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Elementary Italian 1

Contact Information

Instructional Materials

RECOMMENDED TEXT: English Grammar for Students of Italian (S.A. Adorni and K. Primorac (The Olivia and Hill Press, 1995)

SUGGESTED WEB SITE: http://www.tellmemorecampus

Additional Materials

Web sites of interest:

Guide turistiche: http://www.italyguides.it/

Televisione: http://www.raiclicktv.it/raiclickpc/secure/homepage.srv

Riviste:

http://www.ciaoitaly.com/categories/magazine.htm

Giornali: http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/italy.htm
Musica: http://musica.alice.it/home/index.html


Dizionario: http://www.garzantilinguistica.it/

Important Notices

CLASS ETIQUETTE:

Absolutely no cell phone or hand held device activities during class! Unacceptable behavior towards faculty and classmates includes: excessive talking; exiting class to make phone calls; use of inappropriate language; not paying attention; irreverent comments, etc. Please be respectful and the class will be enjoyable for all!

Policies

Student Conduct Code

Academic Policy

Class Accommodations

 

  1. Center On Disabilities
  2. National Center On Deafness

Course Information Overview

Course Description

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND POLICIES: The general characteristics of the course (methodology, origins of the Italian language, importance of studying a foreign language, language lab, attendance, grading, etc.) will be discussed in depth the first day of class. This course has the following goals:

1. to help students acquire the basic skills for understanding and communicating in Italian. We will concentrate our efforts on active vocabulary acquisition, proper use of grammar, oral practice, and reading and writing.

2. to familiarize students with the richness of Italian culture and traditions. This goal will be achieved via a) readings, discussions, and presentations; b) attendance at cultural programs sponsored by the Italian Section of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, the CSUN Italian Club La Dolce Vita, the Italian cultural Institute, and Dig LA. Presentations and projects will be contextual (real life situations) and, whenever possible, oriented to students’ interests. A large portion of class time will be spent using the language interactively, your participation will be essential. Italian will be the language spoken in class. The course will include an Internet/Web/Software element.

COURSE REQUIREMETS:
Assignments consisting of grammatical and vocabulary building exercises, cultural readings, and web driven projects in the context of each chapter and cultural topic treated. You will be required to complete exercises from the textbook, the workbook, and handouts as assigned. NO LATE HOMEWORK WILL BE ACCEPTED and PROJECTS MUST BE SUBMITED ON THE FACULTY SPECIFIED DATE. NO MAKE UP QUIZZES OR EXAMS.

INTERNET RESEARCH AND FINAL PRESENTATION: Scegliete una città o regione italiana. Familiarizzatevi con la vostra località. Le vostre ricerche saranno eseguite via internet e saranno poi condivise con la classe. Il vostro progetto sarà presentato in classe sotto forma di Power Point (non più di 3 o 4 minuti). NOTE: your choice of topic will need to be submitted to me at the end of the 3rd week of class (Friday, Feb. 5th). This assignment will be due at the end of the 13th week.

Course Prerequisites

Prerequisite Alert

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Student Learning Objectives


Cultural proficiency, reading, writing and speaking competencies are based on ACTFL Novice to Intermediate Standards. Based on these standards, after completing the Beginning Italian 1 course, students will have the ability to:

1. comprehend and produce simple formulaic phrases (addresses, phone numbers, weather reports, signs, and notes written for native speakers)

2. describe people, places, and things using appropriate beginner level vocabulary and grammar

3. ask questions, give directions, and interpret time

4. express likes, dislikes, and preferences

5. narrate events and routines in the present and past verb tenses

6. understand and follow instructions in the target language

Grading

Grading will be both objective (attendance, homework, quizzes, exams, etc.) and subjective (effort, participation, progress, etc.). Plus/minus scale will be used in this course - SEE CSUN CATALOG FOR DETAILED POLICY- grades will be calculated usingn the following criteria:

 

Course Schedule

Each week you will need to access the following website:

http://www.tellmemorecampus.com

in order to practice topics and grammar relating to lezione preliminare-lezione 5. Be sure to spend no less then 1.5 hours per week working with this site. The site includes a voice recognition component designed to greatly enhance your speaking skills.

WEEK 1- Lezione preliminare. Il saluto (1-5). I nomi italiani (6). Pronuncia (7). I numeri (9). Parole analoghe (10). Esercizi dal Testo e dal Workbook.

WEEK 2- Lezione preliminare. L’Italia nell’Europa (11). Carta fisica d’Italia (12-13). Carta politica d’Italia (14). Vocabolario (15-16). Esercizi dal Testo e dal Workbook.

Primo Quiz, Lezione Preliminare – Monday, Feb. 8th.

WEEK 3- Lezione 1. Lei come si chiama? Domande (17-19). Vocabolario (20). Sillabazione (22). Accento tonico (22). Ampliamento del vocabolario (23) Cose utili (25). Esercizi dal Testo e dal Workbook

WEEK 4- Lezione 1. Pronomi personali (26-27). Presente di essere (28-29). Presente di avere (30-31). Esercizi dal Testo e dal Workbook

WEEK 5- Lezione 1. Genere di nomi e l’articolo indeterminativo (32-33). Conoscere l’Italia –Roma (36-37). Esercizi dal Testo e dal Workbook

Divertiamici: http://www.abcroma.com

Secondo Quiz - Lezione I – Monday, Feb. 22nd

Internet assignment: effettuate ricerche sulla cucina regionale italiana. Cercate siti web che vi aiuteranno a creare una collezzione di buone ricette. Descrivete il cibo regionale (Emilia-Romagna) da voi preferito e introducete la classe ad un buon ristorante regionale. This assignment is due at the end of the 8th week. One page double spaced with internet references.

WEEk 6- Lezione 2. Presentazioni (38-40). Vocabolario (p. 42). Pronuncia (43). Ampliamento del vocabolario (43). Che ora è? e che ore sono? (44-46). Plurale dei nomi (47-48). Esercizi dal Testo e dal Workbook.

WEEK 7- Lezione. 2. L’articolo determinativo (49-51). Conoscere l’Italia-La cucina emiliana (56-57). Esercizi dal Testo e dal Workbook.
Terzo Quiz – Lezione 2 – Monday, March 8th

WEEK 8- Lezione 3. Che cosa fai di bello? (58-59). Vocabolario (61). Pronuncia (62). Ampliamento del vocabolario (63-64). Espressiosni con avere (65). Presente dei verbi regolari in are (66-70). Esercizi dal Testo e dal Workbook.

WEEK 9- Lezione 3. Preposizioni semplici e articolate. (71-73). C’è, ci sono, ecco (74). Conoscere l’italia (77). Caffè famosi (78). Esercizi dal Testo e dal Workbook.

Internet assignment: Una visita al Florian e al Ganbini. La tradizione dei grandi caffè italiani.

MIDTERM (tentative date: March 22nd)

WEEK 10- Lezione 4. Cosa prendono i signori (80-81). Vocabolario (84). Pronuncia (85). Ampliamento del vocabolario: I giorni della settimana/Alcune espressioni di tempo 86-88). Esercizi dal Testo e dal Workbook.

WEEK 11- Lezione 4. Presente dei verbi regolari in ere (88-90). Formulare le domande (91-93).
Esercizi dal Testo e dal Workbook.

NOTE: No class on Wed., March 31st – CSUN observed holiday

WEEK 12- APRIL 5th-10th – SPRING BREAK

WEEK 13- Lezione 4. Verbi irregolari: dare/fare/stare (94-96). Conoscere l’Italia-La Sicilia-Riposto (Catania) (99-102). Esercizi dal Testo e dal Workbook.

Quarto Quiz – Lezione 4 – Friday, April 16th

WEEK 14- Lezione 5. Ad un ballo in maschera (103-104). Dove fare gli acquisti (105). Vocabolario (106-107). Pronuncia (107). Ampliamento del vocabolario (108-110). Esercizi dal Testo e dal Workbook. (Quiz 5).

WEEK 15- Lezione 5. Concordanza degli aggettivi qualificativi (110-112). Posizione degli aggettivi con i nomi (113-115). Prsente dei verbi irregolari in ire (115-117). Esercizi dal Testo e dal Workbook.

WEEK 16- Lezione 5. Verbi irregolari: andare e venire (118-119). Conoscere l’Italia- L’Umbria-Le attrazioni dell’Umbria 122-124). Ampliamento del vocabolario (129-131).

Tentative video presentation: L’Umbria mistica.

RIPASSO: Esercizi dal Testo e dal Workbook.

FINAL EXAM – May 12, 2010 – 8:00-10:00 am in JRH 316A