ITA 121 - Italian Conversation

2 credit hours - Two hours weekly; one term.
Develop skill and practice with spoken Italian. Conducted entirely in Italian. For students who have studied elementary Italian grammar. May be repeated once on an audit basis.

Prerequisite(s): ITA 112 or two years of high school Italian or permission of department chair.

Note: This course is not for students who are already proficient in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Italian.

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

Identify the main idea and some pieces of information in novice-high level spoken conversations about familiar topics and short informational or fictional texts.
Communicate in spontaneous spoken conversations on both familiar and everyday topics, using a variety of practiced, memorized, and original phrases, simple sentences, and questions.
Present information orally and in writing about familiar themes and cultural topics using a variety of rehearsed original phrases and simple sentences.
Combine a variety of grammar structures and vocabulary to respond to a range of novice-high level speaking prompts.
Formulate comparisons between students’ cultural experiences and the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Italian-speaking cultures.