ITA 221 - Intermediate Italian Conversation

3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term.
Emphasizes skills required to deal well in Italian with everyday speaking situations. Enhance listening skills, pronunciation and intonation.

Prerequisite(s): ITA 212 or four years of high school Italian or permission of department chair.

Note: Not for native speakers.

Location(s) Typically Offered: Arnold Main Campus (MC) and Online (OL)

Term(s) Typically Offered: Fall and spring

Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Use vocabulary necessary to maintain everyday conversations.
- Talk about newspaper and magazine articles in Italian.
- Use workplace vocabulary.
- Discuss music.
- Discuss food.
- Discuss fashion.
Demonstrate correct usage of grammatical forms at an intermediate level.
- Demonstrate correct use of all verb tenses.
- Demonstrate correct use of nouns and pronouns.
- Use adjectives correctly.
- Use articles correctly.
- Demonstrate correct use of interrogative adjectives and pronouns.
Hold conversations about everyday topics at an intermediate level.
- Discuss articles in Italian.
- Interact with the instructor in Italian.
- Interact with other students in Italian.
- Express opinions.
Discuss elements of Italian culture.
- Discuss the idea of Italamerica.
- List Italian musicians and music.
- Discuss Italian cuisine.
- Describe the use of technology in Italy.
- Discuss social and community issues in Italian communities.
- Describe Italian traditions, festivals, and holidays.