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JOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY
COURSE CODE: "IT 101-3"
COURSE NAME: "Introductory Italian I (Summer: This course carries three semester hours of credit.)"
SEMESTER & YEAR:
Summer Session I 2012
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SYLLABUS
INSTRUCTOR:
Filardi Rosa
EMAIL: [email protected]
HOURS:
MTWTH 14:00-16:00
TOTAL NO. OF CONTACT HOURS:
45
CREDITS:
3
PREREQUISITES:
OFFICE HOURS:
12.00-13.00
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to give students basic oral and written communicative ability in Italian while building a strong grammal foundation.
By presenting the language in a variety of authentic contexts, the course seeks to provide an introduction to Italian culture and society. Students work on all four language skills: speaking, listening comprehension, reading and writing
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SUMMARY OF COURSE CONTENT:
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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LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Listening
-- In class listening activities: Students will listen to the instructor and to recorded texts. Students will have to answer (orally and writing) an increasing number of questions that test their comprehension of what they have heard.
Speaking:
In class oral activities: Students will be examined singularly and in pairs.
The type of tests will be : conversation between two students, monologues, role playing.
Reading
In class activities: Students will have to read a increasing number of texts of increasing lenght, complexity and of different genres.
They will have to answer in writing several questions that test thier comprehension of what they have read.
Writing
Homework assignments and exams: Students will have to answer written questions and produce wrutten texts of increasing lenght, formaòity and complexity on topics of every day life.
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TEXTBOOK:
| Book Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN number | Library Call Number | Comments | Format | Local Bookstore | Online Purchase |
| Italian Espresso | Gruppo ItaliaIdea | Alma Edizioni Firenze | 88-89237-21-X | | | | | |
| Italian Espresso Workbook | Gruppo ItaliaIdea | Alma Edizioni Firenze | 88-89237-25-2 | | | | | |
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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% |
| 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 Proficiency and presentations | 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. | 25% |
| 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. | 25% |
-ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:
Assessment Guidelines for assigning main letter grades: A, B, C,D, and F.
A: Work of this quality directly addresses the question or problem raised and provides a coherent argument displaying an extensiveknowledge 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 course.
B: This 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.
C: This is an acceptable level of performance and provides answers that are clear but limited, reflecting the information offered in the lectures and reference readings.
D: This 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.
F: This 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 (four if it’s an eight-credit course) unjustified absences. The final grade will be lowered by 2 points for each additional absence. Make sure your travel plans do not interfere with the class schedule.
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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Schedule
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Week 1
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Course introduction- Unit 1: Greetings, alphabet, pronunciation, introducing yourself, adjectives of nationality, numbers, present of essere. Unit 2: nouns, definite/indefinite articles. Role play and activity: Al bar; al ristorante; fare la spesa al mercato
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Week 2
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Unit 2 cont. Test 1-- Unit 3: Introducing someone; more on nouns, essere/avere verbs; present of -ARE regular verbs and Fare; names of occupations. Role play: Introducing someone; talking about work.
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Week 3
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Unit 3 cont: Simple prepositions, more on numbers. Formal and informal. Unit 4: Talking about free time. Present of regular verbs - Irregular verbs andare, stare, more on fare. Use of sapere and conoscere. Some adverbs. Use of piacere. Interrogative pronouns. Role play: Talking about free time; expressing preferences. Test 2
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Week 4
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Unit 5: Describe people and place. adjectives; Use of c'è/ ci sono. Role play: Descriptions; Asking and giving directions; asking time. Irregular verbs.
Test 3
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Week 5
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Unit 6: modal verbs. Unit 7 Past tense Passato prossimo Role play: In Albergo. Talking about a trip. FINAL EXAM
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