Italian

🇮🇹 Italian Online Course Overview

🔍 Course Title:

Italian for Beginners: Language, Culture & Everyday Conversation

🎯 Course Objective:

This course helps learners build foundational skills in Italian, including speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Through practical themes and cultural insights, students will develop the ability to communicate in everyday situations using correct pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary.

🗓️ Course Duration:

8–10 weeks (Self-paced or instructor-led)

🎓 Target Audience:

• Beginners with little or no prior knowledge of Italian

• Travelers, language enthusiasts, or professionals

• Teens and adults (age 13+)

• Learners preparing for CEFR A1–A2 or CILS exams

📚 Course Format:

• Short video and audio lessons

• Interactive vocabulary and grammar drills

• Reading and listening comprehension

• Conversation practice and writing tasks

• Quizzes, pronunciation practice, and a final project

📖 Course Content & Weekly Breakdown

Module 1: Benvenuti! (Welcome!)

• The Italian alphabet and pronunciation

• Greetings, introductions, and basic expressions

• Numbers, nationalities, and asking someone’s name

• Using the verbs essere and avere

Module 2: In Famiglia e con gli Amici

• Talking about family and friends

• Describing people: physical traits and personality

• Subject pronouns

• Regular -ARE, -ERE, -IRE verbs in the present tense

Module 3: Il Tempo e la Vita Quotidiana

• Telling time and talking about daily routines

• Days, months, seasons, and weather

• Reflexive verbs

• Talking about likes and dislikes using piacere

Module 4: A Casa e in Città

• Rooms and objects in the house

• Describing your home and neighborhood

• Places in town and giving directions

• Prepositions of place (sopra, sotto, vicino a…)

Module 5: Mangiare e Bere

• Italian food culture and meal times

• Ordering in a café or restaurant

• Grocery shopping and quantities

• Partitive articles and food-related vocabulary

Module 6: Viaggi e Tempo Libero

• Talking about travel and transportation

• Booking a hotel or train ticket

• Free-time activities and making plans

• Using andare, fare, uscire, and modal verbs (potere, volere, dovere)

Module 7: Salute, Vestiti e Shopping

• Talking about clothes and fashion

• Going shopping: asking for prices and sizes

• Body parts and talking to a doctor

• Expressing how you feel (mi fa male, sto bene/male)

Module 8: Cultura e Revisione Finale

• Overview of Italian regions, traditions, and customs

• Gestures and etiquette

• Review of key grammar and vocabulary

• Final project: prepare a short self-introduction or travel dialogue

🧠 Assessments and Deliverables

• Weekly grammar and vocabulary quizzes

• Listening activities and comprehension checks

• Speaking exercises via recording or video

• Short writing assignments (emails, postcards, diary entries)

• Final oral or written presentation