Beginner A2.2 Weekend Online & Offline

Class

At the A2 level of Italian, learners expand their basic communication skills and begin to interact more independently in everyday situations. This level strengthens grammatical foundations while increasing vocabulary and fluency. Learners move beyond survival phrases and start expressing ideas about the present, past, and future in a simple but connected way.

Listening Skills

• Understanding clear, standard speech about familiar topics such as daily routines, travel, work, hobbies, and family.
• Recognizing the main idea and key details in short conversations, announcements, and simple media content (e.g., weather forecasts, short interviews).
• Following simple instructions and explanations spoken at a moderate pace.

Speaking Skills

• Describing daily routines, past experiences, and future plans using simple connected sentences.
• Expressing preferences, opinions, and reasons in a basic way (e.g., “Perché…”, “Secondo me…”).
• Handling common travel and service situations, such as booking accommodation, ordering in restaurants, or explaining a problem.
• Participating in simple conversations about familiar topics with increasing confidence.
• Using formal and informal language appropriately in common situations.

Reading Skills

• Reading and understanding short texts such as emails, short articles, advertisements, schedules, and
• informational brochures.
• Identifying main ideas and specific information in simple narratives.
• Understanding instructions, forms, and everyday written communication.

Writing Skills

• Writing short paragraphs about personal experiences, routines, and plans.
• Composing informal and simple formal emails.
• Describing people, places, and events using connected sentences.
• Narrating past events using basic past tense forms.

Vocabulary

• Expanded everyday vocabulary related to travel, health, work, technology, leisure, and daily life.
• Expressions for giving opinions, agreeing, disagreeing, and making suggestions.
• More detailed time expressions and sequencing words (prima, dopo, mentre).

Cultural Awareness

• Understanding differences between formal and informal communication in real contexts.
• Introduction to everyday Italian customs and social norms.
• Basic awareness of regional differences in language and culture.
• Greater familiarity with contemporary Italian lifestyle and traditions.

A2 learners can interact in routine situations with some independence and can describe experiences, plans, and opinions in simple terms.

Learning Plan

• The progressive tense (stare + gerund / "-ing" form, e.g., sto facendo)
• Direct object pronouns and the verb fare (including idiomatic pronominal expressions like ce l’ho)
• Past participle agreement with direct object pronouns (e.g., l'ho vista)
• The position of direct and indirect object pronouns with infinitive verbs (e.g., guardarlo, parlarti)
• The relative pronouns che and cui (who, which, that, whom)
• The use of the verb volere (to want) in the imperfect tense
• The verbs sapere (to know a fact/how to) and conconoscere (to be familiar with/meet) in the past historic (passato prossimo) and imperfect tenses
• The contrast/use of the passato prossimo vs. the imperfect tense
• The idiomatic use of the verb volerci
• The informal imperative mood (the tu form for commands)
• Pronoun position with the informal tu imperative (e.g., fallo!, ascoltami!)
• Irregular informal commands (e.g., va', fa', di')
• Negative commands (e.g., non fare, non faccia)