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Tutored Beginner 2 - Program, objectives, syllabus

In this tutored course you review, practice and reinforce how to express opinions, say what you like and what you don't like, describe objects, places or situations, ask for directions, make a phone call, go shopping, use the simple past, sing in Italian, watch Italian videos and much more!

 

Upon successful completion of the Beginner 2 course you should be able to "...understand phrases and the highest frequency vocabulary related to areas of most immediate personal relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local area, employment)... communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar topics and activities... use a series of phrases and sentences to describe in simple terms your family and other people, where you live, living conditions, your educational background and your present or most recent job..." (standard definition taken from the Common European Framework Self-Evaluation).

 

This course is for students who have completed the Beginner 1 Tutored Course, or who have already studied Italian and are ready to start at Beginner 2 level.

 

See below the Beginner 2 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.
    Sing in Italian (listening and pronunciation exercise),

    review the basic structures of the Beginner 1 level.
    Assignment.

  • Session 2:
    Make an appointment, tell the time, day, month, tell what's the weather like.
    Beginner lesson 7.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 3:
    Ask for and give directions.
    Beginner lesson 8.
    Assignment.
  • Session 4:
    Make a phone call, give your phone number, create a conversation.
    Beginner lesson 9.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 5:
    Use the past. Go shopping in Italy.
    Beginner lesson 10.
    Assignment.
  • Session 6:
    Make a hotel reservation, prepare an Italian "antipasto": bruschetta.
    Beginner lesson 11.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 7:
    Get your luggage ready.
    Italian verbs, basic structure of an Italian sentence, use of description.
    Beginner lesson 12.
    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.
    Sing in Italian (listening and pronunciation exercise),

    review the basic structures of the Beginner 1 level.
    Assignment.

  • Session 2:
    Make an appointment, tell the time, day, month, tell what's the weather like.
    Beginner lesson 7.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 3:
    Ask for and give directions.
    Beginner lesson 8.
    Assignment.
  • Session 4:
    Make a phone call, give your phone number, create a conversation.
    Beginner lesson 9.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 5:
    Use the past. Go shopping in Italy.
    Beginner lesson 10.
    Assignment.
  • Session 6:
    Make a hotel reservation, prepare an Italian "antipasto": bruschetta.
    Beginner lesson 11.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 7:
    Get your luggage ready.
    Italian verbs, basic structure of an Italian sentence, use of description.
    Beginner lesson 12.
    Assignment.
  • Session 8:
    The shoe store.
    Rewiew regular and irregular verbs, say what you wear.
    Revision lesson 17. Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 9:
    The clothing store.
    Review simple prepositions, position of prepositions with interrogative adverbs.
    Revision lesson 18.
    Assignment.
  • Session 10:
    Describe a painting. Describe a person. Express your opinion.
    Review the formal approach (use of Lei), combined prepositions.
    Revision lesson 19. Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 11:
    Past, present and future. Learn the difference between "tempo" and "volta".
    Revision lesson 20.
    Assignment
  • Session 12:
    Revision.
    Final exam.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.

 

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