Course description

Credit Hrs: 4 // Classroom Contact Hrs per week: 4 // Laboratory Contact Hrs per week: 0

Continuation of ITAL 1412 with more advanced conversation, basic writing, listening and reading comprehension, vocabulary building, grammar, and culture. This course fosters deeper understanding of Italian-speaking people through cultural comparison and development of written and spoken communication.

Sentieri, 4th ed., Cozzarelli, Vistas Higher Learning

Students are required to have both the print and electronic components:

Loose-leaf print:       Supersite Plus + WebSAM code:

*textbook                    *online content (homework activities and electronic text)

At the end of Italian 2311, students should be able to do the following:

READING

• apply a variety of reading strategies (scanning, guessing, predicting, identifying cognates, making inferences, etc.) to increase understanding of written material
• state the main idea and details while reading a text based on familiar material or authentic literary works

LISTENING

• use a variety of listening strategies (listening for the main idea, listening for specific details, asking for clarification, anticipating, predicting, etc.) in order to increase understanding of spoken Italian.
• state the main idea and details while listening to a passage based on familiar material or when listening to authentic selections like interviews, video clips, and songs.

SPEAKING

• maintain simple conversations on a variety of topics
• narrate in the present
• narrate simple stories in past tense
• express feelings and doubts
• give recommendations and instructions
• talk about the future
• talk about what they would do and make hypothetical statements.
• demonstrate awareness of the sequence of tenses
• talk about relationships, city life, free time, politics, family, social change, science and technology, fine arts, history, media, and/or work

WRITING

• write organized short compositions on a variety of topics
• use connectors and transition words to make paragraphs flow smoothly
• use appropriate grammar and verb forms to handle the following tasks:

     narrate in the present, narrate in past, say what people do to and for one another and themselves, express feelings, and doubts, give recommendations and instructions, talk about what they would do, talk about the future, make hypothetical statements, demonstrate awareness of the sequence of tenses

CULTURAL AWARENESS

• perceive and identify cultural contrasts through readings
• understand various aspects of Italian culture
• demonstrate some knowledge of current events in Italy
• demonstrate some knowledge of Italian writers, artists, movies, and literary works.

Discipline-Level Learning Outcomes for Italian

At the end of the fourth semester of Italian, students should be able to:

• apply a variety of reading strategies to increase understanding of written material and state the main idea and some details of a text based on familiar material or authentic literary works;
• use a variety of listening strategies in order to increase understanding of oral speech and state the main idea and some detail when listening to a passage on familiar material or authentic selections; maintain simple conversations on a variety of topics (including descriptions, comparisons, recommendations, narrating in the past, expressing likes and preferences, making hypothetical statements; talking about the future) while demonstrating awareness of the sequence of tenses and use of prepositions and articles;
• write organized short compositions on a variety of topics (including descriptions, comparisons, recommendations, narrating in the past, expressing likes and preferences, making hypothetical statements, talking about the future) while using connectors and transitional words;
• perceive and identify cultural contrasts and demonstrate some knowledge of Italian writers, painters, movies and literary works.