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JOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY
COURSE CODE: "IT 101-1"
COURSE NAME: "Introductory Italian I"
SEMESTER & YEAR:
Spring 2020
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SYLLABUS
INSTRUCTOR:
Rosa Filardi
EMAIL: [email protected]
HOURS:
TTH 3:00 PM 4:50 PM
TOTAL NO. OF CONTACT HOURS:
60
CREDITS:
3
PREREQUISITES:
This course carries 3 semester hours of credit.
OFFICE HOURS:
by appointment
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to give students basic communicative ability in Italian. By presenting the language in a variety of authentic contexts, the course also seeks to provide an introduction to Italian culture and society. Students work on all four language skills: speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Note: This course carries 4 semester hours of credit during the Fall and Spring terms, 3 hours in Summer.
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SUMMARY OF COURSE CONTENT:
By presenting the language in a variety of authentic contexts, the course seeks to provide am introduction to Italian culture and society. Student work on all four language skills: speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing
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LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Upon completing this course, students will possess the ability to:
satisfy a limited number of immediate needs, such as greeting people and making introductions; describing people, things, everyday activities, and telling time; describing articles of clothing; conversing about food and eating habits, family and relatives; describing rooms and furniture, and talking about events in the past.
--understand and convey some spoken Italian through the knowledge and usage of familiar and memorized structures, on the most common features of daily life that require the interchange of simple and direct information.
--understand the general meaning of oral announcements and brief texts on familiar subjects with simple morphology and lexicon.
-- produce one-paragraph texts with limited formulaic information by using elementary functions
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TEXTBOOK:
Book Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN number | Library Call Number | Comments | Format | Local Bookstore | Online Purchase |
UN NUOVO GIORNO IN ITALIA A1 | L.CHIAPPINI/N. DE FILIPPO | BONACCI EDITORE | 9788820127985 | | | | | |
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REQUIRED RESERVED READING:
RECOMMENDED RESERVED READING:
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GRADING POLICY
-ASSESSMENT METHODS:
Assignment | Guidelines | Weight |
Tests | The three tests are designed to evaluate the student's knowledge of the grammar, vocabulary coverd, their reading and listening comprehension and written ability. | 25% |
Midterm Exam | The midterm exam is designed to evaluate the student's knowledge of the grammar and vocabulary covered up to this point, their reading and listening comprehension and written ability. | 25% |
Final Exam | Final exam The final exam is designed to evaluate the student's knowledge of the grammar and vocabulary covered, their reading and listening comprehension, and the written ability | 25% |
Oral Profinciency in-class oral activities and presentation | Students are examined singularly and in pairs or small groups. The types of tests are: conversation between the two students or the small groups, monologues, role playing. Conversations, monologues and role playing are elicited by visual stimuli or questions from the instructor. | 15% |
Class participation and Homework | Students are expected to come prepared to class and participate in all activities. Active participation is crucial, since the learning process requires considerable practice. | 10% |
-ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:
AWork of this quality directly addresses the question or problem raised and provides a coherent argument displaying an extensive knowledge of relevant information or content. This type of work demonstrates the ability to critically evaluate concepts and theory and has an element of novelty and originality. There is clear evidence of a significant amount of reading beyond that required for the cour BThis is highly competent level of performance and directly addresses the question or problem raised.There is a demonstration of some ability to critically evaluatetheory and concepts and relate them to practice. Discussions reflect the student’s own arguments and are not simply a repetition of standard lecture andreference material. The work does not suffer from any major errors or omissions and provides evidence of reading beyond the required assignments. CThis is an acceptable level of performance and provides answers that are clear but limited, reflecting the information offered in the lectures and reference readings. DThis level of performances demonstrates that the student lacks a coherent grasp of the material.Important information is omitted and irrelevant points included.In effect, the student has barely done enough to persuade the instructor that s/he should not fail. FThis work fails to show any knowledge or understanding of the issues raised in the question. Most of the material in the answer is irrelevant.
-ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Students are expected to come prepared to class and participate in all activities. Active participation is crucial, since the learning process requires considerable practice. Regular attendance is an essential component of class participation. Students are allowed three absences. The final grade will be lowered by 1 point for each additional absence. Make sure your travel plans do not interfere with the class schedule.
If you should miss a class, please contact another student to find out what was covered that day so that you will be prepared for the next class.
DURING CLASS, PLEASE DO NOT:
- leave the room as it is distracting to the professor and to your classmates;
- answer your cell phone, read or send text messages;
- use your computer for anything not related to the class (e.g. Facebook)
MAKE-UPS
The Midterm and Final Exam can only be made up with approval from the Dean of Academic Affairs (Please see the John Cabot University Catalog and Student Handbook).
Please refer to the university catalog for the attendance and absence policy
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ACADEMIC HONESTY
As stated in the university catalog, any student who commits an act of academic
dishonesty will receive a failing grade on the work in which the dishonesty occurred.
In addition, acts of academic dishonesty, irrespective of the weight of the assignment,
may result in the student receiving a failing grade in the course. Instances of
academic dishonesty will be reported to the Dean of Academic Affairs. A student
who is reported twice for academic dishonesty is subject to summary dismissal from
the University. In such a case, the Academic Council will then make a recommendation
to the President, who will make the final decision.
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STUDENTS WITH LEARNING OR OTHER DISABILITIES
John Cabot University does not discriminate on the basis of disability or handicap.
Students with approved accommodations must inform their professors at the beginning
of the term. Please see the website for the complete policy.
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SCHEDULE
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Week 1
Prima di tutto. Introducing yourself. Present tense of the verbs Essere (to be), Chiamarsi (my name is....). The Italian Alphabet.
Pronunciation of soft and hard sounds. Numbers from 0 to 20. Nationality adjectives
Week 2
Episode 1:Asking nationality. Nouns genders and numbers. Indefinite articles. “Dov’è?” “Chi è?” .
Week 3
Episode 1cont.
Asking and telling the time. Prepositions a\all’\alle
TEST 1
Week 4
Episode 2: Idiomatic expressions with Avere or Essere.. Present of the verb To Have. Use of TU and LEI informal\formal. Present tense of STARE
Week 5
Episode: 3Adjectives nouns agreement. Present of andare verb (to go)
Descriptions of people. Transport-tickets-visiting a city.
Week 6
Episode 3 cont:Use of There is\ There are. Seasons and months. Days of the week.
TEST 2
Week 7
Episode 4: Present tense of regular verbs. The 3 conjugations. Daily and free time actions.
Week 8
Midterm review
MIDTERM
Week 9
Episode 4 cont.: Talking about how often you do something. Present tense of irregular verbs. Adverbs of frequency.Work and professions.
Week 10
Episode 5: Definite articles. article+noun+adjective agreement. Present tense of modal verbs. Present tense of sapere verb
Week 11
Episode 5 cont: Episode 6. Present tense of regular verbs and verbs ending in _ISC. Possessive Adjectives.
TEST 3
Week 12
Episode 7\Episode 8: Talking about a typical day. Present tense of reflexive verbs Past tense of regular verbs. Transitive\intransitive verbs.
Week 13
Episode 8 cont.: Past participle irregular verbs. Time expressions. Use of To Be or To Have in the Past tense. Descriptions in the past. Telling past events.
Week 14
Oral Presentation
FINAL EXAM
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