IT 101 Section 001: Honors Intro. Italian I
Fall, 2010
4 Credit Hours
Primary Instructor: Barbara Godorecci
Core Designation: Humanities, Foreign Language
M-Th 8:30-9:00 a.m. and by appointment.
Five contact hours of instruction per week. This course is the first semester of college-level study in Italian. Emphasis is placed on the development of oral proficiency and listening skills, reading comprehension, writing skills, analysis of grammatical structures, and an understanding of Italian culture and society.
Students successfully completing IT 101 will be able to:
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Linguistic Skills |
Mastery of basic vocabulary and idiomatic expressions representative of course themes. Productive use of basic grammatical structures. |
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Sociocultural Skills |
Appropriate use of Italian based on situation and context (e.g., basic courtesy requirements, requesting information, apologizing, etc.). Understanding of conversational routines native to Italian culture. |
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Discourse Skills |
Ability to use different discourse tasks (e.g., comparison, description, narration, etc.). Ability to understand and actively participate in various forms of authentic communication (e.g., dialogues, spontaneous conversations, interviews, surveys, reports, games, etc.). |
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Strategic Skills |
Use of techniques that help make up for deficiencies or lapses in other communicative skills (e.g., contextual clues, circumlocution, facial expressions, gestures, etc.). Development of a wide range of language learning strategies. |
*Legend: exercises within [ ] are application exercises of grammar points covered and are assigned as homework for the following class meeting, unless otherwise specified.
CAPITOLO PRELIMINARE
AUG. 18 Introduction: Greetings, Come si dice? / Alphabet, Come si scrive? pp. 3-8.
19 Intro: days, months, seasons of the year, numbers from 1-100,
review vocabulary. pp. 11-14; 16. [Journal: Tuscan Sun, chapters 1,2]
CAPITOLO 1
23 Nouns: Feminine nouns+indefinite article/buono pp. 18-24. [Ex. p. 23 A 2, 4; B 2, 4,8;C 1, 3, 6, 11-12;
p. 25 A 3, 4; B 3-5, 7]
24 Nouns: Masculine nouns + indefinite article/buono pp. 18-24. [Ex. p. 23 A 1, 3, 5-12;
B 1,3, 5-7, 9-10; C 2, 4, 5, 7-10; p. 25 A 1, 2, 5, 6; B 1, 2, 6, 8]
25 The verb AVERE (to have) and Subject pronouns pp. 26-28. [Ex. p. B, C 1-2]
Idiomatic expressions with AVERE. pp. 29-30/ [Ex. p. 30 A, B; p.31 C]
26 Quiz Review / [Journal: Tuscan Sun, chapters 3,4]
Quiz 1: Nouns/ Indefinite article/ AVERE+ Expressions/ Vocab. p. 36.
(Lab. 1) ***Laboratory Introduction***
CAPITOLO 2
30 Dialogo lampo pp. 38-39. / Adjectives. pp. 40-42. [Ex. p. 42 A; p.43 B, C]
31 Verb ESSERE (to be)/ C’è and Com’è. pp. 43-44. [Ex. p. 45 B, C]
SEPT. 01 Definite articles: Feminine nouns/bello. pp. 46-48. [Ex. p. 49 (bottom of page) A 1,
2, 5, 8; p. 50 C 1-5, 8]
02 Quiz Review / [Journal: Tuscan Sun, chapters 5,6]
Quiz 2: Adjectives/ ESSERE, c’è, com’è/ fem. definite article/ Vocab. p. 54.
(Lab. 2)
Monday, September 6 : Holiday—La Festa del Lavoro
CAPITOLO 2 (cont’d) & CAPITOLO 3
07 Definite articles: Masculine nouns/bello. pp. 46-48. [Ex. p. 49 (bottom of page) A 3,
4, 6, 7; B; p. 50 C 6, 7]
Present of verbs in -are pp. 58-60 / *da + time expressions p. 59 #4.
[Ex. pp. 60-61 A, B, C]
08 Irregular verbs in –are: DARE, STARE, ANDARE, FARE pp. 61-63. [Ex. p. 63 A, B]
09 Quiz Review / [Journal: Tuscan Sun, chapters 7,8]
Quiz 3: masc. def. art./-are verbs/ DARE, STARE, ANDARE, FARE /Vocab. p. 74.
(Lab. 3)
CAPITOLO 3 (cont’d) & CAPITOLO 4
13 Possessive Adjectives pp. 65-66. [Ex. p. 66 A, B, C]
14 Possessive Adjectives (cont’d) p. 67 [Ex. p. 67 A; p. 68 B, C]
Present of Verbs in -ere pp. 79-80. [Ex. p. 81 A 1, 4, 5]
15 Present of Verbs in –ire pp. 79-80. [Ex. p. 81 B, C];
16 Quiz Review / [Journal: Tuscan Sun, chapters 9,10]
Quiz 4: verbs in –ere and -ire/Possessive Adjectives/ Vocab. pp. 94-95.
(Lab. 4)
CAPITOLO 4
20 Irregular verbs in –ere and -ire: DOVERE, POTERE, VOLERE, DIRE, USCIRE,
VENIRE pp. 81-83. [Ex. p. 83 A, B]
21 Direct Object Pronouns pp. 84-86 [Ex. pp. 86-87 A, B, C]
22 Che ora è? Telling time pp. 87-88/ Interrogativi pp.133-135. [Ex. p. 89 A; p.135 A]
23 Quiz Review / [Journal: Tuscan Sun, chapters 11,12]
Quiz 5: Irreg. verbs:-ere,-ire/Dir. Object Pronouns/Interrogatives/Voc. pp. 94-95.
(Lab. 5)
CAPITOLO 5
27 Preposizioni articolate pp. 102-104 / Partitivo p. 103 #3 [Ex. pp. 104-105 B, C, D]
28 Passato Prossimo con AVERE pp. 105-108. [Ex. p. 108 B, C]
29 Passato Prossimo con ESSERE pp. 109-111/ Quiz Review
[Ex. p. 111 A, B]
30 * Journals due today!
Quiz 6: Passato Prossimo/ Preposizioni articolate/ Partitivo/ Vocab. p. 120.
Midterm review: Discussion of Under the Tuscan Sun
OCT. 04 Review for Midterm
05 Review for Midterm
06 Review for Midterm
07 MIDTERM
CAPITOLO 5 (cont’d)
11 The verbs Conoscere and Sapere pp. 112-113 (ex. p. 115 C) [Ex. p. 114 A, C]
12 Dialogo lampo p.122 / Indirect Object Pronouns pp. 125-126. [Ex. p. 127 A, B, C] /
(Lab. 6) [Journal: Tuscan Sun, chapters 13,14]
13 *Midterm meetings (individual appointments) / Individual study
14 *Midterm meetings (individual appointments) / Individual study
CAPITOLO 6
18 Past Participle Agreement: Passato Prossimo pp. 128-129. [Ex. p. 129 A, B]
19 The verb PIACERE pp. 131-132. [Ex. pp. 132-133 A, B, C]
20 Quiz Review / [Journal: Tuscan Sun, chapters 15,16]
Quiz 7: Conoscere-Sapere/ Indirect Object Pronouns/ Piacere/ Vocab. p.140.
21 Dialogo lampo p. 142 / Verbi riflessivi: Presente pp. 144-145 [Ex. p. 146 A 1-3]
(Lab. 7)
CAPITOLO 7
25 Verbi riflessivi: Passato Prossimo p. 145 #4 [Ex. p. 146 B]
26 Costruzione reciproca pp. 147-148. [Ex. pp. 148-149 A, B]
27 Adverbs pp. 150-151. [Ex. p. 151 A, B; p. 154 D] / Quiz Review
28 Quiz 8: Verbi riflessivi/ Costruzione reciproca/ Adverbs/ Vocabolario p. 158.
(Lab. 8) / [Journal: Tuscan Sun, chapters 17,18]
CAPITOLO 8
NOV. 01 Dialogo lampo p. 160 / Imperfetto pp. 163-164. [Ex. p. 165 B; C]
. 02 Imperfetto vs. Passato Prossimo pp. 165-166 / Suffixes pp. 171-172.
Quiz Review. [Ex. p. 167 B, C ; p. 172 B]
03 Quiz 9: Imperfetto/ Imperfetto vs. Passato Pross./ Suffixes/ Vocab. p. 177.
04 Trapassato pp. 169-170 / [Ex. p. 170 A, B]
Lettura, conversazione, attività varie / [Journal: Tuscan Sun, chapter 19]
CAPITOLO 9
08 Dialogo-Lampo pp. 181-182 / Pronomi Tonici pp. 183-185. [Ex. p. 185 A, B]
09 Comparative pp. 186-188/ Quiz Review
[Ex. p. 188 A, B, C]
10 Quiz 10: Trapassato / Pronomi tonici /Comparative/ Vocab. p. 177* (same as Q9)
11 Relative Superlative pp. 190-191/Irreg. Comparatives/Superlatives pp. 192-193.
[Ex. p. 191 A, C ; p. 193 A, B, C]
CAPITOLO 9 & CAPITOLO 10
15 Quiz Review / Lettura, conversazione, attività varie
16 Quiz 11: Relative superlative/ Irreg. Comparatives/Superlatives/ Vocab. p. 198.
Dialogo lampo pp. 200-201 / Futuro pp. 203-204. [Scrivi 3 frasi al futuro]
17 Futuro: verbi irregolari p. 204 / Usi speciali del futuro pp. 205-206.
[Ex. pp. 204-205 A2, B ; . pp. 206-207 A, B, C]
18 *Mid-semester study break
CAPITOLO 10
22 Quiz Review /
Quiz 12 Futuro (verbi regolari/irregolari)/ Usi speciali del futuro / Vocab. p. 216.
23 Journal preparation / individual study
**Journals due Monday, November 29**
24-28 Thanksgiving Holiday
29 *Journals due today! / Review for Final Exam
30 Review for Final Exam
DEC. 01 Review for Final Exam
02 Review for Final Exam
*See "Outline of Topics" Section for quizzes, Midterm exam, and other assignments.
FINAL EXAM: Section -001 Monday, December 6, 2010 Time: 8:00-10:30 a.m.
Students will be assessed according to their level of achievement on course work (exams, quizzes, journal, laboratory, grammar exercises, and any other assignments), class participation and attendance.
100%
In consultation with the instructor assignments and exams may be made up no later than a week after the scheduled date.
Regular attendance is expected. A total of 10% will be deducted from the final grade for any absences beyond 1 week (=4 class meetings) of the 15 weeks of classes.
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The Academic Misconduct Disciplinary Policy will be followed in the event of academic misconduct.
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