MAPPA DELL'ITALIA CON LE SUE REGIONI

THE ITALIAN CLASS MEETS FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY

Periods 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7 - Room 206

THE ITALIAN CLASS AND ITS OBJECTIVES

The Italian class is set up as a workshop where students and teacher interact to perform specific tasks. The tasks to be performed, using only the target language (Italian), are related to a larger linguistic-cultural context pre-established at the beginning of each marking period. By interacting and performing specific tasks, students continue their pursuit of appropriating the multiple aspects of both the target language (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) and the Italian culture...

AN INTRODUCTION TO ITALIAN

Greetings (Saluti)

Ciao is Italian most common and simple greeting word. It's used with relatives and friends both when meeting and when leaving. It comes from an old Venetian dialect word meaning slave: Sciao (Schiavo in standard Italian). Sciavo was used as a greeting world meaning "I'm your slave" i.e., "I'm at your service". When said fast Sciao S dropped and remained ciao, which was then used all over Italy.

Come stai? (How are you?)
Bene Grazie e tu? (Fine thanks and you?).

Buongiorno (Goodmorning)
Used during daytime when meeting people, visit someone, entering a shop, a restaurant, etc. It's a word made by Buono (good) and Giorno (day).

Buonasera (Goodevening)

Used to greet people from afternoon on. It varies with regions and people sensibility, but in general you won't be wrong by saying Goodevening from 5:00 p.m. on.

Buonanotte (Goodnight)　
Used when leaving to get home at night.