Direct and indirect pronouns. Formal approach: use of Lei.
Activities:
La donna angelicata e l'approccio formale - read,test
- Lesson 15 L'alimentazione degli antichi romani

(Nutrition of the ancient Romans)
Know some differences between standard Italian (the one we teach) and dialectal Italian (the one you might hear in Italy). Compare the nutrition of ancient Romans to that of today's Italians and delve into some grammatical aspects.
Basic structure of a sentence and position of adverbs. Difference between "infine" e "finalmente". Reflexive verbs and pronouns. Revision of pronouns "ne" and "ci".
Activities:
Una favola di Fedro (pronomi) - read,test
