Italian 103 - Intermediate
Wednesday, 6:30-8:30pm (see dates below)
This course is designed for those who already have a good knowledge of the basic Italian grammar. The goal is the improvement of comprehension, vocabulary and conversational skills, studying more refined grammatical structures and well cultivated vocabulary. The ability of communicating will be mostly developed through dialogues and group discussions using main tenses of verbs.
Most of the lessons aim to develop confidence in performance of listening, speaking and reading, using the textbook as a guiding tool and for review.
Only Italian is spoken by the teacher and among students in class. A brief preliminary telephone conversation will be conducted with these students to determine if their language comprehension is appropriate for this class.
CLASS TIME: Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 pm (see dates below)
LENGTH: 2 hours/night, Once a week for 10 weeks
TUITION: $220
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I. Wed Sep 15, 2010 Avanti Chap. 8 Il Palio, Italian festivities; Reflexive/reciprocal verbs; Present perfect of verbs; Prepositions with articles
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II. Wed Sep 22, 2010 Avanti Chap. 9 What do you want to do? Present of volere; vorrei; Indefinite pronouns; Conversation about plans
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III. Wed Sep 29, 2010 Avanti Chap. 9 Using present to express future; prossimo, fra Future tense of “to have” and “to be”. Scheduling events and activities |
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LESSONS PLAN
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IV. Wed Oct 6, 2010 Avanti Chap. 10 Mi dispiace, ti dispiace, mi fa male. Conversazione Dovevo, volevo, potevo; Regole di casa
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V. Wed Oct 13, 2010 Avanti Chap. 10 Comparative, superlative Parts of the body Conversation
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VI. Wed Oct 20, 2010 Avanti Chap. 11 Locate where things are; Imperfect, pres. perfect; Cosa facevi da piccolo; Conversation
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VII. Wed Oct 27, 2010 Avanti Chap. 11 Imperfect, pres. perfect; Cosa hai fatto stamattina; Conversation
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VIII Wed Nov 3, 2010 Avanti Chap. 11 Direct object pronouns; Ecco, eccolo. Parti e oggetti della casa. Conversation
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IX. Wed Nov 10, 2010 Avanti Chap. 12 Secondo me, secondo te? Indirect object pronouns; Conversation
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X. Wed Nov 17, 2010 Avanti Chap. 12 Progressive present and past; what were you doing last night?; comparison with imperfect Conversation. Saluti |
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