ITALIAN 100

Introductory Italian Language


Please note: this is archived course information from 2019 for ITALIAN 100.

Description

Learn Italian culture, language structures and communication skills for beginners.

The course is delivered through a combination of two hours in class per week and an app available online through digital fixed and portable devices for ease of access and flexibility.

The in-class component focuses on oral and written production, fostering the development of individual language and communication strategies.

The app component, In Italia con Giacomo, involves you in a language adventure: Giacomo is an electric Vespa 2018 model, who acts as a travelling companion and learning guide. Giacomo and you travel together from North to South of Italy, acquiring language and culture in the process. The next best thing to learning Italian in Italy.

Learning outcomes

Cultural competence: 

  • Regions and cities
  • Regional traditions and festivals
  • Historic cafès
  • Regional cuisine and products
  • Everyday lifestyle
  • Means of transport

Communicative competence:

  • Interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly
  • Understand and use familiar everyday expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type
  • Introduce and describe yourself and others and ask and answer questions about yourself regarding provenance, family, home, work or study, interests and hobbies
  • Ask and provide information regarding your surroundings and travel
  • Invite and accept/turn down invitations of various type
  • Express wishes, plans and desires for the future
  • Make phone calls and write simple e-mails

Functional competence:

By the end of the course, you will have a portfolio in Italian to show potential employers.

Topics covered

  • Basic knowledge of grammatical gender and number
  • Definite and indefinite articles and agreement in gender and number
  • Forming the plural of nouns and articles
  • Forming and distinguishing between definite, indefinite and partitive articles
  • Subject pronouns
  • The auxiliary verbs to be, to have
  • Present of first-, second- and third-conjugation verbs
  • Present-tense conjugation of common irregular verbs
  • Present perfect tense of first-, second- and third-conjugation verbs
  • Future and future anterior tense of first-, second- and third- conjugation verbs

View the course syllabus.

Availability 2019

Semester 1, repeated Semester 2

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s)  Gabriella Brussino

Reading/Texts

T. Marin and S. Magnelli. The Italian Project 1a, Edilingua. 

Recommended Reading

M.Dominici.  Dieci Racconti, Edilingua.

Points

ITALIAN 100: 15 points

Restrictions

ITALIAN 106. May not be taken if an equivalent or more advanced language acquisition course in this subject has previously been passed.