STANDARD ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE BEGINNER - LEVEL A1

Academic year
2024/2025 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
ITALIANO COME LINGUA STRANIERA - LIVELLO A1 PRINCIPIANTE
Course code
SIESC01 (AF:541728 AR:309324)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
0
Subdivision
D
Degree level
Corso di Perfezionamento
Educational sector code
NN
Period
4th Term
Course year
1
LANGUAGE SKILLS – Level A1

COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS
-The learner acquires knowledge about how to ask for and provide basic information in class and in everyday life.
- They are able to make simple predictions, express basic emotions and needs, and communicate preferences through approval or disapproval.
- They know how to apologize, thank, and greet informally. Additionally, they are able to make an invitation and express a refusal.
- They are capable of understanding and producing very brief descriptions of objects, actions, or people, and formulating, both orally and in writing, basic reports of past events.
- They learn how to give and receive simple instructions and ask for information about the Italian language.

COMPREHENSION AND PRODUCTION OF ORAL AND WRITTEN TEXTS
- At the textual level, the learner is able to comprehend and produce short or very short informal texts.
- They become familiar mainly with oral texts presented in class (presentations, questions to the teacher, etc.), while in comprehension they are exposed to texts related to everyday situations (road signs, travel and admission tickets, etc.) and life abroad (identity documents, classified ads, etc.).
- They are able to produce very short dialogic texts (such as face-to-face or telephone conversations) and to comprehend dialogic texts designed for Italian L2 learners (e.g., educational videos).

VOCABULARY
- The learner acquires terms indicating the main types of housing, the most common family relationships, and the simplest emotions.
- They learn essential vocabulary for describing people, household objects, and basic kitchen terminology.
- They become familiar with words related to informal greetings, well-wishes, and expressions of thanks.
- They learn the terms for key moments of the day, days of the week, months, and seasons. - Regarding the public sphere, they learn words indicating the most common meeting and recreational places.
- They learn basic vocabulary related to means of transportation, documents, money, and colours.
- Finally, they acquire fundamental terminology related to the school environment.
Definitive programme.