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SPEAKING:
Students should be able to sustain a logical dialogue with one
another or with a native speaker for 1 to 3 minutes or more on
topics dealing with the most practical aspects of everyday
experience. In addition, they should achieve a clear pronunciation
proper intonation, and correct grammatical perspective so they
may be able to summarize in general terms in the meaning they wish
to convey.
LISTENING:
The student should develop this skill so he can understand, apply,
analyze, synthesize, and evaluate what is said to him, as well as
the assignments, and most of the materials read aloud at normal
speed (such as newspaper articles, magazine features, letters,
etc.).
READING:
Students should be able to read with some ease and understand,
and judge selections from topics of general interest, with only
occasional reference to a dictionary.
WRITING:
The students should be encouraged to apply their active
vocabulary and over-all critical thinking skills of the language
to produce short compositions and descriptive paragraphs consisting
of biographical sketches, travel accounts, job interviews, and the
like.
MINIMUM MATERIAL TO BE STUDIED:
Particular attention is given to increase the acquisition of
vocabulary in order to provide material for communication.
Idiomatic expressions of cultural traits of Italian speaking
countries shall be presented and discussed in order to enhance
the student's linguistic and cultural awareness. Of major concern
is the presentation of the basic grammatical aspects of the
language through the active usage and assimilation of structural
patterns in situations as similar to normal speaking situations
as possible.
SPECIFIC GRAMMATICAL POINTS TO BE COVERED THOROUGHLY IN ITALIAN 2:
1. Direct/indirect object pronouns.
2. Commands.
3. Present subjunctive.
4. Preterite of regular verbs.
5. Preterite of high frequency irregular verbs.
6. Preterite of stem changing verbs.
7. Imperfect of regular and irregular verbs.
8. Preterite vs imperfect.
9. Infinitive as a verb complement.
10. Reflexive pronouns.
11. Reflexive for unplanned occurrences.
12. Reciprocal action pronouns.
13. Adjectives - superlative vs comparative.
14. Ordinal adjectives.
15. Nominalization of adjective.
16. Nominalization; lo plus adjective.
17. Diminutives.
18. Use and omission of the definite article.
19. Prepositions.
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SCOPE:
Scope of what is covered in Italian 2 is at a significantly
accelerated pace to a course teaching the same materials as in
high school (This course covers in a semester what is covered in
four semesters at the high school level). This range also
corresponds to completing our college level representative text.
CONTENT (Listening):
Social situations such as greetings, introductions, invitations,
and appointments polite formulaic expressions; Everyday topics
such as: personal information, restaurants and foods, lodging,
transportation, custom agents and travel, telephone conversations,
directions, instructions, correspondence, leisure, hobbies,
customs, sports, money matters, bank, health, shopping, numbers
(ordinal and cardinal), boys and girls, urban and rural life,
cars and maintenance, office equipment and use, social and civil
responsibilities, tragedies common to men, and immigration.
CONTENT (Speaking):
Personal, biographical information; Numbers (computational);
Restaurants and foods; Asking and giving directions; Leisure,
hobbies, and customs; Transportation; Telephone conversations;
Lodging; Money matters; Health; Post office; Shopping; Social
situations such as invitations, greetings, introductions,
appointments, polite formulaic expressions, urban and rural life,
cars and maintenance, office equipment and use, social and civil
responsibilities, tragedies common to men, and immigration.
CONTENT (Reading):
Authentic text such as school schedules and timetables; TV and
radio program schedules; bank, travel, and postal forms; menus,
messages, and memos; simple letters and post cards; ads and labels;
simple instructions; newspaper headlines; maps; tables of content.
Personal, biographical information; Restaurant, foods, and
lodging; Asking and giving directions; Activities and hobbies;
Transportation; Post office and customs; Numbers 1-1000+; Shopping
and making purchases; Invitations; Adapted readings; Occasional
unadapted readings of academic relevance or on cross-cultural and
current issues; Money and health matters; Short stories and poetry;
Urban and rural life; Cars and maintenance; Office equipment and
use; Social and civil responsibilities; Tragedies common to men;
and Immigration.
CONTENT (Composition):
Broadens to include: Personal biographical information; Activities
and hobbies; Preferences; Daily routine; Travel and transportation;
School and work experience; Everyday events; Elementary literary
schemes such as poetry, drama, and short stories; Urban and rural
life; Cars and maintenance; Office equipment and use; Social and
civil responsibilities; Tragedies common to men; and Immigration.
CONTENT (Grammar):
In addition to reviewing and expanding on Beginning Grammar points,
students will be expected to recognize and use: Various clause
markers; Various conditionals: present and future possible,
present and past unreal; Passive: present, past, present perfect;
Gerunds and infinitives; Reflexive pronouns; Modal auxiliaries;
Present perfect, present perfect continuous, past perfect;
Adverbials: frequency, time, manner, place, cause, and sequence;
Quantifiers; So...that; Too and enough; Indirect and direct
objects; Quoted speech, reported speech; Two-work verbs: separable
and non-separable; Noun clauses; Adjective clauses; Reflexive and
relative pronouns; Formal and informal commands; Past participle
used as an adjective; Contrasting of moods, the subjunctive, and
the indicative.
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In preparation for 50 minute lecture class, student is expected
to have:
1. intensively studied from 5-10 pages from class text.
2. completed from 5-10 pages from workbook, and prepared 5-10
pages of written tasks from class text, and reviewed 5-20
pages of class text for projected exams.
3. listened and completed 30-50 minutes of language lab material.
4. spent 25-50 minutes practicing and memorizing vocabulary and
phrases.
5. required short written essay illustrating control of
linguistical and cultural principles.
In preparation for lecture class, students are recommended to have:
1. worked 10-15 minutes cooperatively with a fellow Italian
student or a Italian speaking friend.
2. worked 10-50 minutes with an Italian tutor or other Italian
language specialist.
3. listened or viewed 10-50 minutes of Italian language media
(videos, radio, T.V., slides, magazines, newspapers,
dictionaries, etc.).
4. kept a private journal in Italian.
