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Tutored Beginner 1 - Program, objectives, syllabus

In this tutored course you learn how to greet someone, introduce yourself and your family, express opinions, say what you like and what you don't like, describe objects, places or situations, order at the restaurant, prepare a famous Italian dessert and other delicious Italian recipes, sing in Italian, watch Italian videos and much more!

 

Upon successful completion of the Beginner 1 course you should be able to "...recognise familiar words and very basic phrases when people speak slowly and clearly... use simple phrases and sentences to describe where you live and people you know... interact in a simple way provided the other person is prepared to repeat or rephrase things at a slower rate of speech and help you formulate what you are trying to say... ask and answer simple questions in areas of immediate need or on very familiar topics" (standard definition taken from the Common European Framework Self-Evaluation).

 

This course is for students who have never studied Italian.

 

See below the Beginner 1 syllabus for the 3 different types of Tutored Courses we offer:

 

Standard 8 Weeks
practice from 3 to 5 hours per week; includes 6 self-study lessons (complete one level), 4 assignments, audio/video classes, final exam

Intensive 6 Weeks
practice from 6 to 10 hours per week; includes 12 self-study lessons, 4 assignments, audio/video classes, final exam (in this format you complete both levels: beginner 1 and beginner 2)		 Extended 12 Weeks
practice from 3 to 5 hours per week; includes 10 self-study lessons (complete one level), 6 assignments, audio/video classes, final exam
  • Session 1: Introduction.
    Learn the Italian alphabet, sing in Italian (listening and pronunciation exercise).
    Assignment.
  • Session 2:
    Introduce yourself and greet someone.
    Beginner lesson 1.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 3:
    Describe who you are (part 1).
    Beginner lesson 2.
    Assignment.
  • Session 4:
    Describe who you are (part 2) and what your profession is.
    Describe your friends.
    Beginner lesson 3.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 5:
    Express preferences, tell what you like and what you don't like, ask questions, reply to question, learn about Italian verbs.
    Beginner lesson 4.
    Assignment.
  • Session 6:
    Count in Italian, tell your age, describe your family, use possessive adjectives and pronouns.
    Beginner lesson 5.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 7:
    Ask for something, order at the restaurant, create a conversation.
    Beginner lesson 6.
    Assignment.
  • Session 8:
    Revision.
    Final exam.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 1: Introduction.
    Learn the Italian alphabet, sing in Italian (listening and pronunciation exercise).
    Introduce yourself and greet someone.
    Describe who you are (part 1).
    Beginner lesson 1.
    Beginner lesson 2.
    Assignment.
  • Session 2:
    Describe who you are (part 2) and what your profession is.
    Describe your friends.
    Express preferences, tell what you like and what you don't like, ask questions, reply to question, learn about Italian verbs.
    Beginner lesson 3.
    Beginner lesson 4.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 3:
    Count in Italian, tell your age, describe your family, use possessive adjectives and pronouns, order at the restaurant.
    Beginner lesson 5.
    Beginner lesson 6.
    Assignment.
  • Session 4:
    Make an appointment, tell the time, day, month, tell what's the weather like, ask for and give directions.
    Beginner lesson 7.
    Beginner lesson 8.
    Assignment.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 5:
    Make a phone call, give your phone number, create a conversation, report a fact in the past, go shopping.
    Beginner lesson 9.
    Beginner lesson 10.
    Assignment.
  • Session 6:
    Make a hotel reservation, prepare an Italian "antipasto": bruschetta.
    Beginner lesson 11.
    Beginner lesson 12.
    Revision.
    Final exam.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 1: Introduction.
    Learn the Italian alphabet, sing in Italian (listening and pronunciation exercise).
    Assignment.
  • Session 2:
    Introduce yourself and greet someone.
    Beginner lesson 1.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 3:
    Describe who you are (part 1).
    Beginner lesson 2.
    Assignment.
  • Session 4:
    Describe who you are (part 2) and what your profession is.
    Describe your friends.
    Beginner lesson 3.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 5:
    Express preferences, tell what you like and what you don't like, ask questions, reply to question, learn about Italian verbs.
    Beginner lesson 4.
    Assignment.
  • Session 6:
    Count in Italian, tell your age, describe your family, use possessive adjectives and pronouns.
    Beginner lesson 5.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 7:
    Ask for something, order at the restaurant, create a conversation.
    Beginner lesson 6.
    Assignment.
  • Session 8:
    Order at the counter.
    Rewiew the present of regular and irregular verbs, express preferences and say what you like to eat.
    Revision lesson 13. Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 9:
    Order at the restaurant.
    Review the basic elements and structure of a sentence, practice descriptions.
    Revision lesson 14.
    Assignment.
  • Session 10:
    Describe a portrait.
    Consider how to develop your critical thinking. Review interrogative sentences, review the position of the subject in a sentence, review Italian numbers.
    Revision lesson 15. Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 11:
    Harmony in a painting and in the Italian language.
    Review agreements, definite articles.
    Revision lesson 16.
    Assignment
  • Session 12:
    Revision.
    Final exam.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.

 

 

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