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ITALIAN STUDIES (IS) Italiano

accredited school Tuscan Region N FI0940, non-profit association registered at the Tuscany Region n° 2435

DEPARTMENT OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE (IT)

 

Italian Language Beginning I 
IS IT IB 101
3 semester credits (45 lecture hours)

This course develops basic conversation, reading and writing skills. Equal focus will be given to grammatical structures, vocabulary and conversation skills. Students will develop a vocabulary that will enable them to engage in simple but useful everyday conversations, thus enhancing and supporting their Italian experience. After taking this course, students will be able to express themselves in the Present tense, Passato Prossimo and to use both nouns and adjectives in the correct form with reference to gender and number. Emphasis will be given to oral expression of practical vocabulary and newly acquired grammar structures. this level is for absolute beginner students who have never studied Italian before.

 

Italian Language Intermediate 
IS IT II 250
3 semester credits (45 lecture hours)

This level is for those students who already have an active knowledge of elementary language structures (i.e. the expression of past actions and events, the discussion of future plans), who can communicate simple and routine tasks, discuss familiar and routine topics and describe his/her background and who can understand clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. after taking this course, students will be able to use more 
complex pronouns both in spoken and written Italian and will have a basic grasp of Subjunctive and all four tenses.
Prerequisites: two semesters of Italian language or equivalent, the last course of which should have been taken in the last academic year.
Students must take the Italian language Placement test.

 

Italian Language for Restaurant Clerk - Intensive
IS IT IR 251
3 semester credits (45 lecture hours)

This course builds on and extends fundamental skills. Emphasis is placed on developing fluency skills, in order to be able to communicate simple and routine tasks, discuss routine topics and understand clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work environement.
Students must take the Italian language Placement test.

 

Italian Language for Boutique Clerk - Intensive
IS IT IT IB 252
3 semester credits (45 lecture hours)

This course builds on and extends fundamental skills. Emphasis is placed on developing fluency skills, in order to be able to communicate simple and routine tasks, discuss routine topics and understand clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work environement.
Students must take the Italian language Placement test.