Upon completing this course, students will possess the ability to:
* understand written and spoken Italian, through the knowledge of simple structures. Situations will be varied, but general and such as to require an interchange of every day information and routine tasks.
* participate in simple, direct conversations on generally predictable topics related to daily activities and personal environment.
* satisfy simple personal needs and social demands to survive in the target language culture
* comprehend the general meaning and some details of texts on familiar topics
* produce brief texts on topics of personal interests and social needs, primarily in the present, past, future, conditional and imperative.
This course is solely conducted in Italian.