LFU:online

Prerequisites: none
Goal: A1

At this level the learner can understand everyday expressions and simple sentences aimed at the satisfaction of simple needs of a concrete type; he/she can introduce himself/herself and others and ask questions about personal details - e.g. where they live, whom they know and what things they own - and can answer questions of this kind; he/she can communicate in a simple way if the other person is sympathetic and speaks slowly and carefully.

Topics:
to get to know each other; at a party; in a bar or pub; in a restaurant; weekend and leisure time; destinations and travel experience; my world

Linguistic Goals:
to introduce yourself; to offer something; to ask for something politely; to ask for information about a hotel; to give information on a town; to report on a journey; to enquire about somebody/something; to feel sorry for somebody/to regret something; to recommend something; to indicate the way; to write an informal e-mail; to describe a person

Structural Goals:
nouns; adjectives – to describe people and objects in some detail; the indefinite and definite articles; verbs in the present tense indicative – to express actions in the immediate environment; adverbs – to add more information to a verb; passato prossimo – to narrate actions and facts of the past; object pronouns – to replace direct objects; reflexive verbs - to talk about actions which exclusively refer to the subject; comparative - to compare people and objects; possessive pronouns – to give information on possession