Course

Coordinator: Cristina Abbona-Sneider (Cristina_Abbona@brown.edu)

BROWN UNIVERSITY FALL 2012 ITALIAN 100 (Elementary Italian 1)

Section 01: Michela Ronzani (Tu-Th 1-2:20; M-W-F 1-1:50) Section 02: Karina Mascorro (Tu-Th 9-10:20; M-W-F 10-10:50) Section 03: Filomena Fantarella (Tu-Th10:30-11:50; M-W-F 10-10:50) Section 04: Lianca Carlesi (Tu-Th 2:30-3:50; M-W-F 12-12:50)

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND GOALS Italian 100 is the first-semester of a one-year course for students who have never studied Italian. All students who have previously studied Italian are required to take a placement test. Italian 100-200 is a year-long course; you are expected to continue with this course in the spring semester in order to receive full credit. Please note: your grade for semester II will replace the temporary grade you will receive in semester I. This course is structured around listening and speaking activities like role-playing exercises and interactive grammar exercises. Class work will be supplemented by weekly homework assignments on Quia-Workbook. The course will provide you with many opportunities to speak, since the greater part of each hour will be spent working in pairs or in groups. You will read simple texts in Italian and will develop your writing skills initially through short compositions and later through longer essays. When you have completed this course, you will be able to engage in some basic interactions in Italian. You will be able to greet people and introduce people; you will know how to describe yourself, your life, and your likes and dislikes; you will be able to ask questions of and interact with others; you will have begun to learn how to describe events in the past and your plans for the immediate future.

Course Coordinator: Cristina Abbona-Sneider (Cristina_Abbona@brown.edu)

TEXTBOOKS Aski-Musumeci, Avanti! Beginning Italian Textbook (2nd edition) Aski-Musumeci, Avanti! Beginning Italian Quia On-line workbook (2nd edition) Other reading materials will be available on My Courses. Over the course of the semester you will be watching two movies. The movies are mandatory and you will be tested on them in quizzes/exams. REQUIRED WORK Attendance: Attendance is fundamental for all language courses and is therefore required for this course. Roll will be taken on a daily basis. You are allowed a maximum of four absences during the semester. For each additional unexcused absence one point will be deducted from your final grade. If you are absent it is your responsibility to find out the assignment for that day and be prepared for the next class. Be punctual. Two late arrivals will be considered the equivalent of one absence. Class Preparation: Daily preparation of assigned work using Avanti- Textbook and Quia- OnlineWorkbook is essential. You should also keep your own personal list of words and expressions that you want to memorize. You can expect to do up to two hours homework for every hour in class. Homework: All homework is mandatory and must be handed in on time. Homework will be accepted late only if you are sick. FINAL GRADE 30% 30% 5% 5% 15% 15% three exams (no make-ups are allowed) eight quizzes (no make-ups are allowed, you can drop the lowest grade) one oral exam one group presentation class attendance and participation Quia and other assignments

GRADING SCALE 90-100 A 80-89 B 70-79 C Below 70 NC

Study Abroad: Brown University encourages study abroad opportunities for its students. For information about the Brown in Bologna program, visit: http://www.brown.edu/Administration/OIP/programs/italy/ or contact Cristina Abbona-Sneider (Cristina_Abbona-Sneider@brown.edu).

Course Coordinator: Cristina Abbona-Sneider (Cristina_Abbona@brown.edu)

5-7 settembre 10-14 settembre 17-21 settembre

Capitolo 1. Greeting people and introducing yourself. Asking people their name and where they are from. Asking people how they are. Capitoli 1/2. Expressing likes and dislikes. Describing people, places and things. Expressing your age. Capitolo 3. Asking and telling time. Saying what you like to do in your free time. Talking about your daily activities. Capitolo 4. Talking about your family.

A. Alphabet and pronunciation B Gender and number C. The verb to be A. Articles B. Adjectives C. The verb piacere D. The verb to have A. Present regular verbs B. Idioms with to have C. Irregular verbs A. More irregular verbs B. Possessive adjectives C. The comparative QUIZ 1 Quia 1 e 2

QUIZ 2 Quia 3

24-28 settembre

QUIZ 3 Quia 4

1-5 ottobre 9-12 ottobre 15-19 ottobre

Capitolo 5. Inviting someone to do something. Declining A. The superlative B. Prepositions an invitation. Capitolo 6. Making polite requests. Asking permission. A. The partitive B. Object pronouns C. Present progressive A. Reflexive verbs B. Adverbs

4 ottobre: ESAME I QUIZ 4 Quia 5 QUIZ 5 Quia 6

Capitolo 6/II. Describing your clothes. FILM: JOHNNY STECCHINO (R. Benigni)

22-26 ottobre

Capitolo 7. Asking what happened. Talking about your weekend activities.

A. The present perfect B. Negative expressions A. Reciprocal verbs B. The present perfect of reciprocal and reflexive verbs

QUIZ 6 Quia 7 QUIZ 7 Quia 8

29 ottobre- Capitolo 8. Talking about Italian holydays, celebrations, 2 and traditions. novembre

5-9 novembre 12-16 novembre 19-20 novembre 26-30 novembre 3-7 dicembre

Capitolo 9. Talking about education and professions. Describing how things used to be. Capitolo 10. Expressing regret, sorrow and making apologies. FILM: NUOVO CINEMA PARADISO (G. Tornatore) Presentazioni e ripasso Presentazioni e ripasso

A. The imperfect

A. The future B. The future of probability

8 novembre: ESAME II Quia 9 QUIZ 8 Quia 10

6-7 dicembre: ESAME III

Esam i finali: 6 dicem bre (scrittura e lettura) & 7 dicem bre (ascolto) Esam i orali: su appuntam ento 13-15 dicem bre.