Intermediate Italian (102-1-20)

Instructors

Daniele Biffanti

Meeting Info

Kresge Centennial Hall 2-339: Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri 9:00AM - 9:50AM

Overview of class

Intermediate Italian continues and completes the two-year sequence in Italian language and culture. At the end of the full 102 sequence (102-1,2,3), students are expected to create with the language when talking and writing about familiar topics, to understand the main ideas and some supporting details from a variety of texts (newspaper articles, short stories, etc.), to describe and narrate, with some consistency, in all major time frames while organizing their discourse into paragraphs. Students will significantly increase their knowledge of Italy's history and culture. After the completion of the entire sequence of Italian 102, students will be eligible to study in Italy and will be ready to embark on the minor or major in Italian. The second-year Italian course sequence completes the two-year WCAS language requirement. The classroom is very lively, with lots of conversation, partnering, and small group exercises. Students will be guided toward independence, posing and solving language problems on their own and in collaboration with classmates. While speaking and listening continue as the center of class activity, they will focus more intensively on reading and writing Italian.

Registration Requirements

Pre-requisite: Italian 101-3 or equivalent.

Students with some background in Italian can take the online placement test at https://placement.madstudio.northwestern.edu/

Class Materials (Required)

New Italian Espresso, Alma Edizioni (Textbook), Ean: 9788861825710

New Italian Espresso, Alma Edizioni (Workbook), Ean: 9788861825758

Class Attributes

Attendance at 1st class mandatory
Prerequisites apply, see description