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ITAL 3015 is also offered in Fall 2021
Fall 2021 | ITAL 3015 Section 001: Reading, Conversation, and Composition (20156)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 123
- Enrollment Status:
Open (7 of 22 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How can a society manage an aging population? What steps can be taken to promote integration and overcome differences? Is technology helping or hindering our interpersonal relationship? Is history doomed to repeat itself? CONGRATULATIONI! You are about to embark into a rewarding journey to further deepen your Italian experience while developing your critical thinking skills. This class will increase your appreciation of Italian culture through engagement with articles, short films and literary extracts (of authors such as Nobel's prize Dario Fo, Salgari, Buzzati and Ginzburg) on contemporary cultural topics ranging from social problems to the use and misuse of technology to the impact of historical events on people's everyday lives. You will also have the opportunity to interact face to face online with Italian students to improve your language skills as well as expand your cultural knowledge while drawing comparisons and reflecting on the U.S. societal views of those topics. This intensive, intermediate course is designed for students who have passed Italian 1004 and have mastered basic Italian grammar. The course will include preparatory activities that are designed to encourage students to analyze grammatical points in question. prereq: 1004
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?drad0001+ITAL3015+Fall2021
- Class Description:
- Prerequisite: ITAL 1004, or instructor's permission. Description: This intensive, intermediate course is designed for students who have passed Italian 1004 (or who have obtained the Second Year Coordinator's consent) and have mastered basic Italian grammar. The course will include preparatory activities that are designed to encourage students to analyze grammatical points in question, that need to be completed before class so that class time may be primarily devoted to meaningful interactions in Italian. All skills will be emphasised: listening, speaking, writing and reading. Students will have the opportunity to acquire information, to expand cultural knowledge, and to recognise distinctive viewpoints.
- Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, students should develop:
- Ability to communicate at an intermediate level of Italian.
- Intermediate proficiency in reading and writing the language.
- Ability to interpret and discuss literature and film at an intermediate level.
- Knowledge of significant cultural and historical events.
- Exam Format:
- Active participation in class discussions, written essays, comprehensive exams, in-class presentations, video project
- Workload:
- 20+ Pages Reading Per Week Other Workload: 2 pages writing assignments per week, grammar exercise assignments
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20156/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2021
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2021 Italian Classes