10/30/2025 8:19:39 PM	ITAL 1 Course Outline as of Fall 2014	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ITAL 1	Title:  ELEMENTARY ITALIAN-1
Full Title:  Elementary Italian-Part 1
Last Reviewed:4/13/2020

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	4.00	Lecture Scheduled	4.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	70.00
Minimum	4.00	Lab Scheduled	0		3 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	1.00			Contact DHR	17.50
		Contact Total	5.00			Contact Total	87.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  140.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 227.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Catalog Description:

Beginning elementary speaking, listening, reading, and writing in Italian. Introduction to Italy and its cultures, including contributions to western civilization.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Beginning elementary speaking, listening, reading, and writing in Italian. Introduction to Italy and its cultures, including contributions to western civilization.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:	Spring 1990	Inactive:	Fall 2025
Area:	E L3 E	Humanities Arts and Humanities Humanities
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	C2	Humanities		Fall 1990
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	6A	Language Other Than English		Fall 1981
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 1990	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 1990	Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Major Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Use high-frequency Italian vocabulary related to the most common everyday topics.

2.  Present and develop ability to ask and to answer simple questions on everyday topics.

3.  Read for general meaning simplified passages on a range of cultural topics and

     select specific information from authentic Italian texts.

4.  Write with minimal errors of spelling what they are able to say in Italian.

5.  Correctly pronounce Italian words that follow the regular phonological patterns and

      many common ones that do not.

6.  Understand, recognize, and use the most common parts of speech, particularly:

      subjects/subject pronouns, including familiar and formal forms; present tense of

      most frequently used verbs (essere, avere, stare, vedere, fare, andare, venire, portare,

      prendere, mangiare, bere, parlare, piacere), as well as common regular -are, -ere, and

      -ire verbs; articles and the partitive, yes-no basic information questions, possessive

      and other adjectives, basic adverbs of frequency.

Topics and Scope

1. Everyday Italian vocabulary

    a.  Greetings and salutations

    b.  Dates and times

    c.  Counting

    d.  Place descriptions

    e.  Everyday actions and leisure-time activities

    f.   Family members

    g.  Meals and dining

2. Spelling and the Italian sound system

3. Basic patterns of the Italian language, including parts of speech and fundamental

     grammar terms

4. Italian formulas in ordinary conversation

5. Questions in Italian

6. The basics of Italian sentence construction, including negation

7. Italian verb conjugation

8. Reading and interpreting basic texts in Italian

9. Common Italian cultural practices and beliefs

10.The Italian peninsula and its most notable cities and regions

11.Overview of careers using Italian and an introduction to the major in Italian

Assignments:

1.  Read and practice lessons from the textbook/ textbook website (averaging 15 pages per week)

2.  Memorize vocabulary and verb conjugations (averaging 55 words per week)

3.  Written exercises from the textbook/ textbook website (averaging 10 exercises per week)

4.  Complete online exercises and/or videos for verb conjugation and listening/speaking

      practice, etc. (averaging 2 hours per week)

5.  Basic readings in Italian

6.  Quizzes and/or tests, including final

7.  Various writing assignments, including postcards, diary entries, dialogs, etc.

8.  Group and paired drills, structured conversation, and projects

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 20 - 30%
Written homework, writing assignments
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 20%
Group activities, projects
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 20 - 30%
In-class oral participation
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 30 - 40%
Quizzes, tests, final exam: multiple choice, true/false, matching items, completion, dictation and translation
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 15%
Online/video assignments

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

STUDENTS PLEASE NOTE: DO NOT BUY TEXTBOOKS before checking with the SRJC Bookstore.

 

These titles are representative only, and may not be the same ones used in your class

 

Parliamo italiano! A Communicative Approach, 4th Edition. Branciforte, Suzanne and Di Fabio, Elvira. Wiley: 2010

 

Sentieri: Attraverso l'Italia contemporanea. Cozzarelli, Julia M. Vista Higher Learning: 2011

 

Instructor prepared materials

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