ITALIAN

ITA 101 Elementary Italian I
ITA 102 Elementary Italian II
ITA 201 Intermediate Italian I
ITA 201 Intermediate Italian II

ITA 101 Elementary Italian I

Performance Objectives and Course Outline

Performance Objectives:

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to do the following:

• Communicate the foundations of the Italian language.
• Read, communicate and write Italian, as it must be expected of a student at the elementary level including everyday situations.
• Manipulate at least the present and the preterite of the indicative mood.

Course Outline:

Pronunciation to be Taught Throughout the Semester

Useful Expressions of Daily Usage

Gender and Number of Italian Nouns

The Italian definite article

Usage of the definite article

Italian Conjugation

Present indicative of first conjugation

Subject pronouns-forms of address

Present Indicative of ESSERE and AVERE

Contractions

Partitive construction

Numerals from 1 to 100

Present Indicative of Second Conjugation Verbs

Numerals- from 100 to 1000

ANDARE

Combinations of ANDARE with nouns and verbs

Present Indicative of Third Conjugation Verbs

Negation

Definite articles with titles

More numerals

VOLERE and VENIRE

Possession with DI or D'

The Indefinite Article

It's omission

The Italian descriptive adjective

It's agreement with nouns

It's endings ("O" + "E")

Italian Demonstrative Adjectives

Irregular verbs DARE, FARE, STARE in present indicative

Italian Possessive Adjectives

Interrogatives CHE, CHI, Quale, Quanto, Quando

Verbs POTERE, USCIRE, VEDERE in present indicative

Direct Object Personal Pronouns

Preterite of regular verbs in first conjugation

Indirect Object Personal Pronouns

Preterite of second and third conjugations

ITA 102 Elementary Italian II

Performance Objectives and Course Outline

Performance Objectives:

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to do the following:

• Communicate new tenses and vocabulary related to real life situations.
• Converse and write Italian as would be expected of a second semester student.
• Manipulate at least the present and the preterit of the indicative mood.

Course Outline:

Pronunciation to be Taught Throughout the Semester

Useful Expressions of Daily Usage

Gender and Number of Italian Nouns

The Italian definite article

Usage of the definite article

Italian Conjugation

Present indicative of first conjugation verbs

Subject pronouns-forms of address

Present Indicative of ESSERE and AVERE

Contractions

Partitive construction

Numerals from 1 to 100

Present Indicative of Second Conjugation Verbs

Numerals from 100 to 1000

ANDARE

Combinations of ANDARE with nouns and verbs

Present Indicative of Third Conjugation Verbs

Negation

Definite articles with titles

More numerals

VOLERE and VENIRE

Possession with DI or D'

The Indefinite Article

It's omission

The Italian descriptive adjective

It's agreement with nouns

It's endings ("O" +"E")

Italian Demonstrative Adjectives

Irregular verbs DARE, FARE, STARE in present indicative

Italian Possessive Adjectives

Interrogatives CHE, CHI, QUALE, QUANTO, QUANDO

Verbs POTERE, USCIRE, VEDERE in present indicative

Direct Object Personal Pronouns

Preterite of regular verbs in first conjugation

Indirect Object Personal Pronouns

Preterite of second and third conjugations

ITA 201 Intermediate Italian I

Performance Objectives and Course Outline

Performance Objectives:

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to do the following:

• Differentiate the regular and irregular verbs, nouns, the weather expressions and the time of day.
• Present definite article, indefinite article and the adjectives in general and the usage of bello e quello.
• Use the past descriptive, the present perfect with avere and essere and the interrogatives.
• Apply direct object pronouns, indirect or double object pronouns in the process of the writing.
• Compare other special verbs such as: piacere and indefinite adjectives.
• Explain different possessive adjectives and indefinite adjectives.
• Use the negatives, suffix and the partitive in speaking and writing.
• Discuss regular, irregular verbs in absolute past vs. trapassato and ci and ne.
• Decide when to use the future tenses, present or past conditional.
• Expand the use of the "servile" or "modal" verbs.
• Develop positive attitude on reading and discussing the cultural traditions.

Course Outline:

Preliminary Grammar and Vocabulary

Regular and irregular verbs (present indicative)

Nouns

The weather and the time of the day

The Article

Definite article (il, la, gli, etc.)

Indefinite article (un, una, etc.)

The adjectives

Usage of bello e quello

The Past Tense

The past descriptive (parlavo, parlavi, parlava, etc.)

The present perfect with avere and essere (ho mangiato, sono andato, etc.)

Object Pronoun

Direct object pronouns

Indirect object pronouns

Double object verbs

Other Pronouns

Piacere (to like or to enjoy)

Reflexive

Other Objectives

Possessive adjectives, etc.

Indefinite adjectives, etc.

Negatives

Suffix example; ventaccio (bad wind)

The partitive (some, any, afew)

Past Absolute vs. Trapassato Prossimo

Regular verbs

Irregular verbs

Ci and ne

Other Tenses of the Verbs

The two future tenses and their use

The two conditional tenses, present and perfect

"Servile"

Dovere, potere, volere and infinitives

Cultural Traditions

To be covered throughout the course

Textbook and additional media, video or films will be used

ITA 202 Intermediate Italian II

Performance Objectives and Course Outline

Performance Objectives:

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to do the following:

• Explain present and past subjectives, verbs and expressions that required the subjunctive.
• Develop imperfect, past perfect subjunctive and independent clauses and dependent clause.
• Compare relative, stressed and other pronouns.
• Perform regular, irregular, imperative tenses, negative and affirmative with object pronouns and imperatives.
• Reconstruct hypothetical sentences with SE (I F): present, future, past, cogiuntivo imperfetto e congiuntivo trapassato.
• Present adverbs and differentiate comparatives and superlatives.
• Use other tenses of the verb: infinitive, gerund, verbs of perception and active and passive voice.
• Apply ordinal numbers and use SI impersonal and the prepositions.
• Write and discuss the Italian culture and traditions.

Course Outline:

Subjunctives

Present subjunctives

Past subjunctives

Verbs and expressions that required the subjunctive

Other Subjunctives

Imperfect subjunctive

Past perfect subjunctive

Independent clause and dependent clause

The Pronouns

Relative pronouns (che, chi, cui, etc.)

Stressed pronouns (me, te, se, etc.)

Object Pronouns (questo, quello)

Imperative Tense

Regular

Irregular

Negative imperative and affirmative

Object pronouns and imperative

Hypothetical Sentesces of (se..)

Se plus present, futuro and passato prossimo

Se plus cogiuntivo imperfetto, congiuntivo trapassato

Adverbs and

Comparitives

Superlatives

Irregular comparatives and superlatives

Other Tenses of the Verb

Infinitive (amare; to love)

Gerund (lavorando; working)

Verbs of perception (sentire; to hear)

Active and passive voice

Other

Ordinal numbers

Prepositions

Si-impersonal

Reading

Covered throughout the course

Questions and discussion related to the reading in the textbook