Description: |
This course is the first half of a two-semester Intermediate Italian sequence designed to help students attain a degree of linguistic and cultural competence that will allow them to engage well in an Italian-speaking environment. Conducted entirely in Italian, this course will reinforce, build upon, and refine the listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills that students obtained in the Elementary Italian sequence, and will present them to more challenging cultural material. The course will increase students' ability to understand and use the language, introducing them to more complex grammatical structures, expanding their vocabulary, and building their confidence through a variety of activities and assignments. The course materials will allow students to explore various cultural matters and develop cross-cultural skills through comparisons between their native culture and the Italian world. |