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Tutored Intermediate 1 - Program, objectives, syllabus

In this tutored course 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 better express your opinions, understand more complex sentences, make comparisons, narrate a fact with different kinds of past, use the future, use pronouns, relate situations, read Italian newspapers, watch Italian videos and visit some recommended Italian websites.

 

Upon successful completion of the Intermediate 1 you should be able to "...understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. ... understand the main point of many radio or TV programs when the delivery is relatively slow and clear... deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. You can enter unprepared into conversation on topics that are familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and current events)... connect phrases in a simple way in order to describe experiences and events, your dreams, hopes and ambitions. Briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. Narrate a story or relate the plot of a book or film and describe your reactions" (standard definition taken from the Common European Framework Self-Evaluation).

 

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

 

See below the Intermediate 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: intermediate 1 and intermediate 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 Italian language.
    Assignment.
  • Session 2:
    Thinking about traveling in Italy.
    Reinforce the basic language structures and get ready for the Intermediate level.
    Intermediate lesson 1.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 3:
    Learn about Italian music, Opera, Rossini and Milano.
    Introduce yourself and create your identikit, use more complex sentences.
    Intermediate lesson 2.
    Assignment.
  • Session 4:
    Learn about italian comics, Hugo Pratt and Venice.
    What to do if you don't feel well, the famous Mediterranean diet, tell about yourself with reflexive verbs.
    Intermediate lesson 3.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 5:
    Learn about Italian cinema, Fellini and Bologna.
    Speak Italian with more refined sentences and pronouns, use the future.
    Intermediate lesson 4.
    Assignment.
  • Session 6:
    Learn about Italian design/fashion, Leonardo and Florence.
    Express what you like or dislike, create more complex and refined sentences with indirect pronouns.
    Intermediate lesson 5.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 7:
    Learn about Italian art, Michelangelo and Rome.
    How to narrate, use of pronouns "ne" and "ci".
    Intermediate lesson 6.
    Assignment.
  • Session 8:
    Revision.
    Final exam.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 1:
    Introduction.
    Sing in Italian (listening and pronunciation exercise), thinking about traveling in Italy.
    Learn about Italian music, Opera, Rossini and Milano.
    Reinforce the basic language structures and get ready for the Intermediate level.
    Introduce yourself and create your identikit, use more complex sentences.
    Intermediate lesson 1.
    Intermediate lesson 2.
    Assignment.
  • Session 2:
    Learn about italian comics, Hugo Pratt and Venice.
    What to do if you don't feel well, the famous Mediterranean diet, tell about yourself with reflexive verbs.
    Learn about Italian cinema, Fellini and Bologna.
    Speak Italian with more refined sentences and pronouns, use the future.
    Intermediate lesson 3.
    Intermediate lesson 4.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 3:
    Learn about Italian design/fashion, Leonardo and Florence.
    Express what you like or dislike, create more complex and refined sentences with indirect pronouns.
    Learn about Italian art, Michelangelo and Rome.
    How to narrate, use of pronouns "ne" and "ci".
    Intermediate lesson 5.
    Intermediate lesson 6. Assignment.
  • Session 4:
    Learn about the Italian monastic tradition, Santa Scolastica and national parks. Learn how to narrate and congratulate someone. Relative pronouns; pronouns after a preposition; how to narrate (part 2): "trapassato prossimo".
    Learn about Italian theatre, Pulcinella and Naples. Learn to express preferences. The conditional (present and past conditional); special construction: conditional of "dovere, volere, potere" + infinitive. Idiomatic expressions.
    Intermediate lesson 7.
    Intermediate lesson 8.
    Assignment.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 5:
    Learn about Italian literature, Pirandello and Lipari islands. Learn to express yourself in a concise way. Idiomatic expressions. Indefinite adjectives and pronouns; impersonal construction.
    Learn about Italian history, Eleonora d'Arborea and Tharros (Sardinia). Learn to write a letter. Learn to give commands or suggestions. Difference between written and spoken Italian. Imperative.
    Intermediate lesson 9.
    Intermediate lesson 10.
    Assignment.
  • Session 6:
    Learn about Colombo and San Fruttuoso (Liguria).
    Learn to make plans. Reciprocal construction; other particular constructions; special construction (stare + gerundio); adverbs.
    Learn about true friendship.
    Use of pronouns, use of verbs.
    Intermediate lesson 11.
    Intermediate 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 Italian language.
    Assignment.
  • Session 2:
    Thinking about traveling in Italy.
    Reinforce the basic language structures and get ready for the Intermediate level.
    Intermediate lesson 1.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 3:
    Learn about Italian music, Opera, Rossini and Milano.
    Introduce yourself and create your identikit, use more complex sentences.
    Intermediate lesson 2.
    Assignment.
  • Session 4:
    Learn about italian comics, Hugo Pratt and Venice.
    What to do if you don't feel well, the famous Mediterranean diet, tell about yourself with reflexive verbs.
    Intermediate lesson 3.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 5:
    Learn about Italian cinema, Fellini and Bologna.
    Speak Italian with more refined sentences and pronouns, use the future.
    Intermediate lesson 4.
    Assignment.
  • Session 6:
    Learn about Italian design/fashion, Leonardo and Florence.
    Express what you like or dislike, create more complex and refined sentences with indirect pronouns.
    Intermediate lesson 5.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 7:
    Learn about Italian art, Michelangelo and Rome.
    How to narrate, use of pronouns "ne" and "ci".
    Intermediate lesson 6.
    Assignment.
  • Session 8:
    Reflect upon ancient and modern.
    Pronouns: esso, essa, egli, ella, ciò. Comparatives - use of "più" and "di più" passato prossimo.
    Revision lesson 13. Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 9:
    Houses of the ancient Romans.
    Difference between "stare" and "essere", difference among "buono", "bravo" and "bene", direct and indirect pronouns, use of the formal approach (Lei).
    Revision lesson 14.
    Assignment.
  • Session 10:
    Nutrition of the ancient Romans.
    Basic sentence structure and position of adverbs, difference between "infine" and "finalmente", reflexive verbs and pronouns.
    Revision lesson 15. Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.
  • Session 11:
    Clothing of the ancient Romans.
    Passato prossimo and imperfetto, main and secondary sentences, demonstrative and relative pronouns - "colui, coloro, ciò", use of "quello che", difference between "quello" and "che".
    Revision lesson 16.
    Assignment
  • Session 12:
    Revision.
    Final exam.
    Fixed-schedule Audio-Video Group Class.

 

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