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1 St. John s College DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES & LITERATURES SYLLABUS

2 Prerequisites: None Credit: 3 Semester hours Course description: This course aims to develop basic communication skills in Italian. Through a progressive use of the four skills, listening, speaking, reading and writing, students develop oral and written proficiency at a limited level within the context of Italian culture. Texts/ Media: Textbook Prego VIII ed. and accompanying QUIA/CENTRO online lab manual and supersite. Co-requisites: Ten mandatory sessions at the Global Language and Culture Center (GLCC) per semester. Course Goals: Italian 1010 is a beginner s course whose goals it is to develop oral communication, listening, reading and writing skills. Students will also work on increasing their vocabulary and improving their grasp of grammatical structures. All class discussion is in Italian. Learning Outcomes: Students will be engaged in the acquisition of Italian, that is the ability to communicate with educated native speakers of the language on a variety of topics. At the conclusion of this course, students will demonstrate the following competencies and knowledge bases: understand native speakers in daily life situations; acquire a working knowledge of phonetics in order to improve pronunciation and listening; read and understand texts of an easy to moderate level; write in Italian texts of simple to moderate complexity using correct grammatical structures. The ACTFL language proficiency level expected of students at the end of ITA1010 is level Novice low in terms of the following competencies: Listening: N-Understands key words and phrases from simple questions, statements, and frequently used commands, such as those found in introductions and basic courtesies. Speaking: N-Communicates short messages on highly predictable, everyday topics. Reading: N-Understands a limited amount of information (i.e., key words and cognates) from highly predictable texts in which the topic or context is familiar. Writing: N-Writes in lists and notes, primarily by using words and phrases. 2

3 Assessments: Students are assessed in the following ways: Daily contributions to class discussions of reading assignments. (10%) Quizzes and Exams (80%) covering: vocabulary of assigned readings. grammar relating to assigned readings. content of assigned readings. comprehension of texts not previously read or studied. written essays pertaining to assigned texts. Weekly assignments with tutors at the GLCC (10%) Units of Instruction: (14 weeks) Preliminary Lesson: Alfabeto, suoni, uso delle espressioni di cortesia, presentazioni, numeri (1-100). Chapter 1: nomi, uso di buono, articolo indeterminativo, presente di avere, uso idiomatico di avere, dialoghi, lettura. Chapter 2:aggettivi, descrivere caratteristiche fisiche e psicologiche, nazionalità, presente di essere, usi dell articolo determinativo, bello; Letture. Chapter 3: il presente dei verbi in are, dare, stare, andare e fare, possessivi, possessivi con nomi di parentela, questo, quello, letture, la Famiglia e l università. Chapter 4: il presente dei verbi in ere and ire, verbi irrregolari, potere, dovere, volere, pronomi di oggetto diretto, l ora, il tempo e le stagioni, letture, passatempi. Chapter 5: preposizioni articolate, Passato prossimo con avere, con essere, conoscere e sapere, letture, bevande; Chapter 6: pronomi di oggetto indiretto, accordo participio passato con pronomi diretti, uso di piacere, interrogativi, letture, cucinare e mangiare, al ristorante. Chapter 7: i verbi riflessivi, costruzione reciproca, formazione degli avverbi, numeri superiori a 100, letture la vita di tutti i giorni, attività, abbigliamento. 3

4 Bibliography: Aski, Janice M., & Diane Musumeci, Avanti!: Beginning Italian, Columbus: McGraw-Hill, Danesi, Marcel, Italian Now!: A Level One Worktext, Hauppauge: Barron s, 2005., Italian the Easy Way, Hauppauge: Barron s, 2005., Italian Grammar, Hauppauge: Barron s, 2002., & Gianrenzo P. Clivio, The Sounds, Forms, and Uses of Italian: An Introduction to Italian Linguistics Toronto: University of Toronto, 2000., John Colaneri, & Vincent Luciani, 501 Italian Verbs, Hauppauge: Barron s, Germano, Joseph E., & Conrad J. Schmidt, Schaum s Outline of Italian Grammar, Columbus: McGraw-Hill, Gobetti, Daniela, Better Reading Italian: A Reader and Guide to Improving Your Understanding Written Italian, Columbus: McGraw-Hill, 2003., Must-Know Italian: 4,000 Words that Give You the Power to Communicate, Columbus: McGraw-Hill, 2006., Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Vocabulary, Columbus: McGraw-Hill, 2007., Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Pronouns and Prepositions, Columbus: McGraw- Hill, Hales, Dianne, La bella lingua: My Love Affair with Italian, the World s Most Enchanting Language, New York: Crown, Luciani, Vincent, John Colaneri, Italian Verbs, Hauppauge: Barron s, Maes-Christie, Katrien, & Daniel Franklin, The Big Green Book of Italian Verbs: 555 Fully Conjugated Verbs, Columbus: McGraw-Hill, Melis, Daniela, Pronti Via!: Beginning Italian, New Haven: Yale University, Nanni-Tate, Paola, Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Sentence Builder, Columbus: McGraw-Hill,

5 , Italian Grammar Drills, Columbus: McGraw-Hill, 2007., Easy Italian Step-By-Step, Columbus: McGraw-Hill, Omaggio Hadley, Alice. Teaching Language in Context. Heinle & Heinle, Proudfoot, Anna, & Francesco Cardo, Modern Italian Grammar: A Practice Guide, New York: Routledge, 2005., Modern Italian Grammar Workbook, New York: Routledge, Ragusa, Olga, Essential Italian Grammar, Miami: BN, Web Resources: NYSED Requirements- 135 hours: Classroom Contact: 45 Hours Homework Assignments and GLCC requirement: 90 Hours 5

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