Italian Classes for Expert Beginners - Level A
Class# 2
ADULT EDUCATION
ADULT EDUCATION
#2 Italian for Beginners
10 lessons, 2 hours each
(10min break after 55min)
Once a week for 10 weeks
6.30 PM -8.30 PM (TBC)
Book included
Min 2, max 12 people
Starting: 5th February 2024
Venue: Firehouse Cultural Center
$ 350
Prerequisites: must have knowledge of the subjects covered in the Italian for Beginners classes #1
Topics of instruction:
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To know the simple prepositions (di, a da, in, con,su per, tra, fra)
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To know the articulated prepositions
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To learn how to translate some and any
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To translate there is and there are
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To translate possessive adjectives my, your, his/her​
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The past participle of regular and irregular verbs
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To use the passato prossimo (present perfect)
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The adverb of place CI
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To use adverbs with the present perfect
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To use modal verbs with the present perfect​
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To use the simple future with regular and irregular verbs
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To know the future perfect
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To know hypotethical phrases (1st type)
Additionally, you will be introduced to:
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Learn how to write a letter or an email
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Learn the basic jargon related to technology and chat messages or SMS
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Learn important Italian emergency phone numbers and how/when to call them
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To know what Italians like to do during weekends
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What Italian bars are like and how Italians drink coffee
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Italian holidays
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What Italians do for Christmas time
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Which type of trains exists in Italy
Goals and Objectives:
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To know about different kinds of communication systems
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To ask and give information about appointments/schedules
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To express doubt
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To talk about furniture
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To locate objects in space
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To express possession
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To thank others and respond with gratitude
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The months and seasons
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Numbers from 2000 to 1 million
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To talk about what you do on your weekends
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To tell past events
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To tell a past event in a specific time frame (one week, one hour, one day ago)
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To as and say the today date
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To order in a coffee shop
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To express your preferences
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To make plans, guessing, promises, hypotheses, and to express doubt
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Learn vocabulary related to train travel
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Learn vocabulary related to weather forecasts