Self-Study

(Hello Pino!) Learn how to greet someone and introduce yourself. Subject pronouns; "Essere" (to be).

Activities:

• The puzzle of Italian regions play Free trial
• Practice your pronunciation: greetings listen, test Free trial

(Who are you?) Learn to describe and give information about yourself. Feminine and masculine nouns and agreements; description (part 1): nouns and adjectives (plus c'è and ci sono); indefinite articles.

Activities:

• Practice your pronunciation: Italian words in other languages listen, test
• What's in your fridge today? (c'è and ci sono) read, test

(Here are my family and my friends!) Learn to describe your family and your friends and to tell what your profession is. Nouns, adjectives, colors; description (part 2): singular/plural; definite articles; "Avere" (to have).

Activities:

• My friends and I (adjectives) listen, play
• Avere o Essere? This is the question. (Verb Avere and nouns) read, test

(What do you prefer?) Learn to express preferences, ask questions and answer in a negative way. Present indicative of regular verbs; interrogative sentences; negative sentences; irregular verbs: "Preferire, Capire, Piacere".

Activities:

• Trucchi per imparare i verbi (Tricks to learn verbs) read, test
• I like, I don't like (verbs) listen, play, test

(Count and sing.) Learn to count in Italian, say your age and introduce your family. Numbers; possessive adjectives and pronouns; double meanings and false friends.

Activities:

• 5 tips on practicing with Italian songs sing, test
• Can you say "no" in Italian? Negative sentences - part 1 read, test

(At the restaurant.) Learn how to ask for something and order at the restaurant. "Vorrei" and other forms of courtesy; position of the adjectives, form of certain adjectives; "avere fame, avere sete"; irregular verbs: "Mangiare, Bere".

Activities:

• Let's cook together! cook, play with puzzle
• Difference between "mangiare" and "nutrirsi": nouns and verbs read, research

(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"; weather.

Activities:

• Weather and seasons listen, play
• Memorization techniques read, test

(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".

Activities:

• Our body: vocabulary and crossword puzzle play
• Terrible prepositions: part 1 read, test

(Hello, who's speaking?) Learn to make a phone call and give your phone number. Combined prepositions; irregular verbs: "Sapere, Conoscere, Dire, Dare, Stare".

Activities:

• Terrible prepositions: part 2 read, test
• Telephone call play

(Did you go grocery shopping?) Go shopping. Learn to report a fact happened in the past. "Participio passato" and "passato prossimo"; irregular verbs: "Pagare". Difference between grocery shopping and shopping.

Activities:

• Getting Dressed: vocabulary, anagram and crossword puzzle listen, play
• Verbs: change words into actions test

(Three cheers for vacations!) Learn to make a reservation (restaurant, hotel). "C'è, ci sono"; review of interrogative expressions; negative expressions.

Activities:

• Invite your friends to your home! read, cook
• Verbs: present, PAST and future - passato prossimo play, test

(Have a good trip!) Pack the suitcase for a trip to Italy, work on your listening skills and review the basic structures of the Beginner level. Verbs; basic structure of a sentence; use of description; partitives. Listening development.

Activities:

• Anagrammi e altri esercizi play
• A brief history of art read, test

(A trip to Italy.) Pino decides to go on a journey through Italy. Practice how to use the dictionary and improve your listening skills. Review the basic structures of the Italian language and the verbs.

Activities:

• La geografia italiana read, test Free trial
• Eccellenze italiane: il capitalismo umanistico read, watch

(Pino and Rossini in Milan.) Pino begins his journey through Italy. Get to know Milan, and Italian opera and music. Learn to express yourself with more complex sentences and make comparisons. "Se, che, perché"; comparative and superlative. Idiomatic expressions.

Activities:

• Italian Opera listen, read, sing Free trial
• Milano research Free trial

(Pino and Pratt in Venice.) Get to know Venice and Italian comics. Learn to ask for assistance. Parts of the body. Reflexive verbs; irregular nouns; the partitive.

Activities:

• Italian comics read
• Venezia research

(Pino and Fellini in Bologna.) Get to know Bologna and Italian cinema. Learn to express doubt or make hypothesis. The future tense; direct object pronoun.

Activities:

• 10 tips on watching movies in Italian watch
• Bologna research

(Pino and Leonardo in Florence.) Get to know Florence and Italian style. Learn to express pleasure, regret or make an apology. Indirect object pronoun; use of the verb "Piacere".

Activities:

• Italian fashion: 5 rules for dressing well watch, read
• Firenze research

(Pino and Michelangelo in Rome.) Get to know Rome and Italian art. Learn to narrate and express disapproval. How to narrate (part 1): "imperfetto"; pronouns "ne" and "ci".

Activities:

• La gatta e l'imperfetto sing, test
• Roma research

(Pino and Saint Scolastica on Mount Maiella.) Get to know the Italian parks and the most common religion in Italy. Learn how to narrate and congratulate someone. Relative pronouns; pronouns after a preposition; how to narrate (part 2): "trapassato prossimo".

Activities:

• The feast of Saint Lucy read, test
• Natural parks and reserves research

(Pino and Pulcinella in Naples.) Get to know Naples and Italian theater. Learn to express preferences. The conditional (present and past conditional); special construction: conditional of "dovere, volere, potere" + infinitive. Idiomatic expressions.

Activities:

• Pulcinella and Italian theatre research
• Napoli research

(Pino and Pirandello in Lipari.) Get to know Lipari and Italian literature. Learn to speak in a general and impersonal way and discover more idiomatic expressions. Indefinite adjectives and pronouns; impersonal construction.

Activities:

• Write your poem play
• Isole Eolie research

(Pino and Eleonora d'Arborea in Tharros.) Get to know Tharros and Italian history. Learn to write a letter. Difference between written and spoken Italian. Learn to give commands and suggestions. Imperative.

Activities:

• A historical pasta read, cook
• I misteri dell'archeologia: Tharros e la Sardegna research

(Pino and Colombo in San Fruttuoso.) Get to know San Fruttuoso and Italian politics. Learn to make plans and reflect on fake news. Reciprocal construction; other particular constructions; special construction (stare + gerundio); adverbs.

Activities:

• Cristoforo Colombo, Italian politics and news research
• San Fruttuoso e la Liguria research

(True friendship.) Reflect on true friendship and review what you have learned so far in the Intermediate level. Use of pronouns; use of verbs.

Activities:

• The Italian anthem read, listen, sing
• Buon Anniversario della Repubblica Italiana! read, listen, cook

(To become rich and famous.) Pino is tired of being a poor boy. He wishes to be rich and famous. Reflect on wealth, fame and happiness, and review some Intermediate language structures. Pronouns; verbs.

Activities:

• ABC of Italian style read Free trial
• Dare del LEI. Mariapia Fanna Roncoroni test, watch

(Pino looks for a job and talks about it with Dante.) Get to know the famous poet Dante and the situation of work in Italy. Start "perfecting" your use of the Italian language and prepare your resume. "Infinito", "gerundio" and "participio e curriculum"; verbs with prepositions; "diminutivi, peggiorativi".

Activities:

• Get ready for Italian conversation: 3 steps listen, test Free trial
• Il Curriculum in video read, watch Free trial

(Pino wants to be a sport champion and talks about it with Bartali.) Get to know the cycling champion Bartali and the situation of sport in Italy. Learn to express yourself with concise and effective sentences. Verbs with pronouns. Relative pronoun "cui" + the article.

Activities:

• La squadra del cuore watch
• Figurine e collezioni watch, research

(Pino wants to be a manager and talks about it with Ferrari.) Get to know the father of the most famous cars in the world and the situation of the Italian economy. Learn to express yourself in a concise and effective way. Double object pronouns; verbs with pronouns.

Activities:

• Italia: le terribili tasse! watch, research
• Statistics about Italians: part 1 read

(Pino wants to be an artist and talks about it with Monnalisa.) Discover the secrets of Leonardo's famous Mona Lisa painting, learn about Italian history and improve your way of narrating. Different types of past and narration (part 3). "Passato remoto"; "trapassato remoto".

Activities:

• La luna e il passato remoto read, sing, test
• Eleonora d'Arborea e la storia d'Italia research

(Pino wants to work in an advertising agency and talks about it with Depero.) Get to know the futurist Depero and the situation of dialects in Italy. Continue to refine your knowledge of the Italian language and learn how to give the desired emphasis to a sentence. Active and passive construction; difference between standard Italian, regional Italian and dialects.

Activities:

• Consigli per fare la spesa watch
• Dialetti listen

(Pino wants to be a professor and talks about it with Montessori.) Get to know the scientist-educator Maria Montessori and the school system in Italy, and learn to speak in a way that brings people together. The subjunctive (part 1).

Activities:

• La scuola in Italia read
• Memorization techniques read, test

(Pino wants to be a scientist and talks about it with Galileo.) Get to know Galileo and the world of science in Italy. Learn more about the use of the subjunctive, develop your intuition and maintain the use of the language. The subjunctive (part 2); intuition and language practice.

Activities:

• La segreteria telefonica read, write
• 5 tips on listening to the Italian news listen

(Pino wants to be a politician and talks about it with Machiavelli.) Get to know Machiavelli and Italian politics. Learn to make ipothesys and recognize different styles. Hypothetical sentences; different language styles; emphatic use of pronouns.

Activities:

• Write a poem like Cecco Angiolieri read, sing, write
• Giacomo Leopardi e la libertà listen, research

(What will Pino do in life? He talks about it with Totò.) Get to know the famous comedian Totò and reflect on the meaning of life. Learn to report a conversation and to maintain the practice of the Italian language. Direct/indirect construction; language review and practice.

Activities:

• Ricette dal cinema: timpano di maccheroni read, cook
• Essere scrittore play

(What to do in life? Pino listens to Gino Strada.) Get to know Dr. Gino Strada, founder of Emergency, learn to speak in public and to expose your theories. Theorizing; implicit form; oratory technique.

Activities:

• Baustelle and the meaning of life watch, listen, test
• La visione prospettica e il congiuntivo read, test

(How to be happy in life? Pino listens to Tiziano Terzani.) Get to know the writer Tiziano Terzani and reflect on how to be happy in life. Review what you have learned until now; reflect upon certain words.

Activities:

• Raffaello e l'armonia: concordanze, preposizioni, pronomi, verbi read, test
• Incipit. Leggi tanti libri? read, test