Complete Italian Course (For Beginners – A1)

Level 1

What you’ll learn
introduce oneself informally and formally
27 most frequent regular verbs and THE 24 most frequent irregular verbs
the most important tenses (present, stare+ gerundio and passato prossimo)
describe one’s house, family
other fundamentals
Requirements
know the basics of the Italian alphabet
Description
Welcome to this complete Italian course for English speakersI created this course thinking of 3 fundamental things:1. The phrases, dialogues and words that I use in this course are useful, they are the words of a frequency list, that is, the list of words that are most used in a language in order of frequency.2. I structured this course in 3 different types of classes:Communication classes,vocabulary classes andessential grammar classesThe grammar rules are clear and explained in a simple way with clear examples and exercises.3. The exercises are mainly active translation, English-Italian translations, I will say the sentences in English and you have to translate them into Italian.You can see the sentences on the screen only after saying the phrases in Italian aloud,There are some texts to write, that correspond to the writing parts of the level A1 of Italian certification exams. (CILS A1)What I recommend is that you notice the mistakes you make, and if in one exercise you made too many mistakes, I recommend you do it again.This type of exercise has many advantages: it is very useful for the brain to be fast in the active language, you will immediately notice the different structures that exist in Italian and English, it reduces the time of linguistic decoding, it gives you an immediate answer concerning your progress and this thing increases motivation. You can listen to the audio of these exercises in down time: by car, at the post office or just when you are going for a walk, I always do it when I learn a new language.

Overview

Section 1: First part

Lecture 1 Introduce yourself (1)

Lecture 2 Introduce yourself (1) – Exercises

Lecture 3 i numeri

Lecture 4 the numbers

Lecture 5 the three conjugations

Lecture 6 The three conjugations – Exercises

Lecture 7 Most frequent regular verbs in ARE

Lecture 8 Most frequent regular verbs in ARE – Translation Exercise

Lecture 9 Introduce yourself (2)

Lecture 10 Introduce yourself (2) – Translation Exercise

Lecture 11 Most frequent regular verbs in ERE

Lecture 12 Most frequent regular verbs in ERE – Translation Exercise

Lecture 13 The days of the week

Lecture 14 The days of the week – Translation Exercise

Lecture 15 Time expressions

Lecture 16 Time expressions – Translation Exercise

Lecture 17 Months and seasons

Lecture 18 Definite articles

Lecture 19 Definite articles – Exercises

Lecture 20 Most frequent regular verbs in IRE

Lecture 21 Most frequent regular verbs in IRE – Translation Exercise

Section 2: A1.2

Lecture 22 Welcome to the second part of the A1 course

Lecture 23 Introduce yourself formally

Lecture 24 Introduce yourself formally – Translation Exercise

Lecture 25 Indefinite articles

Lecture 26 Indefinite articles – Exercises

Lecture 27 Physical aspect

Lecture 28 The 24 most used irregular verbs in the present tense (first part)

Lecture 29 Family members

Lecture 30 Possessives (long explanation)

Lecture 31 Possessives – Exercises

Lecture 32 Frequency adverbs

Lecture 33 Modal verbs

Lecture 34 Modal verbs – Exercises

Lecture 35 The 24 most used irregular verbs in the present tense (second part)

Lecture 36 Dialogue: “io studio e lavoro”

Lecture 37 Dialogue: “io studio e lavoro” – Translation Exercise

Lecture 38 My day/ My daily routine

Lecture 39 The 24 most used irregular verbs in the present tense (third part)

Lecture 40 What time is it? (Che ore sono?)

Lecture 41 Dialogue: “Sono in Italia da 10 anni”

Lecture 42 Dialogue: “Sono in Italia da 10 anni” – Translation Exercise

Lecture 43 Dialogue: “In bocca al lupo”

Lecture 44 Dialogue: “In bocca al lupo” – Translation Exercise

Lecture 45 The 24 most used irregular verbs in the present tense (fourth part)

Lecture 46 The 24 most used irregular verbs in the present tense – Exercises

Lecture 47 Grammar: “Stare + gerundio”

Lecture 48 Grammar: “Stare + gerundio” – Exercises

Lecture 49 The House

Lecture 50 I mezzi di trasporto

Lecture 51 Il passato prossimo

Lecture 52 Esercizi passato prossimo

Lecture 53 Verbi irregolari al passato prossimo più comuni

Lecture 54 Esercizi verbi irregolari al passato prossimo più comuni

Section 3: Useful extra dialogues

Lecture 55 Dialogue: Directions

Lecture 56 Dialogue: Directions – Exercises

Lecture 57 At the supermarket + Translation Exercise

Lecture 58 At the bar + Translation Exercise

Lecture 59 At the clothing store

English speakers who want to learn Italian seriously,students interested in obtaining an official Italian certification in the future