Italian 103 - Intermediate

Textbook used in School AMICI
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Wednesday, 6:30-8:30pm (see dates below)

 

This course is designed for those who already have a good knowledge of the basic Italian grammar. The goal is the improvement of comprehension, vocabulary and conversational skills, studying more refined grammatical structures and well cultivated vocabulary. The ability of communicating will be mostly developed through dialogues and group discussions using main tenses of verbs.

Most of the lessons aim to develop confidence in performance of listening, speaking and reading, using the textbook as a guiding tool and for review.

Only Italian is spoken by the teacher and among students in class. A brief preliminary telephone conversation will be conducted with these students to determine if their language comprehension is appropriate for this class.

CLASS TIME: Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 pm (see dates below)

LENGTH: 2 hours/night, Once a week for 10 weeks

TUITION: $220

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I. Wed Sep 15, 2010
Avanti  Chap. 8
Il Palio, Italian festivities;
Reflexive/reciprocal verbs;
Present perfect of verbs;
Prepositions with articles

II. Wed Sep 22, 2010
Avanti  Chap. 9
What do you want to do?
Present of volere; vorrei;
Indefinite pronouns;
Conversation about plans

III. Wed Sep 29, 2010
Avanti  Chap. 9
Using present to express future; prossimo, fra
Future tense of “to have” and “to be”. Scheduling events and activities

LESSONS PLAN

IV. Wed Oct 6, 2010
Avanti  Chap. 10
Mi dispiace, ti dispiace, mi fa male. Conversazione
Dovevo, volevo, potevo; Regole di casa

V. Wed Oct 13, 2010
Avanti  Chap. 10
Comparative, superlative
Parts of the body
Conversation

VI. Wed Oct 20, 2010
Avanti  Chap. 11
Locate where things are; Imperfect, pres. perfect;
Cosa facevi da piccolo; Conversation

VII. Wed Oct 27, 2010
Avanti  Chap. 11
Imperfect, pres. perfect;
Cosa hai fatto stamattina;
Conversation

 

VIII Wed Nov 3, 2010
Avanti  Chap. 11
Direct object pronouns; Ecco, eccolo. Parti e oggetti della casa. Conversation

IX. Wed Nov 10, 2010
Avanti  Chap. 12
Secondo me, secondo te?
Indirect object pronouns;
Conversation

X. Wed Nov 17, 2010
Avanti  Chap. 12
Progressive present and past; what were you doing last night?; comparison with imperfect
Conversation. Saluti