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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
ITAL 1 | Title:
ELEMENTARY ITALIAN-1 |
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| 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 | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 4.00 | | Contact Total | 70.00 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 140.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 210.00 | |
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:
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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:
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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: | |
| Area: | E
| Humanities
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | C2 | Humanities | Fall 1990 | |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | 6A | Language Other Than English | Fall 1981 | |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Spring 1990 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Spring 1990 | Inactive: | |
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| C-ID: |
Certificate/Major Applicable:
Major Applicable Course
Approval and Dates
| Version: | 06 | Course Created/Approved: | 3/27/1990 |
| Version Created: | 6/10/2019 | Course Last Modified: | 12/30/2023 |
| Submitter: | Sami Lange | Course Last Full Review: | 4/13/2020 |
| Version Status: | Approved Changed Course | Prereq Created/Approved: | 4/13/2020 |
| Version Status Date: | 4/13/2020 | Semester Last Taught: | Fall 2023 |
| Version Term Effective: | Fall 2021 | Term Inactive: | |
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Speak and comprehend simple spoken questions and answers in Italian.
2. Make simple statements about a variety of common items, people, places, and activities in Italian.
3. Read and follow directions and instructions spoken and written in Italian.
4. Communicate simple impressions about the difference between American and Italian cultures.
Objectives:
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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 some common every day Italian words.
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 irregular verbs (essere, avere, andare, dare, dire, fare, stare, dovere,
potere, volere, venire, uscire, piacere), as well as common regular verbs in -are, -ere,
and -ire (both -isc and non -isc), common reflexive verbs, articles and the partitive
with di, yes-no basic information questions, adjectives, including possessive adjectives.
Topics and Scope
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I. Everyday Italian Vocabulary
A. Greetings and salutations
B. Dates, days of the week, months of the year, seasons and weather terminology
C. Counting
D. Place descriptions
E. Family members
F. Meals and dining
G. Pastimes and sports
H. Clothing and shopping
I. Telling time
J. Colors
K. Professions
II. Spelling and the Italian Sound System
III. Basic Patterns of the Italian Language
A. Parts of speech
B. Fundamental grammar terms
IV. Italian Formulas in Ordinary Conversation
V. Italian verb Conjugation in the Present Tense, and Introduction to the Past Tense
(Passato Prossimo)
VI. The Basics of Italian Sentence Structure
A. Questions
B. Negation
VII. Reading and Interpreting Basic Texts in Italian
VIII. Common Italian Cultural Practices and Beliefs
IX. The Italian Peninsula and its Most Notable Cities and Regions
Assignments:
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1. Read and practice lessons from the textbook/textbook website (averaging 15 pages per week)
2. Memorize vocabulary and verb conjugations (averaging 70 words per week)
3. Written exercises from the textbook/textbook website (averaging 10 exercises per week)
5. Basic readings in Italian
6. Quizzes and exam(s), including final exam
7. Various writing assignments, including postcards, e-mails, diary entries, dialogues, etc.
8. Group and paired drills, structured conversation, and oral presentations
9. Group activities and/or projects
Online Assignments
1. Complete online exercises
2. View and interpret text-integrated video programs in French
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
0 - 20% |
| Group and paired drills | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
20 - 30% |
| Oral participation | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
30 - 40% |
| Quizzes and exam(s), including final exam | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
5 - 15% |
| Online/video assignments, group activities and/or projects | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Parliamo italiano! A Communicative Approach. 4th ed. Branciforte, Suzanne and Di Fabio, Elvira. Wiley. 2010 (classic)
Sentieri: Attraverso l'Italia contemporanea. Cozzarelli, Julia M. Vista Higher Learning. 2011 (classic)
Instructor prepared materials
OTHER REQUIRED ELEMENTS
| Student Preparation |
| Matric Assessment Required: | E | Requires English Assessment |
| Prerequisites-generate description: | NP | No Prerequisite |
| Advisories-generate description: | A | Auto-Generated Text |
| Prereq-provisional: | N | NO |
| Prereq/coreq-registration check: | N | No Prerequisite Rules Exist |
| Requires instructor signature: | N | Instructor's Signature Not Required |
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| BASIC INFORMATION, HOURS/UNITS & REPEATABILITY |
| Method of instruction: | 02 | Lecture |
| | 71 | Internet-Based, Simultaneous Interaction |
| | 72 | Internet-Based, Delayed Interaction |
| Area department: | WLANG | World Languages |
| Division: | 71 | Language Arts & Academic Foundations |
| Special topic course: | N | Not a Special Topic Course |
| Program Status: | 1 | Major Applicable Course |
| Repeatability: | 00 | Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP |
| Repeat group id: | | |
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| SCHEDULING |
| Audit allowed: | Y | Auditable |
| Open entry/exit: | N | Not Open Entry/Open Exit |
| Credit by Exam: | N | Credit by examination not allowed |
| Budget code: Program: | 0000 | Unrestricted |
| Budget code: Activity: | 1101 | Modern and Classical Languages |
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| OTHER CODES |
| Disciplines: | Foreign Languages |
| Basic Skills: | N | Not a Basic Skills Course |
| Level below transfer: | Y | Not Applicable |
| CVU/CVC status: | Y | Distance Ed, Not CVU/CVC Developed |
| Distance Ed Approved: | Y | Either online or hybrid, as determined by instructor |
| Emergency Distance Ed Approved: | N | |
| Credit for Prior Learning: | N | Agency Exam |
| N | CBE |
| N | Industry Credentials |
| N | Portfolio |
| Non-credit category: | Y | Not Applicable, Credit Course |
| Classification: | Y | Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses |
| SAM classification: | E | Non-Occupational |
| TOP code: | 1104.00 | Italian |
| Work-based learning: | N | Does Not Include Work-Based Learning |
| DSPS course: | N | NO |
| In-service: | N | Not an in-Service Course |
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