Advanced Speaking, Writing, and Reading in Italian
ITAL 221
Spring 2009 not offered
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This course is designed for students who have completed at least two years of college-level Italian or who have achieved equivalent competency through study in Italy. Our primary objective is to enhance reading, writing, speaking skills through exposure to a variety of literary genres and cultural texts: from the medieval SONETTO to opera, from the the modern ROMANZO (novel) to contemporary cinema. We will include different kinds of languages and jargons, such as movie scripts, newspapers, ads, bureaucratic forms, and Internet sites, etc.. Writing exercises may be freer in form, may imitate the genres studied, or may be a mixture of the two. |
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Essential Capabilities:
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RLAN |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ARHA)(ITST)(RMST) |
Major Readings:
G. Tomasi di Lampedusa, IL GATTOPARDO (Feltrinelli: 2000, 75th edition)
M. Tullio Giordana, C. Fava, M. Zapelli, I CENTO PASSI (Feltrinelli: 2001).
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Examinations and Assignments:
1. Weekly essays (at least 2 pages), to be handed on Mondays. The essay will be graded for both grammar and content or complexity.
2. Weekly screenings on Mondays at 7:00
3. Weekly esercitazioni with the Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) at a time to be determined during the first week of class. 4. The final presentation (25 minutes) will focus on a free topic to be chosen with the instructor's advice. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Please note: this course is intended for students who have either completed Italian 112 or placed beyond it. It is not designed for students who have already studied in Italy, though some exceptions will be made. Contact the instructor in the event of questions concerning the appropriateness of enrollment.
Students will meet with the Course Assistant/Foreign Lang. TA once weekly for 50 minutes. This schedule will be devised the first week of class.
Students will be expected to participate actively in class; quality participation will count for 30% of the final grade. They will also be expected to attend various extra sessions (screenings, esercitazioni, conversation hours) that are designed to maximize their exposure to spoken Italian. |
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