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Description: |
This course is the second half of a two-semester Intermediate Italian sequence designed for students to 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' abilities to understand and use the language, introducing them to more complex grammar structures, expanding their vocabularies 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 cultures and the Italian world. |