Routledge Intensive Italian Course

✍ Scribed by Stefano, Anna Di;Kneale, Tania Batelli;Gennari, Daniela Treveri;Proudfoot, Anna

• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 455
• Series: Routledge intensive language courses
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This intensive foundation course in Italian is designed for students with no previous knowledge of the language. Accompanying audio material containing dialogues, listening exercises and pronunciation practice is available to purchase separately in CD format. These two audio CDs are designed to work alongside the accompanying book. Students using the Routledge Intensive Italian Course will practise the four key skills of language learning - reading, writing, speaking, and listening - and will acquire a thorough working knowledge of the structures of Italian. The Routledge Intensive Italian Cou.;Cover; ROUTLEDGE INTENSIVE ITALIAN COURSE; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; GLOSSARY; Unit 0 Cominciamo da zero; Introduction; ALphabet; Spelling; CapitaL Letters; Pronunciation; Stress; Written accents; Using a dictionary; Using a grammar reference book; Unit 1 Ciao, mi chiamo . . .; FUNCTIONS; Greeting someone: buongiorno, buona sera, ciao, etc.; Meeting people, introducing oneself and others; Formal [Lei] or informal [tu] 'you'; Indicating nationality; Asking for something, ordering food and drink; GRAMMAR; Present tense of essere and chiamarsi; Nouns [singular].

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
ROUTLEDGE INTENSIVE ITALIAN COURSE
Copyright
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
GLOSSARY
Unit 0 Cominciamo da zero
Introduction
ALphabet
Spelling
CapitaL Letters
Pronunciation
Stress
Written accents
Using a dictionary
Using a grammar reference book
Unit 1 Ciao, mi chiamo . . .
FUNCTIONS
Greeting someone: buongiorno, buona sera, ciao, etc.
Meeting people, introducing oneself and others
Formal [Lei] or informal [tu] 'you'
Indicating nationality
Asking for something, ordering food and drink
GRAMMAR
Present tense of essere and chiamarsi
Nouns [singular]. Indefinite articles un, uno, una, un'Subject pronouns io, tu, lui, lei, Lei, noi, voi, loro
Adjectives of nationality inglese, italiano [singular form only]
VOCABULARY
Greetings
Nationality
Food, drink
Numbers 1-100
Euros
Unit 2 Amici e famiglia
FUNCTIONS
Describing or indicating someone or something
Talking about jobs and professions
GRAMMAR
Nouns [singular and plural]
Definite article il, lo, la, l', i, gli, le
Adjectives [singular and plural]
Demonstratives: questo, quello
Possessives: mio, tuo, suo, nostro, vostro, lora
Present tense of regular verbs ending in -are. Present tense of irregular verbs: avere, fareVOCABULARY
Family
Professions
Descriptions
Unit 3 In viaggio
FUNCTIONS
Making travel arrangements
Making accommodation arrangements
Expressing notions of availability, time, place and cost
GRAMMAR
C'è, ci sono
Numbers from 101, prices
Time, days of the week, dates
Expressions of frequency
Prepositions: a, con, da, di, fra, in, per, SU, tra
Combined prepositions: al, dal, del, nel, sul
Present tense of regular verbs ending in: -ere, -ire
Ci vuole, ci vogliono
VOCABULARY
Travel
Accommodation
Unit 4 Facciamo un po' di shopping! FUNCTIONSShopping for items, asking for something
Describing or indicating something
Talking about availability
Talking about size, quantity, etc.
Describing someone or something by physical characteristics
GRAMMAR
Indefinite adjectives: alcuni, dei/delle, qualche
Indefinite pronouns: qualcuno, qualcosa
Direct object pronouns: lo, la, li, le and ne
Weights, quantities, measures: un litro di, un chilo di, etc
Invariable adjectives
Position of adjectives
Present tense irregular verbs: andare, dare, dire, fare, sapere, stare, uscire, venire
VOCABULARY
Clothes
Food. Weights and measuresUnit 5 Donne e lavoro
FUNCTIONS
Talking about the present
Talking about daily routines
GRAMMAR
Present tense reflexive verbs
Present tense of irregular verb stare + gerund
Frequency
Interrogatives
Negatives
Expressions of time [present]
VOCABULARY
Routine actions
The world of work
Unit 6 Tutti a tavola!
FUNCTIONS
Expressing a desire, preference, need
Stating what you want
Stating a preference
Expressing likes and dislikes
GRAMMAR
Indefinites: niente di buono, qualcosa da mangiare
Present tense of piacere
Present tense of preferire.

✦ Subjects

Italian language;Italian language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English;Electronic books;Italian language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English