OPAL Italian Basic Prerequisites: No previous knowledge required. However, students should be able to demonstrate a successful track record of learning languages and must be able to commit to at least 2 hours per week for coursework, in addition to classes. Course material: Oggi in Italia, 9th edition (International) ISBN 978-1-111-34220-3 Course description: Please note that OPAL tutors will provide a detailed ‘week-by-week’ course syllabus and a self-study guide at the beginning of each term. Structural content: formal / informal you; present of essere and avere; personal pronouns;gender of nouns;indefinite articles; introduction to –are verbs (regular spelling only); revision indefinite articles, with the use of ecco + noun; plurals of nouns (co-ci, co-chi, ca-che, cia-cie/ce);definite article; numbers;possessive adjectives; simple prepositions;prepositions with definite article c’è, ci sono -ere verbs; quanto/a/i/e…?;quale…? irregular verbs: fare, stare, dare; expressions with fare; -ire verbs; irregular verbs: andare and venire; adjectives masc vs fem; sing vs plur;agreement with nouns;position of adjectives; reflexive verbs; passato prossimo with auxiliary avere;passato prossimo with auxiliary essere; gender and number agreement of past participle;some irregular past participles; irregular verbs: bere, dire, uscir; revision of reflexive pronuns and their use in the passato prossimo; informal imperative (tu) with regular verbs and negative form; partitive (dello zucchero, delle mele) ; informal imperative (tu) with irregular verbs (sii, abbi, fa’, sta’, di’); formal imperative; regular verbs;fomal imperative with irregular verbs (venga, vada) and negative form volere, dovere, potere direct pronouns with present tense; numbers from 100 up; quantity; demonstrative adjectives and pronouns; direct object pronouns with gender and number agreement in the passato prossimo;imperfetto; time expressions to express frequency/habit; negative espression; (non…nessuno/niente/mai); stressed pronouns; imperfetto vs pass prossimo; ‘to know’: sapere and conoscere; indirect object pronouns;piacere + indirect object; future tense; conditionsal; Page 1 of 2 relative pronoun ‘che’; Communicative skills: Greetings; Introduce yourself; Say and ask how one is ;Say what you study and teach Express possession and age Say if you are hungry, thirsty, etc (avere sonno, bisogno di, fame, sete, voglia di, ecc.) say the time; time expressions; days of the week asking questions; accept and refuse invitations plans describe people;express preferences say and ask where one is going;nationality daily routine; talk about free time; order something to eat and drink talk about actions in the past; talk about your holidays; seasons and months; time expressions: ieri, due giorni fa, ecc. talk about daily routing in the past (use of refl. verbs) the market and grocery shop; talk about food preferences;how to buy something; give orders; express wants and obligations; talk about travel plans; describe and talk about your family; talk about the past talk about the weather; express frequency of actions talk about cinema, fashion and clothing; colours; abilities: talk about what you can do; talk about things you know; talk about whom you know; parts of the human body; in the bathroom; talk about future plans; talk about sports; express wants and wishes politely; Italian basic Assessment framework Continuous assessment (participation, coursework) Progress test at the end of Michaelmas term A two-hour examination at the beginning of Trinity term A project to be presented by the end of week 5 in Trinity term 15% 15% 35% 35% Learning outcomes: ALTE LEVEL 1 - Can express opinions on professional, cultural or abstract matters in a limited way, offer advice and understand instructions. - Can give short presentations on a limited range of topics. - Can understand routine information and articles, including factual articles in newspapers, routine letters from hotel and letters expressing personal opinions. - Can write letters or make notes on familiar or predictable matters. Page 2 of 2