Italian Beginner A1.2

This course builds on the knowledge acquired at Level A1.1. At this level, students learn to understand and use familiar everyday expressions and basic phrases aimed at general communication. Students will learn to describe their family, discuss studies and work, accept or refuse an invitation, organise a holiday and describe their daily routine. Grammatical elements include adverbs expressing frequency, present tense of verbs in are, ere, ire and introduction to modal verbs.

Outcomes

• Describe the school system in Italy
• Describe the family
• Organise a weekend away
• Describe daily routines
• Talk about leisure time

Content

• Describing places
• Describing families and family members
• Verbs in -ere and in -ire
• Adverbs: Sempre, spesso, di solito, qualche volta, raramente, quasi mai, mai
• Days of the week and months of the year
• Temporal expressions: ogni giorno/mattina/pomeriggio/sera
• Making a hotel reservation
• Present tense: modal verbs dovere, potere and volere
• Prepositions used with the verb andare