Italian - High Beginner 2

Course Description

This is a standard class that meets once per week for 8 consecutive weeks: January 15 – March 6. For those with some previous experience in Italian or who have completed the Beginner course, this class will focus on expanding vocabulary, improving listening skills, and understanding more complex grammar. Students will learn to distinguish between different verb tenses in relation to describing actions in the past and future. Videos and songs will be used to improve oral comprehension, and short stories and simple texts will be introduced to improve reading comprehension. Topics: hobbies, interests, like/dislikes, music, transportation, Objectives: reflexive verbs, the simple past tense using essere and avere (passato prossimo), the imperfect tense (imperfetto), direct and indirect object pronouns, articulated prepositions, the simple future tense, adverbs, comparatives and superlatives Textbook: Prego! (8th Edition), Chapters 8-10