At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learns new words. 2) Develop basic reading and listening skills. 3) Learn the basic words and sentence structures to communicate at a basic level.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
Yes(GMS235)
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION
In this course, students learn Italian language reading, listening, speaking and writing skills at the next level of their learning in Italian I.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Prepositions
2nd Week
Envelopes declaring place, "esserci" verb
3rd Week
Introduction of possessive adjectives and pronouns
4th Week
Seasons, months, asking and answering prices
5th Week
Informal letter and e-mail writing
6th Week
Recent past tenses, regular verbs, "essere" or "avere" as auxiliary verb
7th Week
Recent past tense, irregular verbs, past adverbs
8th Week
Midterm
9th Week
Past tense of auxiliary verbs, writing a resume
10th Week
Ordering, bar menu, Italian coffee habits
11th Week
Next time
12th Week
Compound future time and weather
13th Week
Vocabulary and information about holidays and holidays: Italian holidays
14th Week
General review
15th Week
Final Exam
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
1. Marin, T. & Magnelli, S. (2008). Nuovo Progetto Italiano, Corso Multimediale di Lingua e Civilta İtaliana, livelo elementare (A1-A2).