Thematic content / learning objective:
Shopping and clothes. Ask and say what you like. Finding out about clothes (e.g. fabric, pattern, colours, size, style, accessories), expressing wishes, asking for an opinion or advice. Talk about shops and shopping facilities. Shopping for groceries with a broad vocabulary about food. Expressions in conversation with the salesperson and emphasising the characteristics of a product. Holidays and travel. A brief introduction to Italy. Describing their own favourite type of holiday. Talking about the daily routine on holiday. At the tourist information centre: find out about a destination, an event or a place of interest. Understand an advertisement, talk about holiday flats, discuss everything with the landlord by e-mail. Talk about the weather.
Grammar:
The demonstrative pronouns questo and quello. The colour adjectives. Prepositions in the description of clothing: di, a, da with "compound" nouns. The direct object pronouns lo, la, li, le. Locations with da+article and in. Quantities with di and the division article. Further location information with in, a and su. The reflexive verbs in the present tense, the double negation. The indirect object pronouns (I). Certain quantities (with di) and express indeterminate quantities with the partitive article.
Course content and learning objectives for all levels
The learning objectives and grammar content listed are for guidance only. They represent an average programme that can be handled within a course of 20 units of 45 minutes each. The lecturer will decide how far the programme can be extended or deepened based on the level and other characteristics of their class and their personal teaching style. The intensity of the grammatical exercises as well as the speaking exercises using role play and listening exercises based on dialogues on CDs and videos can vary from group to group.
| Course level | Course content and learning objectives |
| Beginner I - A1.1 | Course content and learning objectives - Beginners |
| Beginner II - A1.2 (with previous knowledge) | Course content and learning objectives - Beginners II |
| Beginner III - A1.3 | Course content and learning objectives - Beginners III |
| Elementary I - A2.1 | Course content and learning objectives - Elementary I |
| Elementary II - A2.2 | Course content and learning objectives - Elementary II |
| Elementary III - A2.3 | Course content and learning objectives - Elementary III |
| Elementary IV - A2.4 | Course content and learning objectives - Elementary IV |
| Intermediate I - B1.1 | Course content and learning objectives - Intermediate I |
| Intermediate II - B1.2 | Course content and learning objectives - Intermediate II |
| Intermediate III - B1.3 | Course content and learning objectives - Intermediate III |
| Intermediate IV - B1.4 | Course content and learning objectives - Intermediate IV |