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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
ITAL 58 | Title:
INTERMED ITAL CONV, PT 2 |
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| Full Title:
Intermediate Italian Conversation, Part 2 |
| Last Reviewed:10/10/2011 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 2.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 2.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 35.00 |
| Minimum | 2.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 1.00 | | Contact DHR | 17.50 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 70.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 122.50 | |
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:
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This high-intermediate Italian conversation course is designed to expand and refine more advanced oral communication, further developing those listening and speaking skills needed for effective cross-cultural understanding in various social, academic, and professional situations.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of ITAL 50C OR ITAL 3 or equivalent
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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This high-intermediate Italian conversation course is designed to expand and refine more advanced oral communication, further developing those listening and speaking skills needed for effective cross-cultural understanding in various social, academic, and professional situations.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of ITAL 50C OR ITAL 3 or equivalent
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | Fall 2020 |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Not Certificate/Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Apply with increased fluency common Italian idioms, vocabulary, and grammar from a variety of tenses and topics.
2. Participate in more complex Italian conversations at a moderate speed.
3. Readily express opinions, doubts, and feelings about past, present, and future situations and events, including contrary-to-fact or hypothetical situations in Italian.
4. Communicate about a range of topics based on readings about Italian culture, history, and language.
Objectives:
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Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate accurate Italian pronunciation and intonation.
2. Develop original dialogues and presentations on a variety of topics of cultural and/or historical interest in Italian.
3. Express more complex comparisons of people, places, objects, and events in Italian.
4. Recognize and understand the historical past in the context of authentic Italian texts from a variety of sources.
5. Express subjective experience, such as doubt, desire, opinion, etc. in the past and present in Italian.
6. Express contrary-to-fact and hypothetical situations in Italian.
7. Describe important aspects of Italy's history, cultural phenomena, artistic heritage, and modern life.
8. Identify differences between contemporary colloquial and "proper" usage of Italian.
9. Lead and contribute to structured student discussions of readings in Italian.
10. Narrate and describe in present, past, and future time in Italian.
11. Produce original work-- such as skits, dialogues, essays, reports, letters, etc.-- at the intermediate level in Italian.
Topics and Scope
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A. Italian vocabulary and grammar related to a variety of communicative tasks, including:
1. Narrating and describing in past, present, and future time
2. Describing contrary-to-fact and hypothetical situations
3. Describing various media and genres
4. Discussing an authentic text
5. Describing historical time, including periods and movements
6. Leading a discussion
7. Making a formal presentation
8. Identifying elements of formal writing, including papers, reports, and letters
9. Recognizing and understanding colloquial phrases and usage
B. Specific elements of Italian grammar include:
1. Reviewing the conditional and the subjunctive
2. Reviewing complex pronouns, including "ne," "ci," relative and indefinite
3. Reviewing comparatives and superlatives
4. Conjugating for usage the "passato remoto" (historical past)
5. Reviewing verb tenses based on main and dependent clauses ("concordanza dei tempi")
6. "Se" clauses
7. Ordinal numbers
8. Centuries and millenia in Italian
9. Idioms, including SMS (text messaging "Short Messaging Service") in the electronic age
C. Information related to key aspects of Italian culture, including related vocabulary, such as:
1. Contemporary cultural phenomena
2. Italy's artisitic heritage, including periods and movements
3. The role of Italian media
4. Italian politics, including popular movements
5. Cultural and moral issues
6. Touchstones in Italian history
Assignments:
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Assignments may include:
1. Reading from the textbook and/or instructor-assigned materials (averaging 10-15 pages per week).
2. Completing assigned exercises from textbook, workbook, lab book, web, and/or instructor-assigned materials (averaging 10 exercises per week).
3. In-class assignments and activities include individual, pair and small group work, such as role-plays, interviews, problem-solving activities, dialogues and skits.
4. Instructor- and/or student-led small group discussions based on lectures, films, and readings.
5. Reviewing material for in-class participatory assignments and/or quizzes and tests (averaging one hour per week).
6. Quizzes and exams, as indicated by instructor.
Online Assignments:
1. DHR assignments include, but are not limited to: computer accessed audio, oral and/or video exercises (averaging one hour per week).
2. View and interpret text-integrated video programs in Italian (one hour per week).
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 - 40% |
| Written homework; Online exercises; Reading reports/ summaries; Essay exams; Scripts/dialogues | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
20 - 40% |
| Class performances; Projects and presentations; Demonstration of speaking and listening skills | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
20 - 40% |
| Situational problem-solving; Objective examinations; Quizzes; Final exam | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
15 - 30% |
| Attendance and participation; Completion of DHR assignments | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Instructor prepared materials
Ponti: Italiano Terzo Millennio, 2nd ed. Tognozzi & Cavatorta, Heinle/Cengage Learning, 2009.
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