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CYBERITALIAN BEGINNER 1 (ITALIAN I - SEMESTER 2)

NASSAU - BOCES

8 UNITS per semester

SYLLABUS AND CONTENT

 

No. of on-line asynchronous units: 8

No. of self-administered lessons (with exercises and exams): 5

No. of required audio lessons and recordings: 4

No. of required assignments: 4

Semester exam

Assessment and grades

 

In this tutored course you practice expressing opinions, describing objects, places or situations, and you learn how to order at the restaurant and prepare a famous Italian dessert.

 

Upon successful completion of the Beginner 1 course you should be able to "...recognise familiar words and very basic phrases when people speak slowly and clearly... use simple phrases and sentences to describe where you live and people you know... interact in a simple way provided the other person is prepared to repeat or rephrase things at a slower rate of speech and help you formulate what you are trying to say... ask and answer simple questions in areas of immediate need or on very familiar topics" (standard definition from the Common European Framework Self-Evaluation).

 

Please note: in order to help students learn the language and improve their understanding of Italian culture and lifestyle, CyberItalian has revisited Collodi's story so some self-administered lessons present a dialogue with a modern Pinocchio (Pino). Through "A Modern Pinocchio Story", the CyberItalian course helps students to learn the Italian language and culture as well as to explore their own lives and learning challenges.

 

UNIT

NUMBER:

UNIT

TOPIC:

GRADED ACTIVITIES:

1. WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS

2. AUDIO RECORDINGS

4. QUIZ

5. EXAMS

 

NOT GRADED ACTIVITIES:

1. DIALOGUE (LISTENING COMPREHENSION)

2. READING (CLOZE EXERCISE)

3. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

 
1
  • I. Introduction to semester 2
  • II. Activity: 5 tips on practicing with Italian songs
  • III. Quiz
  • IV. Activities:
    1. Pronunciation of CE, CI, CHE, CHI
    2. Flash cards: adjectives and verbs.
    Listen and Test
  • V. Quiz
  • VI. Written Assignment - minimum amount of words required: 25
2
  • I. Introduction Lesson: b_6
    At the restaurant.
    Learn how to ask for something and order at the restaurant.
  • II. Lesson Dialogue (listening and comprehension exercise)
  • III. Quiz (PAOLO: in questo quiz mettiamo ULTIME 3 DOMANDE DELL'ESAME - quelle audio)
  • IV. Cultural Tidbit Eating habits (reading, listening and cloze exercise)
  • V. Grammatical Tidbit to learn how to order at the restaurant:
    Vorrei; position of the adjectives, form of certain adjectives; avere fame, avere sete.
  • VI. Quiz
  • VII. Activities:

    • 1. Let's cook together

    2. Difference between 
    mangiare and nutrirsi: nouns and verbs

  • VIII. Audio Recording: eating - mangiare
3
  • Introduction Revision Lesson: b_13
    Experience a real Italian bar, order at the counter and brush up on the use of Italian verbs.
  • Lesson Dialogue (listening and comprehension exercise)
  • Quiz
  • Cultural Tidbit A cafè (reading, listening and cloze exercise)
  • Grammatical Tidbit Review the present conjugation of regular verbs.
    Irregular verbs: To Prefer, To Understand,
    To Act, To React, To Eat, To Drink, To Like
  • Quiz
  • Activities:

    • 1. Granita for breakfast

    2. Practice your pronunciation:
    il caffè italiano

  • Written Assignment - minimum amount of words required: 25
4
  • Introduction Revision Lesson: b_14
    Experience an Italian pizzeria and review the construction of an Italian sentence.
  • Lesson Dialogue (listening and comprehension exercise)
  • Quiz
  • Cultural Tidbit A restaurant-pizzeria (reading, listening and cloze exercise)
  • Grammatical Tidbit: Basic elements and basic structure of a sentence.
  • Quiz
  • Activities:

    1. Il ristorante

    2. Flash cards: la casa

  • Audio Recording: The house - la casa
5
  • Stop and evaluate your situation:
  • Be punctual.
  • Be proactive.
  • Get results!
  • Quiz
  • Reading: The importance of foreign language study.
  • Quiz
  • Written Assignment - minimum amount of words required: 25
6
  • Introduction Revision Lesson: b_15
    (The portrait)
    Analyze a Renaissance portrait and sharpen your inquisitive mind. Critical thinking development.
  • Lesson Dialogue (listening and comprehension exercise)
  • Quiz
  • Cultural Tidbit A Renaissance portrait (reading, listening and cloze exercise)
  • Grammatical Tidbit: Interrogative sentences.
    Position of the subject in a sentence
  • Quiz
  • Activities:

    1. Vignette (cartoons)
    2. Are you nervous? (Verb Essere and Adjectives)

  • Audio Recording:
    colors - colori
7
  • Introduction Revision Lesson: b_16
    Harmony.
    Review the harmony in a language sentence.
  • Lesson Dialogue (listening and comprehension exercise)
  • Quiz
  • Cultural Tidbit Harmony. (reading, listening and cloze exercise)
  • Grammatical Tidbit: agreements and use of the definite article.
    (Structure of the Italian sentence)
  • Quiz
  • Activities:

    • 1. Is grammar scaring you? (Structure of the Italian sentence)

    2. What's in your fridge today? (c'è and ci sono)

  • Written Assignment - minimum amount of words required: 25
8
  • Get ready for the semester exam
  • Quiz
  • Grammar Revision:
    Feminine and Masculine nouns and agreements
    Indefinite articles
    Definite articles
    Adjectives and nouns agreement
    Negative sentences
    Position of the adjectives
    Present Indicative of Regular verbs
    Present Indicative of irregular verbs Preferire, Capire;
    Present Indicative of Essere and Avere
  • Quiz
  • Audio Recording:
    animals (nouns and adjectives) - animali (nomi e aggettivi)
  • Semester Exam