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ITALIAN STUDY PLAN LEVEL A1

General objective of the Study Plan

During the course, students will identify and use basic vocabulary and concepts of the Italian
language that will allow them to maintain simple conversations in everyday situations. The
student will be able to introduce himself and others, using information about family members,
profession, workplace, address, origin, nationality, etc.

Admission profile

The skills and knowledge of the student entering the A1 level Italian study plan are scarce or
non-existent. The student may know some basic words and expressions of the Italian language
but is not able to maintain a simple conversation.

Graduation profile
The student who graduates from the Italian level A1 study plan has the basic ability to
communicate and interact with simple information.

Course

-Link with the competency standard: CG4: Listen, interpret and send relevant messages in

different contexts using appropriate media, codes and tools.

4.1 Express ideas and concepts through linguistic, mathematical or graphic representations.
4.2 Applies different communication strategies depending on who the interlocutors are, the

context in which they find themselves and the objectives they pursue.

4.3 Identify key ideas in a text or oral speech and draw conclusions from them.

4.4 Communicates in a second language in everyday situations.

CG10: Maintains a respectful attitude towards interculturality and the diversity of beliefs, values,

ideas and social practices.

10.1 It recognises that diversity takes place in a democratic space of equality and rights for all

people, and rejects all forms of discrimination.

10.2 Engage and learn from people with different viewpoints and cultural traditions by placing

your own circumstances in a broader context.

10.3 It assumes that respect for differences is the principle of integration and coexistence in

local, national and international contexts.

-Course duration in hours: 72 hours.

-Teaching and learning guide:

UNIT 1: PRESENTATION (6 HOURS)

DURATION GRAMMAR GOALS

CONVERSATION TOPIC
AND VOCABULARY
“I INTRODUCE MYSELF!” - GREET, SAY GOODBYE
GREETINGS AND - PERSONAL PRONOUNS AND PROVIDE BASIC
PERSONAL SUBJECT, - WORDS INFORMATION ABOUT
PRESENTATION - ORIGIN 3 HOURS QUESTIONS: COME, (CHE) YOURSELF, SUCH AS
AND NATIONALITY THING, DOVE, QUANTI, ORIGIN, NATIONALITY,
QUALE, PROFESSION AND
- PRESENT INDICATIVE: PLACE OF WORK
“I AM A TEACHER” - INTRODUCTION (ESSERE,
COMMON PROFESSIONS AVERE, CHIAMARSI E
AND JOBS - BASIC VERBI REGOLARI),
WORKPLACES - CONCORDANCE OF
NOUNS AND
3 HOURS
 ADJECTIVES (MASCULINE
AND FEMININE,
- DEFINED ARTICLES,
-PREPOSITIONS TO, IN, DA
(CITIES AND COUNTRIES)

UNIT 2: ABOUT ME (6 HOURS)

DURATION GRAMMAR GOALS
CONVERSATION TOPIC
AND VOCABULARY
“THIS IS MY FAMILY!” - PRESENT INDICATIVE OF DESCRIBE AND SHARE
-FAMILY MEMBERS REGULAR VERBS: - ARE, - INFORMATION
-MARITAL STATUS 3 HOURS ERE, -IRE (AFFIRMATIVE RELATED TO HIS
FORM), FAMILY, MARITAL
- THE EXPRESSION ECCO, STATUS, HOBBIES AND
"I LIKE READING" - THE POSSESSIVES (WITH FREE TIME
-HOBBIES 3 HOURS AND WITHOUT ARTICLES),
-LEISURE - I LIKE / I LIKE,
- THE CONCORDANCE OF
NOUNS (SINGULAR AND
PLURAL)

UNIT 3: THE ALPHABET (6 HOURS)

DURATION GRAMMAR GOALS
CONVERSATION TOPIC
AND VOCABULARY
“CAN YOU TELL ME THE - INTERROGATIVE BE ABLE TO
ALPHABET IN ITALIAN?” - PRONOUNS (EAT, CHECK UNDERSTAND LETTERS
LETTERS OF THE THING), OF THE ALPHABET AND
3 HOURS
ALPHABET - VOWELS AND - PRESENT INDICATIVE OF SPELL WORDS,
CONSONANTS THE MODAL VERB: POTERE, RECOGNIZE AND
- EXPRESSIONS OF PLACE: EXPRESS OBJECTS
“HOW DO YOU SPELL IT?” C'È/CI SONO, FROM THE CLASS AND
-CLASS OBJECTS - INDEFINITE ARTICLES, - THE THE ENVIRONMENT
-ENVIRONMENTAL 3 HOURS CONCORDANCE OF NOUNS
OBJECTS (SINGULAR AND PLURAL), -
THE INDEFINITE ADJECTIVE
(ALCUNI, ALCUNE)

UNIT 4: FIGURES AND NUMBERS (6 HOURS)

CONVERSATION TOPIC DURATION GRAMMAR GOALS
AND VOCABULARY
 "WHAT TIME IS IT?" - USE OF CARDINAL USE AND
-NUMBERS FROM 1 TO NUMBERS, UNDERSTAND
3 HOURS
20 - ADVERBS AND ADJECTIVES NUMBERS, AS WELL
-THE TIME OF QUANTITY (A POINT OF AS UNDERSTAND
“THAT WEIGHS A LOT!” - QUANTITY, LITTLE, A LOT, AND EXPRESS TIME
NUMBERS FROM 21 TO ABBASTANCE) AND BASIC UNITS OF
100 MEASUREMENT
-BASIC UNITS OF
MEASUREMENT 3 HOURS

UNIT 5: DESCRIPTION OF OBJECTS (6 HOURS)

DURATION GRAMMAR GOALS
CONVERSATION TOPIC
AND VOCABULARY
“THIS IS COLOR - THE AGREEMENT OF DESCRIBE OBJECTS
RED" ADJECTIVES (SINGULAR, USING COLORS, SIZES,
3 HOURS
-COLORS PLURAL, MASCULINE AND SHAPES AND
-SIZES FEMININE), GEOMETRIC FIGURES
“THE BALL IS ROUND” - - POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS,
SHAPES - GEOMETRIC - THE COMPARATIVE OF
FIGURES 3 HOURS SUPERIORITY AND
INFERIORITY:
INTRODUCTION.
- DEMONSTRATIVE
ADJECTIVES AND
PRONOUNS (QUESTO,
QUESTA…)

UNIT 6: THE HUMAN BODY (6 HOURS)

DURATION GRAMMAR GOALS
CONVERSATION TOPIC
AND VOCABULARY
“HERE ARE MY HANDS” -THE PLURAL OF NOUNS UNDERSTAND,
-MAIN PARTS OF THE (REGULAR AND RECOGNIZE AND
HUMAN BODY - THE 3 HOURS IRREGULAR), EXPRESS THE
HEAD - USE OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF
EXPRESSION: I WOULD THE HUMAN BODY,
“I DON’T FEEL VERY HAVE DONE BADLY… DISEASES AND
WELL!” 3 HOURS - PRESENT INDICATIVE METHODS OF
- DISEASES (NEGATIVE FORM) NON, - TREATMENT
- TREATMENT PRESENT INDICATIVE OF
THE VERB STARE
UNIT 7: DESCRIPTION OF PEOPLE (6 HOURS)
DURATION GRAMMAR GOALS
CONVERSATION TOPIC
AND VOCABULARY
DESCRIBE PEOPLE
“CAN YOU DESCRIBE IT?” USING PHYSICAL
- PHYSICAL - THE CONCORDANCE OF CHARACTERISTICS,
3 HOURS
CHARACTERISTICS ADJECTIVES: GENDER AND CHARACTER,
- PERSONALITY AND NUMBER, - THE POSITION CLOTHES,
CHARACTER OF THE ADJECTIVE, ACCESSORIES AND
“WHAT ARE YOU - ADVERBS OF QUANTITY FOOTWEAR THEY
WEARING?” - BASIC (UN PO', MOLTO, WEAR
CLOTHES AND 3 HOURS ABBASTANZA), -
ACCESSORIES INTERROGATIVE
- COMMON FOOTWEAR PRONOUNS: COME, CHI

UNIT 8: THE CITY AND THE HOUSE (6 HOURS)

DURATION GRAMMAR GOALS
CONVERSATION TOPIC
AND VOCABULARY
“IN THE CITY” - PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE DESCRIBE THE CITY,
-PARTS OF THE CITY (DENTRO, DAVANTI, ITS BUILDINGS, THE
3 HOURS
-BUILDINGS SOPRA…), - SIMPLE AND PARTS OF THE HOUSE
ARTICULATED AND THE FURNITURE
“THERE ARE THREE PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE
BEDROOMS IN MY 3 HOURS (A, IN, DA, PER, DI),
HOUSE” - PRESENT INDICATIVE OF
-PARTS OF THE HOUSE - IRREGULAR VERBS:
FURNITURE ANDARE AND VENIRE,
- EXPRESSIONS OF PLACE:
C'È / CI SONO.

UNIT 9: MEANS OF TRANSPORT (6 HOURS)

DURATION GRAMMAR GOALS
CONVERSATION TOPIC
AND VOCABULARY
“THE BUS PASSES UNDERSTAND AND
- PREPOSITIONS WITH
THROUGH THE CITY EXPRESS THE MEANS
MEANS OF TRANSPORT,
CENTER” - 3 HOURS OF TRANSPORTATION
- THE IMPERATIVE
TRANSPORTATION AND VOCABULARY
(POSITIVE FORM).
-THE STATION RELATED TO THE
- THE FORM OF
“TURN RIGHT” STATION, DIRECTIONS
COURTESY: DARE DEL
-ADDRESS AND THE
LEI/IO VORREI,
-GEOGRAPHIC - THE PRESENT
COORDINATES INDICATIVE OF THE
3 HOURS
 MODAL VERBS: DOVERE, GEOGRAPHICAL
POTERE E COORDINATES
VOLERE,
- PRONOUN
INTERROGATIVE: DOVE.

UNIT 10: FOOD (6 HOURS)

DURATION GRAMMAR GOALS
CONVERSATION TOPIC
AND VOCABULARY
- THE DIRECT IMPERATIVE UNDERSTAND AND
“WE MUST EAT (POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EXPRESS
HEALTHY” FORM). - THE PRESENT VOCABULARY
-MAIN FOOD PRODUCTS 3 HOURS INDICATIVE OF THE VERB: RELATED TO THE MAIN
AND DESSERTS DOVERE. FOOD PRODUCTS,
-FRUITS AND - THE PARTITIVES (DEL, DESSERTS, FRUITS,
VEGETABLES DELLA, DEI…) VEGETABLES, DRINKS,
“LET’S GET SOMETHING - INTERROGATIVE COFFEE AND TEA
TO DRINK!” ADJECTIVES (QUANTO,
- DRINKS 3 HOURS QUANTA, QUANTI…)
-COFFEE AND TEA - SIMPLE CONJUNCTIONS
(E, ED, O, MA, PERÒ,
QUINDI...)

UNIT 11: NATURE LEZA (6 HOURS)

DURATION GRAMMAR GOALS
CONVERSATION TOPIC
AND VOCABULARY
“I WILL GO TO THE - THE SIMPLE FUTURE:
MOUNTAIN” 3 HOURS INTRODUCTION, - TIME
-LANDSCAPES EXPRESSIONS TO TALK
“THIS IS A FRIEND’S ABOUT THE FUTURE RECOGNIZE AND USE
DOG” (OGGI, DOMANI, LA VOCABULARY
-PETS AND FARM PROSSIMA SETTIMANA…), RELATED TO
ANIMALS - THE SIMPLE AND LANDSCAPES, THE
3 HOURS
- WILD ANIMALS ARTICULATED SKY AND ANIMALS
PREPOSITION (PETS, FARM ANIMALS
(BELONGING). AND ANIMALS
SAVAGES)

UNIT 12: THE DAILY ROUTINE (6 HOURS)

 DURATION GRAMMAR GOALS
CONVERSATION TOPIC
AND VOCABULARY
“WHAT DID YOU DO ON RECOGNIZE AND USE
SUNDAY?” THE DAYS OF THE
- DAYS OF THE WEEK - THE PAST NEAR AND WEEK, THE PARTS OF
3 HOURS
AND PARTS OF THE DAY IMPERFECT: THE DAY, THE
-THE MONTHS AND THE INTRODUCTION, MONTHS, THE
SEASONS - TIME EXPRESSIONS TO SEASONS AND
“WHAT DO YOU DO TALK ABOUT THE PAST DESCRIBE THE DAILY
EVERY DAY?” (IERI, LA SETTIMANA ROUTINE AND
-THE DAILY ROUTINE SCORSA, PRIMA…), HOUSEHOLD
-DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES - PREPOSITIONS + DATES, ACTIVITIES
MONTHS, SEASONS AND
YEARS, - PRESENT
3 HOURS INDICATIVE OF THE VERB
FARE,
- PRESENT INDICATIVE OF
REFLEXIVE VERBS:
INTRODUCTION,
- ADVERBS OF
FREQUENCY

- Teaching strategies (teaching moments and suggested activities): To ensure good

organization and distribution of the activities worked on in each class, all sessions must be

divided into the following parts, which must be respected when teaching them:

1.- The session begins with a “warm-up” activity, which may consist of games or physical

exercises, through which the student seeks to disconnect from the world outside the classroom

and concentrate on learning.

2.- The class presentation begins, in which the teacher presents the topic, vocabulary and

grammar planned to be worked on during the session. The students

They will have to practice the pronunciation of the vocabulary by repeating the words out loud.
3 .- Next, an activity must be carried out through which students work on oral expression. This

part may include games, dialogues, debates and other dynamics that allow communication and

interaction between students. As for games, these may include role-playing or other simulations

of real life, in which balls, dice, board games, tokens, lotteries, masks, costumes, colors, paints,

etc. are used.

4 .- Afterwards, a text related to the topic of the session will be read. Once read, it must be

translated, analyzed or summarized orally by the students.

5 .- Finally, the last point of the class consists of the reproduction of a video or audio that, in

turn, will be analyzed orally.

-Support resources: Among the teaching materials used in classes are different games such

as, for example, balls, dice, board games, tokens, lotteries, masks, costumes, colors, paints,

etc., as well as books, manuals, images, posters, maps and electronic equipment (computers,

screens, CD players, speakers, etc.)

-Bibliography: The bibliographical references for consultation by students and teachers in the

A1 level Italian course are the following:

- New Italian Project 1. Student's book. A1-A2. T. Marin and S. Magnelli. Edilingua. Rome,
2009.
- New Italian Project 1. Exercise notebook. A1-A2. T. Marin and S. Magnelli. Edilingua. Rome,
2009.
- Collins Gem. Spanish – Italian Dictionary. Grijalbo. Mexico, 1997.
- Collins Pocket. Spanish – Italian Dictionary. Grijalbo. Mexico, 1997.
- Basic Spanish-Italian Dictionary. Larousse. Mexico, 2016.
- Italian-Spanish Visual Dictionary. Saldaña Editions. Spain, 2018.
- Viva Voce. L'Italia authentica in tredici interviste. ELI Publishing House. Italy, 2001.
- Grammatica d'uso della lingua Italiana. Livelli A1-B2. Monica Celli and Loredana La Cifra.
ELI Publishing House. Italy, 2011.
- Grammatica pratica della lingua Italiana. Exercises, tests and games. A1-B2. Susanna
Nocchi. Alma Editions. Florence, 2008.
- Grammar and communication. Tavole Sinottiche dell'Italiano LS e L2. Angelo Chiuchù and
Gaia Chiuchù. Guerra Editions. Perugia, 2005.
- Italian prepositions. Grammatica, esercizi and giochi. Alessando De Giuli. Alma Editions
Florence. Italy, 2001.
- Image dictionary. Marco Mezzadri. Guerra Editions. Perugia, 2006.
- Italian. False beginners. The exercise books. Federico Benedetti. Assimilate. Slovenia,
2015.
- Head of Italy and Italian. Italian language and culture oggi. Lia Buono Hodgart. Guerra
Editions. Perugia, 2004.
- The Italian beyond his songs. Luciano Raimondi. UNAM. Mexico, 1981.

-Course or module evaluation criteria and procedures: At the end of the course syllabus, the

knowledge of each student will be evaluated. In order to take the exam, students must attend at

least 75% of the face-to-face classes at all levels.

The test is graded on a 100% scale and a minimum score of 50% is required to pass. The exam

will assess grammatical competence, oral expression, written expression, listening

comprehension and reading comprehension.

The percentage corresponding to each of the parts of the exam can be seen in the following

table:

ORAL EXPRESSION 50 %
WRITTEN EXPRESSION 12,5 %
READING COMPREHENSION 12,5 %
LISTENING COMPREHENSION 12,5 %
GRAMMAR 12,5 %