Communication & grammar skills A1
The A1 courses are addressed to absolute beginners or those who were assigned to the A1 level after the placement test.
First-year researchers have been assigned to a specific course. Everyone else is kindly asked to fill in this pre-enrollment form.
EUI language courses are free for EUI PhD and LL.M. researchers, but most other EUI members have to pay a nominal fee.
Italian courses start in September, October or January. Each course is composed of 3 to 4 modules.
If you wish to continue in October, please enrol directly in the course indicated by your teacher or write to [email protected].
Italian 101 - Module 1
Italian 102 - Module 1
Italian 103 - Module 1
Italian 104 - Module 1
Italian 105 - Module 1 & 2
Italian 106 - Module 1
Italian 107 - Module 1 & 2
Italian 108 - Module 1
Italian 109 - Module 1
Communication & grammar skills
CEFR level: A1 Module 1
Reserved 1st year
Time
9-20 September
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday
16.30-18.45
16 hours
Place & Instructor
Convento
Vygotsky room
Alessandra Becucci
By the end of the course, students will be able
- to use the language of daily routines and interact in basic communicative situations: to introduce themselves, to talk about their interests, preferences, habits, etc.
- to provide the most important information about what they do, the reasons they are in Italy, etc.
- to talk about various aspects of their country (food, architecture, lifestyles, arts, sport, etc.)
- to read and understand short simple texts
- to listen and understand short simple recorded texts
- to write simple notes and short messages
- to use strategies to find basic information in materials used in everyday
- communication (programs, menus, timetables, advertising, etc.)
Course content
Course materials are communicated by the teachers of the Italian Unit
The course includes work on the following:
- basic grammatical structures at A1 level: verbs (present and past tense), nouns and adjectives, articles, adverbs of time, main prepositions (time and place) and main pronouns
- Reading: short informative texts and notices on topics of personal and professional interest
- Writing: short, simple texts, completing of forms, simple requests and answers
- Listening: understanding familiar everyday expressions, recognizing concrete information in dialogues and announcements
- Speaking: introducing oneself, asking and answering questions on familiar topics, simple social conversations
- insights into Italian life and culture
Learning methods and activities
Activities in class include
- grammar exercises
- exercises to expand the vocabulary
- reading and listening exercises
- phonetic exercises
- conversation in small groups
- role play
- pairwork
- peer correction
- individual writing
Communication & grammar skills
CEFR level: A1 Module 1
Reserved 1st year
Time
9-20 September
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday
16.30-18.45
16 hours
Place & Instructor
Convento
Grice room
Francesca Chiarini
By the end of the course, students will be able
- to use the language of daily routines and interact in basic communicative situations: to introduce themselves, to talk about their interests, preferences, habits, etc.
- to provide the most important information about what they do, the reasons they are in Italy, etc.
- to talk about various aspects of their country (food, architecture, lifestyles, arts, sport, etc.)
- to read and understand short simple texts
- to listen and understand short simple recorded texts
- to write simple notes and short messages
- to use strategies to find basic information in materials used in everyday
- communication (programs, menus, timetables, advertising, etc.)
Course content
Course materials are communicated by the teachers of the Italian Unit
The course includes work on the following:
- basic grammatical structures at A1 level: verbs (present and past tense), nouns and adjectives, articles, adverbs of time, main prepositions (time and place) and main pronouns
- Reading: short informative texts and notices on topics of personal and professional interest
- Writing: short, simple texts, completing of forms, simple requests and answers
- Listening: understanding familiar everyday expressions, recognizing concrete information in dialogues and announcements
- Speaking: introducing oneself, asking and answering questions on familiar topics, simple social conversations
- insights into Italian life and culture
Learning methods and activities
Activities in class include
- grammar exercises
- exercises to expand the vocabulary
- reading and listening exercises
- phonetic exercises
- conversation in small groups
- role play
- pairwork
- peer correction
- individual writing
Francesca Chiarini holds a degree in Glottodidactics from Ca' Foscari University in Venice and specialises in teaching Italian to adult migrants. In recent years, she has worked in public schools, teaching Italian to primary and secondary school students, and in different associations dealing with adult migrants.
She has been working at the EUI since 2019.
Communication & grammar skills
CEFR level: A1 Module 1
Reserved 1st year
Time
9-20 September
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday
16.30-18.45
16 hours
Place & Instructor
Convento
Wittgenstein room
Alessandra Adriani
By the end of the course, students will be able
- to use the language of daily routines and interact in basic communicative situations: to introduce themselves, to talk about their interests, preferences, habits, etc.
- to provide the most important information about what they do, the reasons they are in Italy, etc.
- to talk about various aspects of their country (food, architecture, lifestyles, arts, sport, etc.)
- to read and understand short simple texts
- to listen and understand short simple recorded texts
- to write simple notes and short messages
- to use strategies to find basic information in materials used in everyday
- communication (programs, menus, timetables, advertising, etc.)
Course content
Course materials are communicated by the teachers of the Italian Unit
The course includes work on the following:
- basic grammatical structures at A1 level: verbs (present and past tense), nouns and adjectives, articles, adverbs of time, main prepositions (time and place) and main pronouns
- Reading: short informative texts and notices on topics of personal and professional interest
- Writing: short, simple texts, completing of forms, simple requests and answers
- Listening: understanding familiar everyday expressions, recognizing concrete information in dialogues and announcements
- Speaking: introducing oneself, asking and answering questions on familiar topics, simple social conversations
- insights into Italian life and culture
Learning methods and activities
Activities in class include
- grammar exercises
- exercises to expand the vocabulary
- reading and listening exercises
- phonetic exercises
- conversation in small groups
- role play
- pairwork
- peer correction
- individual writing
Alessandra Adriani, a Literature graduate from the University of Florence, has been teaching Italian language and culture at Syracuse University in Florence since 2006. She has previously taught in other academic institutions in Florence such as the Centro di Cultura per Stranieri of Unifi and in various American programmes such as Pepperdine University, Kent State, California State University, as well as the EUI. She is a PLIDA interviewer and examiner and works with the Dante Alighieri Society (Florence) in exam sessions for Italian language certificates. Her article is being published in the specialist journal L.I.A (Lingua in Azione), editor M.Maggini, Unisi, section 'Experiences/Activities'.
Communication & grammar skills
CEFR level: A1 Module 1
Reserverd 1st year
Time
9-20 September
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday
16.30-18.45
16 hours
Place & Instructor
Convento
Chomsky room
Valentina Martelli
By the end of the course, students will be able
- to use the language of daily routines and interact in basic communicative situations: to introduce themselves, to talk about their interests, preferences, habits, etc.
- to provide the most important information about what they do, the reasons they are in Italy, etc.
- to talk about various aspects of their country (food, architecture, lifestyles, arts, sport, etc.)
- to read and understand short simple texts
- to listen and understand short simple recorded texts
- to write simple notes and short messages
- to use strategies to find basic information in materials used in everyday
- communication (programs, menus, timetables, advertising, etc.)
Course content
Course materials are communicated by the teachers of the Italian Unit
The course includes work on the following:
- basic grammatical structures at A1 level: verbs (present and past tense), nouns and adjectives, articles, adverbs of time, main prepositions (time and place) and main pronouns
- Reading: short informative texts and notices on topics of personal and professional interest
- Writing: short, simple texts, completing of forms, simple requests and answers
- Listening: understanding familiar everyday expressions, recognizing concrete information in dialogues and announcements
- Speaking: introducing oneself, asking and answering questions on familiar topics, simple social conversations
- insights into Italian life and culture
Learning methods and activities
Activities in class include
- grammar exercises
- exercises to expand the vocabulary
- reading and listening exercises
- phonetic exercises
- conversation in small groups
- role play
- pairwork
- peer correction
- individual writing
Valentina Martelli has been teaching Italian as a second and as a foreign language since the beginning of her career. She has been teaching Italian at the Language Center since 2013 for A1 to B2 level courses.After university she specialized in teaching Italian language thanks to a Master's degree at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and to preparatory courses in language teaching at the Universities of Parma, Siena and Rome.
She is the author of simplified texts aimed at studying school subjects in primary and secondary schools. Her teaching approach puts students at the center of their language learning process.
Communication & grammar skills
CEFR level: A1 Module 1 & 2
Reserverd 1st year
Time
9-20 September
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday
16.30-18.45
16 hours
Place & Instructor
Convento
Austin room
Serena Neri
By the end of the course, students will be able
- to use the language of daily routines and interact in basic communicative situations: to introduce themselves, to talk about their interests, preferences, habits, etc.
- to provide the most important information about what they do, the reasons they are in Italy, etc.
- to talk about various aspects of their country (food, architecture, lifestyles, arts, sport, etc.)
- to read and understand short simple texts
- to listen and understand short simple recorded texts
- to write simple notes and short messages
- to use strategies to find basic information in materials used in everyday
- communication (programs, menus, timetables, advertising, etc.)
Course content
Course materials are communicated by the teachers of the Italian Unit
The course includes work on the following:
- basic grammatical structures at A1 level: verbs (present and past tense), nouns and adjectives, articles, adverbs of time, main prepositions (time and place) and main pronouns
- Reading: short informative texts and notices on topics of personal and professional interest
- Writing: short, simple texts, completing of forms, simple requests and answers
- Listening: understanding familiar everyday expressions, recognizing concrete information in dialogues and announcements
- Speaking: introducing oneself, asking and answering questions on familiar topics, simple social conversations
- insights into Italian life and culture
Learning methods and activities
Activities in class include
- grammar exercises
- exercises to expand the vocabulary
- reading and listening exercises
- phonetic exercises
- conversation in small groups
- role play
- pairwork
- peer correction
- individual writing
Serena Neri has been teaching at the EUI since 2017. She earned her degree in Lingue e Lettarature Straniere from the University of Florence in 2006. After initially teaching in private schools, she began to teach Italian to immigrants, in order to help with their integration into Italian society. In 2010 she was awarded a Master’s degree in “Didattica e Promozione della Lingua Italiana a Stranieri” by the Universita Ca Foscari; her thesis, which focuses entirely on the prison of Sollicciano, is published on the University’s site.
She holds an examiner’s certificate for the CILS exam, and works as an examiner at the Universita per Stranieri di Siena.
Communication & grammar skills
CEFR level: A1 Module 1
Reserved Max Weber Fellows; other EUI newcomers if places available
Time
9-27 September
Emeroteca:
11.00-13.00: 9, 11, 13 Sept.
Refectory:
9.00-11.00: 16, 24 Sept.
11.00-13.00: 19, 20, 23, 26, 27 Sept.
20 hours
By the end of the course, students will be able
- to use the language of daily routines and interact in basic communicative situations: to introduce themselves, to talk about their interests, preferences, habits, etc.
- to provide the most important information about what they do, the reasons they are in Italy, etc.
- to talk about various aspects of their country (food, architecture, lifestyles, arts, sport, etc.)
- to read and understand short simple texts
- to listen and understand short simple recorded texts
- to write simple notes and short messages
- to use strategies to find basic information in materials used in everyday
- communication (programs, menus, timetables, advertising, etc.)
Course content
Course materials are communicated by the teachers of the Italian Unit
The course includes work on the following:
- basic grammatical structures at A1 level: verbs (present and past tense), nouns and adjectives, articles, adverbs of time, main prepositions (time and place) and main pronouns
- Reading: short informative texts and notices on topics of personal and professional interest
- Writing: short, simple texts, completing of forms, simple requests and answers
- Listening: understanding familiar everyday expressions, recognizing concrete information in dialogues and announcements
- Speaking: introducing oneself, asking and answering questions on familiar topics, simple social conversations
- insights into Italian life and culture
Learning methods and activities
Activities in class include
- grammar exercises
- exercises to expand the vocabulary
- reading and listening exercises
- phonetic exercises
- conversation in small groups
- role play
- pairwork
- peer correction
- individual writing
Mya Giungi has been teaching Italian as a Foreign Language since 2009, and at the EUI since 2017. She holds an examiner’s certificate for the CILS exam. She has taught Italian to immigrants and asylum seekers in both the private and public education sector. After being awarded a Master’s degree in Cooperation and Development by the University of Pavia, she coordinated a project for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bolivia. She decided to return to Italy to contribute to the integration of foreigners into Italian society through the essential and emancipatory instrument of language.
Communication & grammar skills
CEFR level: A1 Module 1 & 2
Reserved Max Weber Fellows; other EUI newcomers if places available
Time
9-27 September
Emeroteca:
9.00-11.00: 9, 10, 13 Sept.
13.00-15.00: 11 Sept.
Refectory:
9.00-11.00: 17, 19, 20, 23, 26, 27 Sept.
20 hours
By the end of the course, students will be able
- to use the language of daily routines and interact in basic communicative situations: to introduce themselves, to talk about their interests, preferences, habits, etc.
- to provide the most important information about what they do, the reasons they are in Italy, etc.
- to talk about various aspects of their country (food, architecture, lifestyles, arts, sport, etc.)
- to read and understand short simple texts
- to listen and understand short simple recorded texts
- to write simple notes and short messages
- to use strategies to find basic information in materials used in everyday
- communication (programs, menus, timetables, advertising, etc.)
Course content
Course materials are communicated by the teachers of the Italian Unit
The course includes work on the following:
- basic grammatical structures at A1 level: verbs (present and past tense), nouns and adjectives, articles, adverbs of time, main prepositions (time and place) and main pronouns
- Reading: short informative texts and notices on topics of personal and professional interest
- Writing: short, simple texts, completing of forms, simple requests and answers
- Listening: understanding familiar everyday expressions, recognizing concrete information in dialogues and announcements
- Speaking: introducing oneself, asking and answering questions on familiar topics, simple social conversations
- insights into Italian life and culture
Learning methods and activities
Activities in class include
- grammar exercises
- exercises to expand the vocabulary
- reading and listening exercises
- phonetic exercises
- conversation in small groups
- role play
- pairwork
- peer correction
- individual writing
Mya Giungi has been teaching Italian as a Foreign Language since 2009, and at the EUI since 2017. She holds an examiner’s certificate for the CILS exam. She has taught Italian to immigrants and asylum seekers in both the private and public education sector. After being awarded a Master’s degree in Cooperation and Development by the University of Pavia, she coordinated a project for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bolivia. She decided to return to Italy to contribute to the integration of foreigners into Italian society through the essential and emancipatory instrument of language.
Communication & grammar skills
CEFR level: A1 Module 1
Reserved PLF; other EUI newcomers if places available
Time
25 September - 14 October
Monday & Wednesday
10.00-12.00: 25 September
13.00-15.00: 30 September
10.30-12.30: 2, 9, 14 October
13.30-15.30: 7 October
12 hours
Place & Instructor
Buontalenti
Small Seminar Room
* H. Arendt Room on 25 September
Mya Giungi
By the end of the course, students will be able
- to use the language of daily routines and interact in basic communicative situations: to introduce themselves, to talk about their interests, preferences, habits, etc.
- to provide the most important information about what they do, the reasons they are in Italy, etc.
- to talk about various aspects of their country (food, architecture, lifestyles, arts, sport, etc.)
- to read and understand short simple texts
- to listen and understand short simple recorded texts
- to write simple notes and short messages
- to use strategies to find basic information in materials used in everyday
- communication (programs, menus, timetables, advertising, etc.)
Course content
Course materials are communicated by the teachers of the Italian Unit
The course includes work on the following:
- basic grammatical structures at A1 level: verbs (present and past tense), nouns and adjectives, articles, adverbs of time, main prepositions (time and place) and main pronouns
- Reading: short informative texts and notices on topics of personal and professional interest
- Writing: short, simple texts, completing of forms, simple requests and answers
- Listening: understanding familiar everyday expressions, recognizing concrete information in dialogues and announcements
- Speaking: introducing oneself, asking and answering questions on familiar topics, simple social conversations
- insights into Italian life and culture
Learning methods and activities
Activities in class include
- grammar exercises
- exercises to expand the vocabulary
- reading and listening exercises
- phonetic exercises
- conversation in small groups
- role play
- pairwork
- peer correction
- individual writing
Serena Neri has been teaching at the EUI since 2017. She earned her degree in Lingue e Lettarature Straniere from the University of Florence in 2006. After initially teaching in private schools, she began to teach Italian to immigrants, in order to help with their integration into Italian society. In 2010 she was awarded a Master’s degree in “Didattica e Promozione della Lingua Italiana a Stranieri” by the Universita Ca Foscari; her thesis, which focuses entirely on the prison of Sollicciano, is published on the University’s site.
She holds an examiner’s certificate for the CILS exam, and works as an examiner at the Universita per Stranieri di Siena.
Communication & grammar skills
CEFR level: A1 Module 1
EUI newcomers
Time
9-27 September
Monday, Wednesday & Thursday
14.00-16.00
18 hours
Place & Instructor
Convento
Grice room
Valentina Martelli
By the end of the course, students will be able
- to use the language of daily routines and interact in basic communicative situations: to introduce themselves, to talk about their interests, preferences, habits, etc.
- to provide the most important information about what they do, the reasons they are in Italy, etc.
- to talk about various aspects of their country (food, architecture, lifestyles, arts, sport, etc.)
- to read and understand short simple texts
- to listen and understand short simple recorded texts
- to write simple notes and short messages
- to use strategies to find basic information in materials used in everyday
- communication (programs, menus, timetables, advertising, etc.)
Course content
Course materials are communicated by the teachers of the Italian Unit
The course includes work on the following:
- basic grammatical structures at A1 level: verbs (present and past tense), nouns and adjectives, articles, adverbs of time, main prepositions (time and place) and main pronouns
- Reading: short informative texts and notices on topics of personal and professional interest
- Writing: short, simple texts, completing of forms, simple requests and answers
- Listening: understanding familiar everyday expressions, recognizing concrete information in dialogues and announcements
- Speaking: introducing oneself, asking and answering questions on familiar topics, simple social conversations
- insights into Italian life and culture
Learning methods and activities
Activities in class include
- grammar exercises
- exercises to expand the vocabulary
- reading and listening exercises
- phonetic exercises
- conversation in small groups
- role play
- pairwork
- peer correction
- individual writing
Valentina Martelli has been teaching Italian as a second and as a foreign language since the beginning of her career. She has been teaching Italian at the Language Center since 2013 for A1 to B2 level courses.After university she specialized in teaching Italian language thanks to a Master's degree at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and to preparatory courses in language teaching at the Universities of Parma, Siena and Rome.
She is the author of simplified texts aimed at studying school subjects in primary and secondary schools. Her teaching approach puts students at the center of their language learning process.
Page last updated on 09 September 2024