ITAL201 Intermediate Italian I

Department of Language & Literature: Italian

  1. Course Number and Title

    ITAL201 Intermediate Italian I

  2. Number of Credits

    3 credits

  3. Minimum Number of Instructional Minutes Per Semester

    2250

  4. Prerequisites

    ITAL111 (C or better) or equivalent

    Corequisites

    None

  5. Other Pertinent Information

    Students spend between six and nine hours per week outside of class learning vocabulary, reading, completing writing exercises and compositions, working on pronunciation, preparing oral presentations, and working with the multimedia files that accompany the text.

  6. Catalog Course Description

    In this course students study vocabulary, grammar, and idiomatic constructions; and continue to hone speaking, listening and writing skills. Students write compositions using new and more complex language structures and read culture-related materials.

  7. Required Course Content and Direction

    1. Learning Goals:

      1. Course
        2. Students will:
        1. review, refine, and demonstrate an expanded control of the four essential language skills: speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing;
        2. recognize and respond appropriately and with increasing detail to the most common spoken situations;
        3. write increasingly complex sentences in Italian; and
        4. explain an increasing number of aspects of life in the Italian-speaking countries.

      2. Core (if applicable)
        3. Category I
        Cultural Perspectives
         Students will:
        1. compare, contrast, analyze, and/or defend differing world views and practices.

        Category III
        International, Gender, and/or Minority Perspectives
         Students will:
        1. articulate similarities and differences in the various cultures of the world and demonstrate familiarity with the skills necessary to make informed judgments.

    2. Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities:

      Grammatical topics

      Future (review) and conditional tenses
      Reflexive and reciprocal verbs
      Comparatives and superlatives, with irregulars
      Commands (tu, noi, and voi) and formal
      Present subjunctive and its uses
      Relative pronouns

      Vocabulary and social contexts

      The body and health
      Clothing and fashion
      The world of work and business
      Modes of transportation

      Cultural contexts

      Analyze fashion and design
      Critique the differing roles of women in Italian society
      Demonstrate critical awareness of Italian economy and politics
      Italian music, popular and classical, compared and contrasted
      Geography and regional differences, dialects and linguistic variations

    3. Assessment Methods for Core Learning Goals:

      1. Course
        2. Students
        1. take quizzes and tests;
        2. complete assignments, such as short compositions and grammatical exercises;
        3. perform listening comprehension exercises; and
        4. participate in oral interviews and/or presentations that assess proficiency levels.

      2. Core (if applicable)
        1. Cultural Perspectives: Students take quizzes/tests or complete sections of quizzes/tests which examine the cultural topics presented in the course and in which they compare, contrast, analyze, and/or defend differing world views and practices of some Italian-speaking people.
        2. International, Gender, and/or Minority Perspectives: Students take quizzes/tests or complete sections of quizzes/tests in which they articulate similarities and differences in the various cultures of the world and demonstrate familiarity with the skills necessary to make informed judgments.

    4. Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Students:

      Students utilize text, workbook, and multimedia resources for second-year proficiency-based Italian program. See course format.

  8. Teaching Methods Employed

    Section VIII is not being used in new and revised syllabi as of 12/10/08.

Review/Approval Date - 3/99; Core Goals/Objectives added 4/04; Revised 4/2011