Course Details

Italian for Beginners

Academic Year 2025/26

VYI001 course is not part of any programme in the faculty

Pronunciation: Italian phonetic system, stress, intonation, linking
Grammar: definite and indefinite article, making plural forms of nouns and adjectives, present tenses of 3 verb groups, polite forms, basic prepositions
Vocabulary: introducing, visiting, telephoning, writing an email and a letter, travelling, leisure time, my flat, hours and minutes, days, food

Credits

2 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

Institute

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

None

Aims

Mastering the rules of pronunciation to the extent of 500 words and basic grammar for speaking in the Present Tense.
Reading skills, translating a simple text, communication of simple information. Italy and the Italian.
Student will accomplish the aim of the course, which is: mastering the rules of pronunciation to the extent of 500 words and basic grammar for speaking in the Present Tense.
Reading skills, translating a simple text, communication of simple information.

Basic Literature

L. Ziglio, G. Rizzo: Nuovo Espresso 1, Alma edizioni, 2014   (it)

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. -3. L1- Primi contatti: pronounciation, verb essere, gender M/F, greetings, numbers 0-20, articles
  • 4.-6. L2- Io e gli altri: verbs avere, fare, stare, verbs of 1st group, numbers 20-100
  • 7.-9. L3- Buon appetito: plural, verbs of 2nd and 3rd group
  • 10.-13.L4- Tempo libero: mi piace, days of the week, andare, uscire