Italian 001
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to reach the following objectives:|
Interpretive Listening |
Interpretive Reading |
Interpersonal Speaking |
Presentational Speaking |
Presentational Writing |
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I can understand familiar words and very basic phrases concerning my family, my immediate surroundings, and myself when people speak slowly and clearly. |
I can identify letters of the alphabet or frequently used written characters, e.g., Pinyin or Romanji. I can identify words that I have seen and used frequently. |
I can interact in a simple way provided the other person is prepared to repeat or rephrase things at a slower rate of speech and help me formulate what I am trying to say. I can ask and answer simple questions in areas of immediate need or on very familiar topics. |
I can use simple phrases and sentences to describe where I live and people I know. |
I can write a short, simple text. I can fill in forms with personal details, for example entering my name, nationality and address on a hotel registration form. |
Goals for Cultural Competence
The goals for cultural competence are not organized hierarchically as are the linguistic goals for the course. By the end of the semester, I will be able to say that I can:
- Identify, discuss, and analyze such intangible products of the culture I am studying, as social, economic, and political institutions, and explore relationships among these institutions and the perspectives of the culture;
- Give examples of social behaviors that express the target culture's underlying value system;
- Interpret social phenomena within the context of the target culture;
- Describe instances of major change within the culture I am studying.
Fall 2007 Textbook(s)
Prego! An Invitation to Italian, 7th Ed
Lazzarino, et al.
McGraw-Hill, 2007.
ISBN: 0073535265
Laboratory Manual to accompany Prego! An Invitation to Italian
Lazzarino, et al.
McGraw-Hill, 2007
ISBN 0073266698
Workbook to accompany Prego! An Invitation to Italian
Lazzarino, et al.
McGraw-Hill, 2007.
ISBN: 0073266760