ITAL 102 Beginning Italian II
Beginning Italian II continues to develop student skills in speaking, reading, listening and writing in Italian. It continues the development of survival-level communicative skills and the acquisition of basic proficiency in a cultural context.
Offered
Fall
Student Learning Outcomes
- Manage successfully a number of uncomplicated oral communicative tasks in straightforward social situations, such as introducing oneself and others, discussing school and work, and exchanging basic information. Assessment: Midterm Oral Exam (Individual Interview) and Final Oral Exam (Individual Interview).
- Meet limited basic practical writing needs using short messages, postcards, and simple notes focusing on common elements of daily life and relying on practiced material. Assessment: In-class writing assignments and compositions.
- Aurally recognize and understand short speech dealing with areas of practical need such as highly standardized messages, phrases, or instructions, if the vocabulary has been learned and if there and if there is contextual or extra linguistic support. Assessment: In-class listening activities and test sections.
- Retrieve a limited amount of information from highly predictable written texts in which the topic or context is very familiar, such as brief texts about Italy, email exchanges on basic personal topics, hotel bill, a credit card receipt, or weather map. Assessment: In-class reading activities and test sections.
- Identify selected cultural topics pertinent to Italy. Assessment: In-class activities and tailored test secions.