4/25/2024 12:24:57 AM	ITAL 1 Course Outline as of Spring 2006	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		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	2.00			Contact DHR	35.00
		Contact Total	6.00			Contact Total	105.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  140.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 245.00

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

Catalog Description:

Elementary listening, speaking, reading and writing in Italian. Introduction to Italian-speaking culture.  Not recommended for students who have successfully completed 2 years of high school Italian or equivalent within the past 3 years.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for English 1A.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Elementary listening, speaking, reading and writing in Italian. Introduction to Italian and Italian-speaking culture.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for English 1A.
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:
Area:	E	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: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

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

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Use and demonstrate comprehension of Italian vocabulary related to

   the most common everyday topics;

2.  Formulate in Italian simple questions and declarative sentences and

   reply directly to questions of everyday topics;

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

   topics and pick out specific information from authentic Italian

   texts;

4.  Write with minimum errors in spelling and accentuation, whatever

   he/she is able to say in Italian;

5.  Speak with comprehensible pronunciation;

6.  Control with relative ease:  subject and object pronouns (separately),

   present tense of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd conjugation verbs, plus essere and

   avere, stare, andare, negation, articles, yes-no basic information

   questions, adjectives, and the "passato prossimo".

7.  Respond to frequently occurring situations in culturally appropriate

   ways.

8.  Complete "real world" tasks, such as producing ads, basic

   phone conversations, peer interviews, or notes incorporating

   appropriate  Italian cultural components.

Topics and Scope

Lecture and Lab material:

A.  Vocabulary

   1.  Greetings and expressions of courtesy

   2.  Classroom vocabulary

   3.  Nationalities

   4.  City, vocabulary, places, directions and means of transport

   5.  Physical descriptions and adjectives of nationality

   6.  Colors

   7.  The family, the university, courses of study

   8.  Pastimes, sports and free time

   9.  Weather, the calendar, numbers

   10. Food and drink vocabulary, money

   11. Eating in a restaurant

   12. Clothing

   13. Every day activities

   14. Introduction to social, cultural and historical aspects of the

       Italian-speaking world.

B.  Grammar

   1.  Nouns and articles

   2.  Adjectives, including possessives

   3.  Regular and commonly used irregular verbs in the present

   4.  Piacere

   5.  The past participles

   6.  Direct and indirect objects

   7.  Conoscere and sapere

   8.  Reflexive verbs and reflexive reciprocals

   9.  Adverbs

   10. Reading and interpreting common Italian publications

   11. Grammatical terminology and identifying parts of speech

Assignments:

Assignments for Italian 1 may include:

1.  Studying lesson(s) from the textbook (averaging 15 pages per week).

2.  Memorizing vocabulary and verb conjugations (averaging 75 words per

   week).

3.  Completing exercises in textbook and workbook (averaging 10 exercises

   per week).

4.  Working in the language laboratory and writing reports (averaging

   2 hours per week).

5.  Completing exercises connected to the Web or a CD-Rom (averaging

   20 minutes per week).

6.  Reviewing for quizzes and tests (one hour per week).

7.  Quizzes at least once a week, chapter tests and final.

8.  Writing short compositions.

9.  Oral participation, group activities, 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, Reading reports, Lab reports, Short compositions
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%
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 - 10%
Completion of semester's language lab hours

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

PREGO by Lazzarino/Peccianti (textbook, workbook/lab manual), 6th ed.,

  McGraw Hill, 2004.

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