Italian Year 1 (Beginners)

Term 1

Topics
Introductions, yourself; the alphabet and sounds; numbers 0 to 100; class room interior, countries and nationalities; the family; professions and places of work; week-ends and hobbies.

Grammar

Definite and indefinite article; adjectives and nouns: gender and number; personal pronouns; possessive adjectives; verbs in the present tense: essere, avere, verbs ending in -are, - ere, - ire, and reflexive verbs ending in - arsi, - ersi, - iris; irregular verbs (fare/avere/andare/uscire); negative/interrogative from of verb; the verb piacere, agreement and disagreement with piacere; verbs in - ire following the pattern of preferire; adverbs of frequency (raramente, spesso, qualche volta, sempre)

Learning outcomes
o Greeting people
o Introducing yourself and others
o Spell out words and use numbers
o Saying where you come from and where you live
o Giving details about yourself
o Expressing preferences, likes and dislikes
o Describing objects
o Talking about your profession and family relationships
o Talking about hobbies and spare time
o Talking about activities at the weekends and how often you do them
o Giving and asking time

Term 2

Topics
Revision, food and drink, going out, booking into a hotel, the house; town and public places; people and their appearance

Grammar

Indefinite articles, there is/ there are; prepositions; combined prepositions; preposition and adverb of place; duration form "da"; imperative form of regular and some irregular verbs; negative form of imperative; introduction of direct object pronouns; verbs taking direct object

Learning outcomes
o Ordering food in a bar or restaurant
o Booking into a hotel
o Describing one's house
o Asking and giving directions
o Buying a ticket
o Arranging a meeting
o Making suggestions
o Describing a person and their personality

Term 3

Topics
Revision; daily routine; shopping & clothes; past event;

Grammar
Reflexive verbs; more verbs taking direct object; indirect object pronouns; introduction of verbs taking indirect object; introduction of the past tense; verbs taking the auxiliary "essere" and verbs taking "avere"

Learning outcomes
o Talking about the daily routine
o Buying objects and clothes
o Talking about and describing past events
o Asking questions about past events