ITALIAN 200

Intermediate Italian Language 1


Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for ITALIAN 200.

Description

This second-year language course follows and builds on the first-year courses ITALIAN 106 and 107, seeking a balance between the communicative and structural elements of language learning. It aims to build your proficiency in the main skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing and to expand your cultural knowledge of contemporary Italy through a wide range of authentic material (articles, statistics, music, video clips, news). The course is divided into thematic units (the Italian school system; the Italian economy; Italian cities; Italian history; sport and wellness in Italy) which will help you to increase your language proficiency, as well as learn about important topics in contemporary Italy.

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Availability 2017

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Professor Bernadette Luciano

Reading/Texts

T. Marin and S. Magnelli. The Italian Project 2a. Edilingua, 2010

Recommended Reading

Marco Mezzadri. Essential Italian Grammar in Practice. Perugia: Guerra Edizioni, 2001

Marco Mezzadri. Essential Italian Grammar in Practice. Answer Key. Perugia: Guerra Edizioni, 2001

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

ITALIAN 200: 15 points

Prerequisites

ITALIAN 107

Restrictions

May not be taken if a more advanced language acquisition course in this subject has previously been passed