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Italian 4A - Continuation of Intermediate Italian

Italian 15A - Advanced Conversational Italian

Fall 2010

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City College of San Francisco Fall 2010

Italian 4A - Continuation of Intermediate Italian

Italian 15A - Advanced Conversational Italian

Wednesday 6:30- 9:50,  Everett Campus, 450 Church St. (@17th), room 221

CCSF Language Center: Rosenberg Library, M-Th 8:00am-4:45pm, S 10:00am-1:44pm Marta Baldocchi bmarta@sbcglobal.net

Textbook & materials Antonello Borra, Cristina Pausini, Italian through Film. A Text for italian Courses, Yale University Press

A bilingual dictionary is optional but recommended (Zingarelli, Collins or Garzanti). 

 Italian 15A Objectives The main purpose of the course is to provide students with a continuation of extensive oral training. Students will acquire more advanced skills in conversational Italian trough communicative and interactive classroom activities. Key grammar structures will be also reviewed. Moreover, the course will promote students’ acquaintance with Italian culture and students’ exploration of cultural similarities and variations between Italy and the U. S..

Italian 15A Quizzes and Exams There will be an oral Midterm and a Final Oral Exam. The Final Exam will be comprehensive, covering the entire material studied.

Italian 4A Objective The main purpose of the course is to improve students’ command of reading, writing, listening and speaking skills trough interaction and reflection. In order to reinforce students’ understanding of Italian culture, increase their linguistic accuracy and promote their proficiency, the course will integrate cultural and literary readings to the review of selected grammar structures. The course will be conducted in Italian with an emphasis on communicative and interactive classrooms activities

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Italian 4A Quizzes and Exams There will be 2 quizzes, a Midterm and a Final Exam. If you miss a quiz, you will be required to make it up the first time you attend class again. The Final Exam will be comprehensive, covering the entire material studied.

Grades The final grade will be based on attendance and participation in classrooms activities, (15%) written assignments, performance, and attendance, quizzes (30%), and the Final Exam (25%). This course can be taken on a credit/no credit basis.

 90% -100% A     80% - 89% B    70% - 79% C      60% - 69% D     0 - 60%

Requirements Attendance is required, absences over six class hours are considered excessive. It is the students’ responsibility to drop the class if they decide to discontinue

Certificate of Completion The Certificate of Completion in Italian provides students, prospective employers and others with documented evidence of persistence and academic accomplishment in the language.  The certificate requires completion of 15 units in Italian.  Each course must be completed with a final grade of C or higher or Credit. At least 9 units must be selected from the core list.  The remaining 6 units may be selected from the elective units.

Important Dates Please check the CCSF website or with the Foreign Language Department. WITH "W" AND TO E OF ABSENCE

WITH "W" AND TO E OF ABSENCE

TEXTBOOKS

Textbook & materials: Antonello Borra, Cristina Pausini, Italian through Film. A Text for italian Courses, Yale University Press

A bilingual dictionary is optional but recommended (Zingarelli, Collins or Garzanti). 

SYLLABUS

18 agosto Introduzione Cinema Paradiso di Giuseppe Tornatore ed esercizi di ripasso grammaticale

 25 agosto Visione di Cinema Paradiso ed esercizi comunicativi

 1 settembre Introduzione a Lamerica di Gianni Amelio ed esercizi di ripasso grammaticale

 8 settembre Visione di Lamerica ed esercizi comunicativi. Office Hours

 15 settembre Quiz 1 per gli studenti del 4A e preparazione per il Midterm per gli studenti di Italiano 15A

 22 settembre  Introduzione a Il postino di Michael Radfor e Massimo Troisi ed esercizi di ripasso grammaticale

 29 settembre Visione di Il postino ed esercizi comunicativi. Office hours

 6 ottobre  Office hours. Midterm scritto o orale

 13 ottobre Attività culturale. 

 20 ottobre  Introduzione a La vita è bella di Roberto Benigni ed esercizi di ripasso grammaticale

 27 ottobre Visione di La vita è bella ed esercizi comunicativi. Office Hours

 3 novembre Quiz 2 per gli studenti del 4A e preparazione al Final per gli studenti di Italiano 15A  

  10 novembre. Introduzione a Pane e tulipani di Silvio Soldini ed esercizi di ripasso grammaticale

 17 novembre. Visione di Pane e tulipani ed esercizi comunicativi. Office hours

 24 novembre Thanksgiving Eve –No Classes

 1 dicembre Office hours. Esame finale scritto o orale

 

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