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Course description: Level 1 is for people with no previous knowledge of the language or minimal knowledge such as some greetings or the alphabet. The course runs over 3 terms and will cover the following:
Topics: the alphabet and pronunciation, greetings and leave-taking expressions, polite phrases, introductions, nationality, professions and occupations, marital status, numbers, the days of the week, the months of the year, seasons, telling the time, holidays, my family, food, people characteristics, directions, points of the compass, the weather forecast, schedules and appointments.
Functions: introducing oneself, understanding numbers (prices, telephone numbers, age), asking and telling the time, describing your family, ordering food in a restaurant, describing a simple recipe, understanding and giving directions, ordering a taxi, giving instructions to a taxi driver, describing people, booking holidays and dealing with travel agents, listening to and understanding the weather forecast, talking about the weather, discussing one’s schedule and making appointments, asking about and telling the date.
Grammar: nouns, plurals, articles, cases, verbs in present tense, future tense and past tense, negation, subjunctive, adjectives, simple prepositions and conjunctions, numerals, personal pronouns, possessive adjectives, simple adverbs, conditionals.
Course materials: Ramona Gönczöl and Denis Deletant, Colloquial Romanian: The Complete Course for Beginners, latest edition. Audio files freely downloadable at https://www.routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/colloquial/language/romanian.php