Italian Language Class

Spring Quarter 2010
Italian 151- beginning Italian
Instructor: Prof. Dana Siciliano di Rende, PhD (abd,qe)
Email: danangelorum@gmail.com
Class Website: http://danad_rcc.tripod.com
Location: Room Bldg.
Time: Ts-Th 6pm�7:50pm

SYLLABUS

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ADA AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
If you have a documentable disability which may require assistance or reasonable accommodations, please speak to your instructor as soon as possible. Accommodations can be made for tutoring, test-taking, etc. with documentation from the Learning Support Center. You may also contact the Center directly at ext. 2452 regarding these services.

Required text: "Prego! An Invitaton to Italian," 7th edition, McGraw Hill. ISBN:

This course is designed to provide the student with a basic knowledge and practice of the Italian language. In addition to vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar, we will also explore the culture and history of Italy. Method: class will be conducted in Italian and in English, gradually shifting to increased use of Italian as our skills and knowledge increase. This course focuses on communication; to develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Italian. Class will engage in exercises and activities designed to develop these skills. Both lecture and group activities will serve to strengthen the knowledge base and communication ability.

Class Website: http://danad_rcc.tripod.com

Check the website for updated information regarding assignments due, and to obtain input from your classmates.

Schedule of Activities: The Activities schedule is updated weekly, and this information is located on the class website. The Oral final Exam is scheduled for the last day of class. The Written Final Exam is scheduled for final exam week, June 7-10, day TBE.

Week One:
Day One: 3/31. Introduction, Website, Map, Pronunciation rules, Greetings
Day Two: 4/1. Quiz on material covered on 3/31

Attendance and participation:
Participation in class is essential and is directly tied to attendance. An absence does not excuse a student from the responsibility of turning in an assignment on time; the class website, listed above, avails the student of assignment information and of input from fellow classmates. Missing 3 classes or more may result in being dropped from the course. A 10 minutes late arrival equals 1 unexcused absence. 3 unexcused absences equal 1 grade lower or other consequence. If you expect to be absent, please talk to me beforehand.

Grading: Your grade will be determined on the following scale:
A 94-100
B+ 87-89
C+ 75-79
D+ 60-64
A- 90-93
B 83-86
C 70-74
D 55-59
B-80-82
C- 65-69
F 0-54

Evaluative Criteria:

Weekly attendance at lab (1 hr)
1. Cultural Activities
2. Oral and Written Quizzes
3. Midterm and final Tests
4. Final oral and Written Presentation

Student Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this course, you will be able to:
1. greet a friend and a person of respect
2. use expressions of courtesy
3. spell your full name
4. identify people and classroom objects
5. locate people and things
6. use the numbers from 0-99
7. express dates, including your birth date
8. tell what time it is
9. use classroom expressions
10. comment on the weather
11. talk about academic life and daily occurrences
12. ask and answer questions
13. describe people, places, and things
14. state where and when events take place
15. express origin and possession
16. express likes and dislikes
17. discuss daily activities and leisure
18. talk about food
19. express where you are going
20. make plans
21. talk about your family
22. discuss what you have to do
23. describe daily routines
24. discuss housing, furnishings, and household activities
25. talk about activities in progress
26. describe physical and emotional states

ADA- Americans with Disabilities Act
If a student is in need of special arrangements, please contact your instructor with documentation at the beginning of the quarter, or contact Tammy Green, Director of the learning support Center, at ext. 2452 about making arrangements for testing and tutoring.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ASSIGNMENTS:

Due: 4/1/2010: Quiz, written and oral, on material covered on 3/30/2010: vowel pronunciation (oral), directions (oral,written). Regions of Italy by name (written). Regions you should know: Sicilia, Liguria, Calabria (Mt. Etna volcano), Basilicata, Puglia, Lazio, Campania (Napoli), Lazio (Roma -Vaticano), Abruzzo, Toscana (Michelangelo, Dante), Emilia Romagna (Parmigiano cheese), Veneto (Venice- Murano glass), Trentino (best wine) Lombardia (Milan), Piemonte. Year of Unification of Italy: 1860. Three causes of Italian language unification (written)Dante, Garibaldi, mass media.

Due: 4/6__Prepare your directions dialogue which you practiced in class with your classmate. Present it orally to the class at the map.

Due: 4/13: Quiz on Greetings and Salutations= respond to greetings, written/ quiz on regions (know four regions and their locations on map.

Due: 4/15: review conugation of verbs : scrivere, ballare, incontrare, vedere, sposare, parlare, essere,salutare. Essere is the verb most misunderstood.
study regions on map
practice pronunciation

Dear students, the bonus points (7) on the quiz refer to more than 4 regions, to the list of numbers, days of the week, and months of the year. This means that without this above info, you can still get an A on the quiz with 18 pts total. Above 18 points is an A+ or A++ (4.5, 4.8). Please review the info we did in class regarding grammar, and pls correct my typo: the 3rd singular for "lui" is "gli" not "li". We will review this on Tuesday, but please practice reading your notes out loud to yourselves in the meantime. Have a lovely weekend! :) Due: Thursday 4/22 Review 13 verbs, and the "Mi piace notes. Review also days of the week"
Due 4/29: write 3rd person sing for list of verbs reviewed in classd (13 verbs) Due: 5/4 Tuesday: Review Quiz
Due: Martedi' scrivete un dialogo di dieci righe, usando tutto il vocabulsario possibile, per un voto. Write a ten-line dialogue using all the vocabulary possible, for a grade
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Due: By Thursday 5/20--call me and leave a message in Italian--951-452-5000

Due: Tuesday 6/25 Tues: Class, your translation exercise in class demonstrates competence: Congratulations. Here is your translation exercise for Tuesday. Type the Italian first and the English version underneath. Then do the dsame with the English translation into Italian: Bring a dictionary to class from now on and to the final exam on 6/8 at 6pm. The translations below have a few new nouns,and one new verb, so use your trusty dictionary. Remember the vocabulary from "Volare"--check it out again on Youtube.

1. A Givanni piace molto fare festa con gli amici e in particolare con Lucia; e felice quando pensa a sposarla a febbraio e ora lui passa il tempo a pensare a lei. Il suo professore di italiano gli dice che lui parla molto bene l'italiano. A Giovanni piace studiare e parlare l'italiano perche' Lucia e' italiana, di Roma, e Giovanni ama lei e l'italiano. Lui la visita l'estate a giugno a Roma, e vanno alla spiaggia di Sperlonga vicino a Roma per fare festa con gli amici e per prendere il sole.

2. Givanni loves Lucia and wants to fly with her and those beautiful blue eyes and dream about the February wedding. The sky is painted the color of the eyes of Lucia and Giovanni writes a song for Lucia that is like "Volare" because Giovanni wants to be "down here" to study well but "up there", as in "Volare", to be happy.
Due: 6/26
class, please email me your tranlations that were due yesterday, Tuesday 6/25, so I can send you commentary before Thursday. Then, for Thursday, please do the 2 translations below. Bring a dictionary to class from now on.
Translation: Vocabulary (regalo, gift/sperare, to hope/ divertire, to have fun)

Cari Amici,
Vi scrivo per informarvi che quest'estate arrivo in Italia per il mese di giugno. Prendo il volo Aeritalia 247 il due giugno e arrivo a Roma il 3 giugno alle quattro del pomeriggio. Sono molto felice di questa vacanza italiana e spero di divertirmi a fare festa con voi, in discoteca, come sempre, e al mare.Prendo una vacanza dallo studio. Spero di vedere anche Lucia e porto con me il regalo che lei vuole.

Translation: (Keep in mind that the vocabulary must be coniugated and placed in either the singular or plural!)

Vocabulary (avvolgere--to envelope/ turista, tourist/ assolato, sunny/inusuale, unusual/tempo, weather/ nuotare, to swim/ godere, to enjoy/ clima, climate/ dovere, must, duty/ comprare, to buy/ caldo, warm/ vestiti, clothing/ valigie, suitcases/ tentare, to try /trovare, to find/ altre, other/ prenotare, to reserve/ gita, tour/ dato che, since/ al mare, to the beach/ forte, strong/ vento, wind/ basso, low/ tempersatura, temperature/ mantenere, to keep/ mare, spiaggia, beach/ vuoto, empty/.

This July unusual weather envelops the Southland and many tourists from Northern Europe who are in sunny California to swim and enjoy the climate must, instead, hurredly buy the warm clothing that is not in the suitcases they have with them, and try to find other activities, and try to reserve tours, since they can not go to the beach. Strong winds, high seas, and low temperatures keep the beaches empty.

In Italia mangiare bene e' un'arte. In Emilia-Romagna e' anche una regola di vita ed una fiorente industria. Molti dei prodotti alimentari tipici dell'Emilia -Romagna son famosi in tutto il mondo.
Final Exam: Vocabulary to know: Parole da Ricordare, pages 16, 36, 54, 74 P.16 dottore, dottoressa/ professore, professoressa, signora, signore, signorina, (signorino), salve, come sta (formal), come stai?, come va? E Lei? (formal) E tu?, non c'e' male, male, abbastanza(enough)bene,cosi' cosi', bene. A domani, Chi? Come?What (how?) . Per piacere, per favore, piacere (nice to meet you, you're welcome, Prego (that's fine, it's acourtesy). Scusa (informsl) scusi(formal). E'=is , e=and. Come si dice? (How do you say), Cosa vuole dire..(what does this mean,"scusi") P. 36: avere( to have) ho, hai,ha, abbiamo, avete, hanno. Avere 18 anni., avere caldo (ho caldo, freddo,avere fame-ho fame), avere ragione (ho rqagione), avete torto--to be wrong (hai torto), avere sete (ho sete), avere sonno, avere voglia (to feel like X)--ho vogliadi ballare, voglioballare. hotrl=albergo, chiesa, una piazza,panino, farmacia, una foto, una fotografia, una bancas, un'ospedsle, un gatto, un cane, un museo, una biblioteca, un luogo, la scuola, lo stadio, la stazione, la strada, , il te', l'ufficio postale, , valigia, la via, , zaino (backpack), la zia, zio (aunt and uncle), lo zoo, la pizza e' buona, lo zio is buono, ci sono (there are), c'e' muna bella ragazza (there is), ecco! here it is! List of avere expressions: avere 18 anni, avere bisogno (ho bisogno di un caffe') p. 54: essere (to be) la donna (woman), le donne (women), uomo, uomini (man/men), i soldi, la bugia,(lie) le bugie (lies), i capelli),castana/0(brownette) nera/o, biondo/a, biondiddimi, nerissimi, , la mensa, compagno/a adjectives: biondo/a, bruna/0, nero/a, castano/a, alto, basso (short) altro (another), simpatico/a, antipatico/a,, blu(azzurro=blue), carino/a, , caro, brutto/a,buona , gentile (kind, polite), cattivo/a, giovane (young), vecchio/a) una domanda,grasso (fat), magro, thin, grande (large) . felice, triste(sad), tranquillo/a, stressato/a, stanco/a, sportivo/a, interessante,, liscio (smooth), nervoso/a(agitated), orgoglioso/a (proud), onesto/a,, noioso/a (boring, irritating), pigro/a(lazy) page 74: amare, andare, abitare, arrivare, ascoltare, aspettare (wait), cercare(to look for)cambiare (change), comprare (buy), fare, frequentare (attendo), guardare (to look), imparare (to learn), dimenticare (to forget), incontrare (to meet), insegnare (teach), lavorare (to work), mangiare, parlare, stare (t stay/be==stai attento= be careful, stai bene--you are well, stare male=to be sick), suonare (to play an instrument), l'aula (classroom), la facolta', la famiglia, il figlio, la figlia, perche', spesso, often Andare: andare a piedi (to walk), andare in auto, in treno, andare d'accordo