On successful completion of the course, students can
• introduce themselves and others.
• understand spoken greetings and introductions.
• ask questions about personal details and familiar topics, geographical location, directions and spell.
• fill out personal details in forms and write personal messages.
• read and understand basic signs.
• interact on topics of interest.
• understand telephone numbers and give their own.
• express easy/simple statistics in words.
• read and understand short descriptions about people.
• order and pay in a café.
• describe accommodation.
• tell the time and talk about their daily routines.
• make arrangements.

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• Greetings and self-introduction
• Classroom phrases, Italian cities, famous Italians
• Talking about themselves, short conversation in public spaces (e.g. at the train station, etc.)
• Telephone numbers and personal data
• Numbers 0 - 100
• Telephone calls, meeting someone, different places in the city
• Booking a hotel room, talking about nationalities, writing short e-mails, tourism in Italy
• The time and parts of the day, making requests, Italian food/eating culture
• Describing objects, reading announcements, basics of Italian art (e.g. painting, etc.)
• Talking about professions, describing roles, talking about movies
• Ordering at public places (e.g. at the bar, etc.), fundamentals of Italian society
• Formal/informal language, form and usage
• Daily routine, cultural matters

Cremonesi, G./Bellini., P. (2007): I come Italia. Aspetti di civiltà italiana. Reanati: Eli Edizioni. Loreto: ELI Publishing.
De Renzo, F./Patota, G. (2013): I verbi italiani. Torino: Loescher Editore.
Guastalla, C. et al. (2010): Domani 1. Corso di lingua e cultura italiana (A1). Firenze: Alma Edizioni.
Lombardo, D./Nosengo, L./Sanguineti, A. (2005): L'italiano con la pubblicità - Livello intermedio. Perugia: Guerra Edizioni.
Lombardo, D. et al. (2005): L'italiano con la pubblicità - Livello elementare. Perugia: Guerra Edizioni.
Medaglia C./Megaglia F. (2015): Spazio civiltà. Civiltà italiana per stranieri (A2/B1). Torino: Loescher Editore.
Mezzadri, M. (2001): Grammatica Essenziale della Lingua Italiana con Esercizi. Livello elementare e intermedio. Perugia: Guerra Edizioni.
Petri, A. et al. (2015): Grammatica di base dell'italiano. Barcelona: Casa delle Lingue.
Ziglio, L. et al. (2015): Nuovo Espresso 1 (A1), Italian ed. Firenze: Alma Edizioni.

Moderated group work, lecture, discussion, individual exercises, role play, case work, excursion

Cumulative module grade: The individual course grade of ILV "Italiano 1A: Introduzione alla lingua e alla cultura" is incorporated into the overall module grade and is weighted in accordance with its assigned ECTS Credits.
Assessment type: continuous assessment
Assessment method(s): collaboration and participation in class, continual assessment, homework, written final examination