Italian 101 – FALL 2012-13 SYLLABUS

Week Unit Description Objectives and Assignments

1 0 Course introduction/ Student Overview course objectives, requirements, policies
Octob. 1-5 Profile. and student assessment.
Understanding the basic structure of Recognizing the phonetics, ortography, gender,
the italian language and its main singular/plural as a functioning system of the italian
particularities. language. Comunication 1: ‘primo incontro’
2 0 Observing the language Recognazing the morphological element and the rule
Oct.8-12 Listening &Pronunciation Skills in phonetics, ortography, gender, singular/plural as a
Ortography functioning system of the italian language. Identifying
Introduction to basic verbs: ‘essere’ the expressive and morphological ditails.
‘avere’ Comunication 1-2
3 Extra Didactic listening. The structure of Understanding the text’s main ideas and reading and
Oct. 15-20 mate the sentence. Working on ‘gender’ observing the pictures for supporting details
rial through family members : ‘La Identifying the new item and the rule as system.
famiglia’. Comunication 2 : introducing myself

4 1 Didactic reading &observing and Identifying the expressive and morphological ditails.
Oct 22-26 Extra understanding skills. Recognizing names, adjectives and verbs.
Vac. mate Caching the meaning of a comic Identity descrptions (Mi chiamo Elena ...)
rial strip 1 - 2 (Clakson family)
5 1 Assignment 1 Testing. Recognizing organizations in spoken &written
30- Nov 2 Communication skills. material. Construction of an ‘identiket’ table
6 extra Written Production Presenting myself and giving some personal information.
Nov 5-9 mate Essay Writing Skills Producing a short essay. ‘Di che colore sei?’. Describing
rial Courtesy form your characther according the preferred color.
7 Revis Listening&Understanding skills Exercizing and producing a ‘monologue’.
Nov. 12-16 ion Oral production Comunicating in the classroom. A lexicon revision
with proper use: chracter and phisycal aspects
8 2 MIDTERM Recognizing organizations in written material. Finding
Nov. 19-23 Scanning and skimming the given the major and minor points. Scanning, skimming,
text finding the main idea and supporting morphological
Free time hobbies detail. How irregular verbs funtion.
9 2 Reading comprehention Skills Inviting and accepting or rejecting an invitation. Use
Nov 26-30 Coherence & Cohesion of modal verbs and expressions. Lexicon: ‘house’
10 2 Assignment 2 Introducing how to elaborate information in written
Dic. 3-7 Writing skills. texts and lectures. Prepositions and their use with
Homework assignment. ‘verbi di movimento’. ‘The ideal house’
11 Extra Undersdtanding the main idea& Recognizing the very new element and elaborating it.
Dic. 10-14 mate oral production Visual material and conversation.
rial (X Factor) Weekly agenda, time table
12 Extra Working on visual and written Conversation for the use of new expressions and
Dic. 17-21 mate material& supporting the given morphological elements. Possesives.
rial information (Smax 1-2) A Lexicon revision with the proper use.
13 Extra Revision using visual and written Combining the various knowledge & lexicon acquired
Dic. 24 mate material. during the semester (Simpsons family)
(vac)-28 rial Reading comprehention test (Marco)
14 Revis Assignment 3 Revising material & preparing for the final exam.
Dic. 31- 4 ion Presentation/testing
15 Dic 7-11 Make-up