Course

Suggestions for Self-Study

Weeks 1/2:

Topics: talking about oneself; numbers (1-30)

Grammatical Structures: alphabet and pronunciation; subject personal pronouns; present tense (have, be, “my name is”); gender and number; definite article

Communicative Functions: introducing oneself; talking about oneself

MIG: 1.1-1.3.1;1.3.3; 3.1-3.3.1; 20.1-3 Appendix I;

MIGW: 3-5

GMI: 2.1-2; 2-16; 3.1-3; 3.9-12

PIGW: 2.1(a,c); 3.1

Weeks 3/4:

Topics: getting to know one another; the human body; aspect and character

Grammatical Structures: present tense (regular verbs); indefinite article; adjectives ending in -e

Communicative Functions: greetings; asking for and giving information; basic descriptions; the courtesy form

MIG: 1.3.2 (excl. partitive); 1.3.4; 1.4.1-1.4.3; 2.1-2.1.4; 2.2.1 (present only); Ch. 8; 10.1-10.2.2; 40.4

MIGW: 1-2; 6-7B; 14; 61-62

GMI: 3.4; 3.22; 4.1

PIGW: 2.2(a); 2.10; 3.2(a)

Week 5:

First Assessment

Topics: agreement noun-adjective, verbs ‘essere’ and ‘avere’,definite and indefinite article, regular present tense.

Grammatical Structures: present tense (irregular verbs); modal verbs; prepositions

Communicative Functions: introducing yourself and others; writing short letters and diary entries.

MIG: 2.2.4 (present only); 2.3.2-2.3.3; 4.1; 7.1-3; 7.7; 7.9; 12.1-12.2.4, 12.4

MIGW: 13-18; 67

GMI: 12.1; 12.8

PIGW: 10.1(b); 20.1(a)

Week 6: Reading Week

Revision

Weeks 7/8:

Topics: daily activities; locating things; numbers (1,000-1,000,000); prices

Grammatical Structures: prepositions + articles; present tense (more irregular verbs and reflexives); adverb ci (1); partitives

Communicative Functions: talking about where things are; expressing doubt and asking questions; expressing thanks and replying to an expression of thanks; asking for the cost of things

MIG: 1.3.2; 4.2-5; 11.6; 12.1-2; 12.4

MIGW: 29; 49; 57-59; 68; 71; 72

GMI: 12.1; 14.1-4 (present indicative only); 14.6 (indicative only)

PIGW: 11.1; 11.7; 20.1(b)

Weeks 9/10:

Second Assessment

Topics: food & drinks; past events

Grammatical Structures: Modal verbs: dovere, potere, volere; irregular present tense; past tense "passato prossimo".

Communicative Functions: accepting or turning down invitations; talking about what you did/have done; setting an event in the past; ordering food and drinks in a bar

MIG: 2.1.6; 2.2.1 (passato prossimo); 2.3.7; 6.2.5

MIGW: 21-23; 49

GMI: 6.10; 14.14-15; 14.19 (passato prossimo indicative only); 14.20 (but be realistic about what you need to know at this stage!)

PIGW: 5.5

Course

Suggestions for Self-Study

Weeks 1/2:

Topics: train travel; the weather

Grammatical Structures: simple future and future perfect

Communicative Functions: making plans, promises and formulating hypotheses; talking about the weather; telephone conversations

MIG: 2.3.4-5; 43

MIGW: 24-26; 63; Scene 4

GMI: 14.10 (future); 15.1; 15.3 (p.287 only); 15.5; 15.7

PIGW: 14.1

Week 3:

Topics: personal attributes and possessions; the family; at the restaurant; more on food

Grammatical Structures: possessive adjectives and pronouns; quello, bello; verb expressions with -ci

Communicative Functions: talking about one’s family; ordering a meal; expressing preferences

MIG: 1.4.5; 3.7 (NO article with “nonno/a”, though!); 3.8.1; 9.4

MIGW: 8; 53-54; 55; 83; 100-101

GMI: 3.28; 5.1; 10.4; 10.6-7

PIGW: 2.12(a); 4.1; 9.2-3

Weeks 4/5:

Third Assessment

Topics: recurring/continuous events in the past; what was in the news

Grammatical Structures: imperfetto, imperfetto vs. passato prossimo, past perfect

Communicative Functions: telling a story and describing a situation; expressing agreement/disagreement; writing short summaries

MIG: 2.3.6; 2.3.9; 13.5-6

GMI: 14.11 (indicative only); 15.11-12 (focussing on imperfetto, passato prossimo and trapassato prossimo)

PIGW: 14.6(a-b; ignore passato remoto)

Week 6: Reading Week

Revision

Weeks 7/8:

Topics: at the supermarket, grocery shopping; looking for accommodation

Grammatical Structures: direct pronouns; partitive pronoun ne; ci + other pronoun (ce)

Communicative Functions: expressing joy, regret, disappointment; offering/accepting help; talking about quantities

MIG: 2.3.8; 3.1-3.4.1; 3.4.4-5; 13

MIGW: 41-42; 49

GMI: 6.1-2; 6.10; 6.12; 6.13; 14.12

PIGW: 5.1; 5.5-5.6

Weeks 9/10:

Fourth Assessment

Topics: going shopping; writing recipes and instructions

Grammatical Structures: the impersonal form; imperative (2^nd person)

Communicative Functions: asking for/expressing an opinion; talking about clothes: sizes, colours, styles; asking for the price of things

MIG: 2.1.8; 2.3.22-24; 3.4.5(d); 19.5

MIGW: 35; 93 (tu and voi only); Scene 14 (tu only); Scene 15

GMI: 6.29; 14.8-9 (second person imperative only)

PIGW: 5.10

Course

Suggestions for Self-Study

Weeks 1/2:

Topics: TV programmes; directions; describing what you saw (on TV, at the cinema) or read

Grammatical Structures: indirect pronouns; imperative (3^rd person); introduction to the subjunctive

Communicative Functions: borrowing something; expressing an opinion; saying sorry; asking for a favour; giving directions

MIG: 2.3.14-17; 3.4.2; 3.4.7; 9.5; 11.8; 18.4; 21.1-2; 33.1; 42.2.1

MIGW: 34; 36; 43-45; 48; 93 (including lei); 107; Scene 14 (including lei)

GMI: 6.4; 6.7; 6.20; 14.1-3 (bits relating to the subjunctive); 14.8-9 (all); 15.25-27

PIGW: 5.2; 13.8; 21.1(b)

Week 3:

Topics: wishes, advices, and opinions

Grammatical Structures: the subjunctive mode and the conditional (periodo ipotetico); future in the past

Communicative Functions: saying what you would like; giving advice; expressing one’s own or someone else’s opinion; making an estimate; talking about conditions

MIG: 2.3.6; 2.3.11-13; 2.3.18-21; 5.3; 17.3.7; 21.3; 22.1.1; 22.4.1; 22.4.3; 23.2.1-5; 23.3.4; 27.2.2; 29.2-3; 29.6.2; 30.5; 30.6.1; 30.6.3; 31.4; 34.3.1; 36.5.2; 38; 39.2.2; 39.3.2; 40.7

MIGW: 27-28; 37-39; 103-106; 109; 121-123; Scene 22

GMI: 14.10; 15.2; 15.9; 15.28-31; 15.33-34; 15.36-37; 15.39-46; 15.48

PIGW: 14.2; 16.9

Week 4 or 5:

Oral Exam (short presentation + conversation on a series of set topics)