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Beginner Lessons

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Where Pinocchio realizes that his good friends, "il Gatto e la Volpe" (the Cat and the Fox), are not very good friends. But what is friendship after all?

 

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In this course, you meet Pinocchio, the famous Italian puppet, and his friends, and you start to get involved with Italian language and culture.
You learn how to greet someone, introduce your self or your family, express opinions, describe objects, places or situations, order at the restaurant, prepare a famous Italian dessert (Tiramisù), ask for directions, make a phone call, book a hotel room, go shopping, use the simple past, sing in Italian and much more!

 

Program:

  • Lesson 1 Ciao Pinocchio! free trial
    (Ciao Pinocchio!)
    Learn how to greet someone and introduce yourself. Subject pronouns; "Essere" (to be).
    Activity: the puzzle of Italy!
  • Lesson 2 Chi sei?
    (Who are you?)
    Learn to describe yourself. Feminine and masculine nouns; nouns and adjectives; agreements; indefinite articles.
    Activity: the house.
  • Lesson 3 Ecco i miei amici!
    (Here are my friends!)
    Learn to describe your friends and tell what your profession is. Nouns and adjectives; plural form; definite articles; "Avere" (to have).
    Activity: my friends and I.
  • Lesson 4 Cosa Preferisci?
    (What do you prefer?)
    Learn to express a preference, to form a question andto answer negatively. Present indicative of regular verbs; interrogative sentences; negative sentences; irregular verbs: "Preferire, Capire".
    Activity: I like, I don't like.
  • Lesson 5 Conta e canta con Pinocchio!
    (Count & sing with Pinocchio!)
    Learn to sing-count in Italian, tell your own age and introduce your family. Numbers; possessive adjectives and pronouns.
    Activity: let's sing together.
  • Lesson 6 Pinocchio al ristorante
    (Pinocchio at the restaurant.)
    Learn how to ask for something and order at the restaurant. "Vorrei"; position of the adjectives, form of certain adjectives; "avere fame, avere sete".
    Activity: let's cook together.
  • Lesson 7 Quando ci vediamo?
    (When are we going to see each other?)
    Learn to make or postpone an appointment. Time, days, months; irregular verbs: "Dovere, Volere, Potere, Uscire, Venire".
    Activity: what's the weather like?
  • Lesson 8 Dov'è la scuola?
    (Where is the school?)
    Learn to ask for and give directions, tell your address and say where you are from. Simple prepositions; irregular verbs: "Fare, Andare".
    Activity: the body and physical exercise.
  • Lesson 9 Pronto chi parla?
    (Hello, who's speaking?)
    Learn to make a phone call and give your phone number. Combined prepositions; irregular verbs: "Sapere, Conoscere, Dire, Stare".
    Activity: who called whom?
  • Lesson 10 Hai comprato la mela?
    (Did you buy the apple?)
    Go shopping. Learn to report a fact happened in the past. "Participio passato" and "passato prossimo"; irregular verbs: "Pagare".
    Activity: let's get dressed
  • Lesson 11 Viva le vacanze!!!
    (Three cheers for vacations!)
    Learn to make a hotel reservation. "C'è, ci sono"; review of interrogative expressions; negative expressions.
    Activity: invite your friends at home.

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Intermediate Lessons

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Where Pinocchio and his conscience "Grillo" (Jiminy Cricket), travel through Italy, meet very famous people and ask them what friendship is.

 

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In the Intermediate Course you follow Pinocchio, the famous Italian puppet, while he travels through Italy, meets many renowned Italians (Fellini, Rossini, Michelangelo, Leonardo...) and asks them what friendship is.
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 express your opinions in a better way, understand more complex sentences, make comparisons, narrate a fact, write a letter, use the future and much more!

 

*The intermediate course draws inspiration from famous Italian characters. The dialogues between Pinocchio and the characters have been written with creative license.

 

Program:

  • Lesson 12 Pinocchio e Rossini a Milano free trial
    (Pinocchio and Rossini in Milan.)
    Pinocchio begins his voyage through Italy.
    Learn to express yourself with more complex sentences and make comparisons. "Se, che, perché"; comparative and superlative.
    Activity: opera.
  • Lesson 15 Pinocchio e Leonardo a Firenze
    (Pinocchio and Leonardo in Florence.)
    Learn to express pleasure, regret or make an apology. Indirect object pronoun; use of the verb "Piacere".
    Activity: fashion and design.
  • Lesson 16 Pinocchio e Michelangelo a Roma
    (Pinocchio and Michelangelo in Rome.)
    Learn to narrate and express disapproval. How to narrate (part 1): "imperfetto"; pronouns "ne" and "ci".
    Activity: painting and sculpture.
  • Lesson 18 Pinocchio e Pulcinella a Napoli
    (Pinocchio and Pulcinella in Naples.)
    Learn to express preferences. The conditional (present and past conditional); special construction: conditional of "dovere, volere, potere" + infinitive.
    Activity: theatre.
  • Lesson 19 Pinocchio e Pirandello a Lipari
    (Pinocchio and Pirandello in Lipari.)
    Learn to express yourself in a concise way. Idiomatic expressions. Indefinite adjectives and pronouns; impersonal construction. Activity: literature and poetry.

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Advanced Lessons

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Where Pinocchio wants to grow-up, even though he doesn't know what to do in life. But what is life after all?

 

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In this course, you follow Pinocchio, the famous Italian puppet, while he is searching for a job, meets many renowned Italians* (Dante, Ferrari, Galileo...) and asks them how to find a job and to become rich.
You get to know more and more of Italian culture through authentic material and you learn how to write your resume in Italian, make hypothesis, refine and maintain the language, use the subjunctive and much more!

 

*The advanced course draws inspiration from famous Italian characters. The dialogues between Pinocchio and the characters have been written with creative license.

 

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