Italian Beginners From Words to Sentences through Everyday Life - A1 (Friday Nights)

This absolute beginner Italian course is designed for learners with little or no previous knowledge of Italian.

Through practical, everyday situations, students will develop basic communication skills while building a solid foundation in essential grammar and vocabulary.

The required material for this course is the textbook Nuovo Espresso Plus 1. Additional learning materials will be provided by the teacher during the course.

Learners are expected to be able to:

• Use the present tense of common regular verbs
• Recognize the main parts of speech
• Use definite and indefinite articles
• Understand basic everyday Italian expressions
• Apply simple gender and number agreement

Course Breakdown:

Lesson 1 - Welcome to Italian!

Learn how to greet people, introduce yourself and use basic classroom expressions.

Language focus:

Greetings and farewells

Introducing yourself

Classroom language

Subject pronouns (io, tu, Lei)

Essere and chiamarsi (singular)

The Italian alphabet

Lesson 2 - Getting to Know You

Ask and answer simple personal questions about name, nationality and contact details.

Language focus:

Asking and giving personal information

Nationalities

Question words (come, di dove, qual)

Definite articles (il, la)

Numbers 0–20

Lesson 3 - Meeting New People

Start and maintain simple conversations in everyday situations.

Language focus:

Introducing someone

Formal and informal language

Asking and answering simple questions

Classroom communication

Pronunciation practice

Lesson 4  - Talking About Yourself

Describe yourself and talk about where you come from.

Language focus:

Nationalities

Countries and languages

Review of essere and chiamarsi

Speaking practice

Lesson 5 - Making Conversation

Learn how to introduce other people, thank someone and ask personal questions politely.

Language focus:Introducing others

Thanking people

Asking about age

Asking about languages

Lesson 6 - Jobs and Everyday Information

Talk about professions, languages and basic personal information.

Language focus:

Professions

Regular -are verbs

Essere, avere, fare, and stare

Lesson 7 - Asking Questions

Develop confidence asking and answering common questions.

Language focus:

Question words (che, chi, dove, quanti)

Singular nouns

Negation

Demonstratives (questo, questa)

Lesson 8 - Numbers and Everyday Communication

Use numbers confidently in everyday situations.

Language focus:

Numbers 20–100

Telephone numbers

Ages

Prices

Spelling practice

Lesson 9 - Putting It All Together

Build longer conversations using all the language learned so far.

Language focus:

Present tense review

Articles

Personal information

Conversations in real-life situations

Lesson 10 - My First Italian Conversation

A communicative revision lesson where students use everything from Units 1 and 2 in realistic situations.

Students will practise:

Greeting people

Introducing themselves and others

Talking about nationality, profession and languages

Asking and answering personal questions

Giving contact details

Using numbers and basic everyday expressions confidently

Materials:

The required material for this course is the textbook Nuovo Espresso Plus 1.. Additional learning materials will be provided by the teacher during the course.

Note: We recommend purchasing the textbook once the class is confirmed to be running by the Centre.

Pen and Paper

Term Dates 

Term 1 runs from Friday 6 February to Friday 27 March 

Term 2 runs from Friday 24 April to Friday 26 June 

Term 3 runs from Friday 24 July  to Friday 25 September 

Term 4 runs from Friday 16 October to Friday 4 December