LNG1601_ ELEMENTARY_ ITALIAN_ FORTIS

BACHELOR EAI
SYLLABUS FALL 2011
CODE DU COURS / COURSE CODE
NOM DU COURS / COURSE NAME
LNG1601
Crédits / Credits (US)
Elementary Italian I
3
Face à face / Contact Hours
Travail individuel et/ou de groupe /
Personal &/or Team Work
Evaluation / Evaluation
39
120
6
Charge de travail / Student workload
Langue d’enseignement / Teaching
Language
Italian
Pré-requis / Prerequisite
Course for beginners
Période d’enseignement / Teaching
period
Responsable du cours / Course
Coordinator
Intervenant(s) / Instructor(s)
Thursday 1-4
Alexandra SAUNDERS
Francesca FORTIS
Evaluateur(s) / Evaluator(s)
Description du cours / Course
description
This course provides the basics of Italian in order to guide students towards a practical use of the language,
covering the basics of grammar, functional vocabulary and cultural information about Italy.
•Connaissances / Knowledge and Understanding (subject specific)
A l’issue de la formation, l’étudiant devrait être capable de :
•
Know the basics of Italian grammar.
•
Be able to read and understand a short detective story.
•
Carry on a simple conversation in Italian in the everyday life. (Introduce oneself, talk about the weather,
describe your house, order at a restaurant...)
Skills : Greetings, telling time, exchanging personal information, requesting and providing information, giving
directions, routines, relating present, past and future events, information and discussion on societal and
cultural issues.
Résultats d’apprentissage / Learning
Outcomes
Cours inscrit dans le process Assurance
of Learning AACSB
Evaluation des étudiants / Student
Assessment
Grammar : Definite / Indefinite Articles
Regular / Irregular Plurals
Modal verbs
Demonstrative and Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns
Subject Pronouns
Numbers
Negative and Interrogative Forms
Polite expressions
Prepositions of place and time
Present, Past and Future Tenses
NO
• Devoir surveillé (DS) / Written examination
2 Midterms (2 x 15%)
Final Exam (40%)
• Contrôle continu / Continuous Assessment
Role Play (5%)
Written work (5%)
Dictation (5%)
Homework/Participation (15%)
BACHELOR EAI
SYLLABUS FALL 2011
Méthodes d’enseignement / Teaching
Methods
Cours / Lectures
Travail personnel autonome / Autonomous personal work
Week
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Plan de cours / Course plan
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Topics
Introduction: course guidelines and elements of Italian culture
Nuovo Progetto Italiano 1, unità introduttiva (listening, comprehension and oral
practice)
Greetings : familiar “tu”; alphabet and basics pronunciation rules
Subject pronouns, “Essere” and “Avere”, singular and plural, definitive articles,
adjectives of nationality, giving personal information: age, profession, address,
origins, etc.
Review and consolidation
Greetings : formal “Lei”
Nuovo Progetto Italiano 1 unità 1, part 1 (listening, comprehension and oral practice)
Indefintive articles, numbers, regular verbs (1st, 2nd and 3rd conjugations)
Nuovo Progetto Italiano 1, unità 1, part 2
Physical and character description
Detective story : “Giallo al Grand Hotel du Lac”, chapter 1
Nuovo Progetto Italiano 1, unità 2, part 1
An interview, hobbies
Irregular verbs, description of a flat, or a house
Detective story : “Giallo al Grand Hotel du Lac”, chapter 2
Nuovo Progetto Italiano 1, unità 2, part 2
Modal verbs :”Potere, Dovere, Volere”
Days of the week, telling the time, indefinite articles, More numbers, ordinal numbers
Preposizioni semplici
Detective story : “Giallo al Grand Hotel du Lac”, chapter 3
Review and consolidation for Midterm I
Detective story : “Giallo al Grand Hotel du Lac”, chapter 4
Midterm I
Italian Cinema
Nuovo Progetto Italiano 1, unità 3
Preposizioni articolate
Sending a letter or a parcel
Possessives (part 1), months and seasons, numbers and prices
Detective story : “Giallo al Grand Hotel du Lac”, chapter 5
Nuovo Progetto Italiano 1, unità 4
Description of a week end
“Passato Prossimo” (Present Perfect)
Time expressions
In a bar : how to order something to drink or to eat
Detective story : “Giallo al Grand Hotel du Lac”, chapter 6
Week 10 : Review and consolidation for Midterm II
Detective story : “Giallo al Grand Hotel du Lac”, chapter 7
Midterm II
Italian Cinema
Nuovo Progetto Italiano 1, unità 5, part 1
“Il Futuro”, part 1, (Futur Tense)
Making plans
In a train
Detective story : “Giallo al Grand Hotel du Lac”, chapter 8
Nuovo Progetto Italiano 2, unità 5, part 2
“Il Futuro”, part 2
Irregular verbs at the Futur Tense
Talking about the weather
Detective story : “Giallo al Grand Hotel du Lac”, chapter 9
ORAL EVALUATION and GENERAL REVIEW for FINAL EXAM
Detective story : “Giallo al Grand Hotel du Lac”, chapter 10 and end of the story
BACHELOR EAI
SYLLABUS FALL 2011
Please note that this is an overall summary and is subject to modification during the semester.
Obligatoire pour le module /
Optionnelle pour le module /
Required for the course
Recommended references
Bibliographie / References
« NUOVO PROGETTO ITALIANO I »Livello
Elementare
T.MARIN / S. MAGNELLI
EDILINGUA
Site(s) web / Web sites
Nombre et
durée des CM
Modalités de délivrance du cours
(Par campus si différent)
Nombre et
durée des TD
Autres
(ex : coaching
projets,
distance
learning, etc.)
Préciser les
spécificités de
programmation
CAMPUS
SOPHIA
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LILLE
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PARIS
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CHINE
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