Italian for Young Learners: Reading and Writing

Completed by 42 learners

Ages 11-14

Live Group Class

8 weeks of Italian course to learn to speak, read, and write in Italian. In these lessons, we study grammar, vocabulary, and verb conjugation.

Lucia Liano-Button

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Live video meetings

1x per week, 8 weeks

2-6 learners per class

30 min

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What's included

8 live meetings

4 in-class hours

Homework

There is extra work that can be completed independently. Students are encouraged to ask questions if they have doubts about the work they completed.

Assessment

I do informal assessments as we go during the weeks to evaluate their learning progress.

Class Experience

Beginner Level

In this course, we will focus on developing reading and writing proficiency in Italian, as well as learning to speak with correct intonation, starting from the basics.

Session I: Summary: 
Week 1: Introduction to the Italian Language. Learn how to introduce ourselves, the sounds of vowels and consonants. Constructing syllables.

Week 2: Practical vocabulary, nouns (people, places, and things). How to greet others. How to use polite words. Review. 

Week 3: Introduction to reading, pronouncing, and writing the sounds "che, chi, ghe, and ghi".  Words about the weather.  Review. 

Week 4: Introduction to reading, speaking, and writing the sounds "sci, sce, sche, schi". Small sentences with the days of the week and the months of the year.   Review. 

Week 5:  Introduction to reading, speaking, and writing the sounds "gna, gne, gni, gno, gnu". Small sentences with the colors. Review. 

Week 6: Introduction to reading, and speaking. The numbers: basic units, counting by tens, hundreds, and thousands. Review. 

Week 7: Reading and speaking, continued. The sounds of double consonants. Small sentences with family vocabulary. Review. 

Week 8: Reading, speaking, and writing practice. Double consonants continued: how omitting/adding a consonant changes the meaning of a word. The sounds gli, glie. The parts of the body. Review.

Learning Goals

The learning goal is to have the learners speak in full sentences with a wide variety of vocabulary and have the learners develop their reading and writing skills in the Italian language.

Other Details

Pre-Requisites

No prior knowledge of the Italian language is required.

Supply List

External Resources

In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:

Quizlet italian

Meet the teacher

Lucia Liano-Button

Joined June, 2020

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Teacher expertise and credentials

Hello! My name is Lucia, and I am an Italian and English language teacher. Born in Italy, I moved to the US as a child and made it my home. I am a native Italian speaker fluent in English, which I learned as a second language. Drawing from my own bilingual journey, I'm eager to share the effective tools and tips that helped me master English.

For the past 15 years, I have refined my teaching methodology through a variety of class settings and educational environments. My expertise includes a diverse range of tailored courses: language and cultural immersion for children aged 6-12; interactive sessions that combine Italian language lessons with cultural and culinary experiences for all ages; conversational Italian classes tailored to individual needs; academic lectures at Lake Michigan College; and foundational Italian at Lincoln Elementary School.

Additionally, I have taught English to my children and now extend this legacy to the new generation of my family, providing online lessons to my grandchildren and nephews in Italy.

I look forward to helping you embark on your language-learning journey. Ciao, a presto!