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?

 

Objectives:

 

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!
  (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.
  

 

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

 

Objectives:

 

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
  (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 13 Pinocchio e Hugo Pratt a Venezia
  (Pinocchio and Pratt in Venice.)
  Learn to ask for assistance. Parts of the body. Reflexive verbs; irregular nouns; the partitive.
  Activity: comics.

• Lesson 14 Pinocchio e Fellini a Bologna
  (Pinocchio and Fellini in Bologna.)
  Learn to express doubt or make hypothesis. The future tense; direct object pronoun.
  Activity: cinema.

• 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 17 Pinocchio e Santa Scolastica sul Monte Majella
  (Pinocchio and Saint Scolastica on Mount Majella.)
  Learn how to narrate and congratulate someone. Relative pronouns; pronouns after a preposition; how to narrate (part 2): "trapassato prossimo".
  Activity: religion.

• 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.

• Lesson 20 Pinocchio e Eleonora d'Arborea a Tharros
  (Pinocchio and Eleonora d'Arborea in Tharros.)
  Learn to write a letter. Learn to give commands or suggestions. Difference between written and spoken Italian. Imperative.
  Activity: history.

• Lesson 21 Pinocchio e Cristoforo Colombo a San Fruttuoso
  (Pinocchio and Colombo in San Fruttuoso.)
  Learn to make plans. Reciprocal construction; other particular constructions; special construction (stare + gerundio); adverbs.
  Activity: the government system.

 

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

 

Objectives:

 

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.

 

Program:

• Lesson 22 - Pinocchio cerca lavoro e ne parla con Dante
  (Pinocchio looks for a job and talks about it with Dante.)
  Learn to write a resume. "Infinito", "gerundio" and "participio"; verbs with prepositions; "diminutivi, peggiorativi".
  Activity: write your resume.

• Lesson 23 - Pinocchio vuole essere un campione e ne parla con Bartali
  (Pinocchio wants to be a sport champion and talks about it with Bartali.)
  Learn to express yourself in a concise and effective way. Verbs with pronouns. Relative pronoun "cui" + the article.
  Activity: sport and cards collection.

• Lesson 24 - Pinocchio vuol fare il manager e ne parla con Ferrari
  (Pinocchio wants to be a manager and talks about it with Ferrari.)
  Learn to express yourself in a concise and effective way. Double object pronouns; verbs with pronouns.
  Activity: taxes in Italy.

• Lesson 25 - Pinocchio vuol fare l'artista e ne parla con Monnalisa
  (Pinocchio wants to be an artist and talks about it with Monnalisa.)
  Learn how to narrate (part 3). "Passato remoto"; "trapassato remoto".
  Activity: history.

• Lesson 26 - Pinocchio vuol fare il pubblicitario e ne parla con Depero
  (Pinocchio wants to work in an advertising agency and talks about it with Depero.)
  Learn to place emphasis in a sentence. Active and passive construction.
  Activity: the Italian language and the dialects.

• Lesson 27 - Pinocchio vuol fare il professore e ne parla con la Montessori
  (Pinocchio wants to be a professor and talks about it with Montessori.)
  Learn to refine your expressions. The subjunctive (part 1).
  Activity: go back to school.

• Lesson 28 - Pinocchio vuol fare lo scienziato e ne parla con Galileo
  (Pinocchio wants to be a scientist and talks about it with Galileo.)
  Learn to maintain the language. The subjunctive (part 2).
  Activity: technology and life.

• Lesson 29 - Pinocchio vuol fare il politico e ne parla con Machiavelli
  (Pinocchio wants to be a politician and talks about it with Machiavelli.)
  Learn to recognize different styles. Make ipothesys: if clauses.
  Activity: write a poem.

• Lesson 30 - Infine, cosa farà Pinocchio nella vita? Ne parla con Totò
  (In the end, what will Pinocchio do in life? He talks about it with Totò.)
  Learn to report a conversation. Learn to maintain the practice of the language. Direct/indirect construction.
  Activity: conclusion.