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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
ITAL 4 | Title:
INTERMEDIATE ITAL PART 2 |
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Full Title:
Intermediate Italian-Part 2 |
Last Reviewed:5/11/2020 |
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 | 17.5 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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Speaking, reading and writing in Italian with discussions and essays to further develop linguistic skill and cultural knowledge at the intermediate level. Review and expansion of Italian 1 through 3.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of ITAL 3
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Speaking, reading and writing in Italian with discussions and essays to further develop linguistic skill and cultural knowledge at the intermediate level. Review and expansion of Italian 1 through 3.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of ITAL 3
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
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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: |
| 3B | Humanities | Fall 1981 | |
| 6A | Language Other Than English | | |
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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
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Converse in intelligible Italian at a moderate speed and fluency.
2. Demonstrate comprehension of Italian spoken by native speakers on most common topics.
3. Conduct conversations in Italian on a wide range of topics in multiple tenses.
4. Read and interpret fiction and non-fiction texts in Italian with adequate grasp of main ideas and details.
5. Speak Italian with accurate and intelligible pronunciation.
6. Convey personal opinions in Italian on everyday and social topics such as news, film, music, literature and contemporary issues.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Compose essays of 500 words in Italian on topics of general or societal interest.
2. Converse and speak extemporaneously on a wide range of topics.
3. Comprehend Italian spoken naturally on a wide range of common topics.
4. Comprehend the general meaning of short fiction and non-fiction written in Italian with the
help of a dictionary.
5. Formulate sentences in Italian that include appropriate pronouns, prepositions and
conjunctions as well as the correct usage of a broad range of regular and irregular
verbs in all tenses and moods, including "se" expressions (periodo ipotetico).
6. Produce and employ with relative ease most regular and irregular verb conjugations.
7. Correctly use and place pronouns (subject, reflexive, direct, indirect object and disjunctive).
8. Comfortably produce and use most everyday Italian vocabulary words, common idioms, and
some theme-specific vocabulary extracted from readings.
9. Correctly pronounce Italian words.
Topics and Scope
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I. Italian Vocabulary and Idiomatic Expressions for Thematic Areas (such as)
A. Travel
B. Finances
C. Computers
D. Fashion and style
E. Professions
F. Arts and entertainment
G. Politics
H. Cooking
II. Short Reading Selections from a Variety of Italian-Language Sources
A. Fictional
B. Non-fictional
III. Complex Sentences in Italian (involving)
A. Indicative mood
1. present
2. compound past (passato prossimo)
3. imperfect
4. pluperfect
5. future and future anterior
B. Subjunctive mood
1. present
2. past
3. imperfect
4. pluperfect
C. Imperative mood
1. tu
2. Lei
3. noi
4. voi
D. Conditional mood
1. present
2. past
E. Progressive form
F. Periodo ipotetico
G. Causative (far fare)
Assignments:
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1. Read and study lessons from the textbook/ textbook website/handouts (ungraded)
2. Reading short fiction, poetry, or articles of cultural interest (ungraded)
3. Memorizing vocabulary and verb conjugations (ungraded)
4. Review for quizzes and exams (ungraded)
5. Complete exercises in textbook/ textbook website and/or workbook
6. Written essays in Italian of 500 words
7. Listening comprehension and dictation exercises, including spoken and written answers to
questions on readings
8. Oral presentations such as class performances and performance exams
9. Quizzes, chapter tests and final exam that includes reading, writing, and comprehension of spoken
Italian
10. Individual and/or group cultural projects may be assigned
Online Assignments:
1. Complete online exercises
2. View and respond to questions on video programs in Italian (1 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 - 30% |
Textbook/workbook exercises, essays | |
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 0 - 20% |
Group activities, individual and/or group projects | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 20 - 30% |
Oral presentations, listening comprehension and dictation exercises | |
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 30 - 40% |
Quizzes, tests, final exam | |
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category 5 - 15% |
Online exercises and/or video assignments | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Immagina: L'italiano senza confine. Cummings, Anne and Frenquellucci, Chiara and Pastorino, Gloria. Vista Higher Learning. 2016 (classic)
Ponti: Italiano terzo millennio. 3rd ed. Tognozzi, Elissa and Cavatorta, Giuseppe. Cengage Learning. 2013 (classic)
Instructor prepared materials
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