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CYBERITALIAN ADVANCED 1 (ITALIAN V - SEMESTER 2)

16 SESSION FULL YEAR COURSE

SYLLABUS AND CONTENT

No. of on-line asynchronous Sessions: 16

No. of self-administered Grammar/Culture Lessons (with Exercises and Exams): 5

No. of self-administered Audio Lessons and Recordings: 4

No. of Assignments: 4

Mid-term test

Final exam

Assessment and grades

 

In this tutored course you get to know more and more of Italian culture through authentic material. You learn how to write your resume in Italian, refine and maintain the language using more complex structures (i.e. idiomatic expressions, verbs with pronouns), start handling discussions about theoretical topics, read articles and books in Italian, watch Italian videos, visit some recommended Italian websites.

 

Upon successful completion of the Advanced 1 you should be able to "...understand television programs and films without too much effort... express yourself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions, use language flexibly and effectively for social and professional purposes, formulate ideas and opinions with precision and relate your contribution skilfully to those of other speakers... present clear, detailed descriptions of complex subjects integrating sub-themes, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion" (standard definition taken from the Common European Framework Self-Evaluation).

 

Please note: in order to help students learn the language and improve their understanding of Italian culture and lifestyle, CyberItalian has revisited the famous Italian story "Pinocchio" and most CyberItalian self-study lessons present a dialogue with a modern Pinocchio (Pino). Through "A Modern Pinocchio Story", the CyberItalian course helps students to learn the Italian language and culture, as well as explore their own lives and learning challenges.

 

SESSION

NUMBER:

SELF-STUDY LESSONS

AND TESTS

(GRADED):

ASSIGNMENTS AND

AUDIO LESSONS

(GRADED):

OTHER ACTIVITIES

(NOT GRADED):

1

 

 

Introduction to semester 2.

 

Revision exercises:

  • Una favola di Fedro
  • Approccio formale e informale
  • L'annunciata e gli articoli
  • 5 consigli per praticare con le canzoni italiane
  • 10 consigli per vedere film in italiano
  • 5 consigli per ascoltare il telegiornale o radiogiornale
2

Complete Grammar/Culture Lesson with exercises and exam: a_6

 

Pino wants to work in an advertising agency and talks about it with Depero.

Learn to place emphasis in a sentence. Active and passive construction.

Activity: the Italian language and the dialects.

 

 
3

Learn the difference between a dictionary and an automatic translator

Assignment -

minimum amount of words required:

100

 

4

 

Audio Lesson and Recording: Congratulations - Congratulazioni

 
5

Revision Lesson

Grammar/Culture with exercises and exam: a_13

 

Your portrait: are you happy? How to find your happiness.

Language revision. Pronomi personali: lui, lei, esso, essa, egli, ella, ciò. Comparativi - uso di "più" e "di più". Collocazioni ed espressioni idiomatiche

Activity: Create your self-portrait (it can be a song, a poem, a drawing, anything that represents you in this moment).

 

 
6  

Assignment -

minimum amount of words required:

100

 
7

Revision Lesson

Grammar/Culture with exercises and exam: a_14

 

Individuality and loneliness: you are not alone.

Segnali discorsivi e intercalare. Punteggiatura. Differenza fra "stare" ed "essere". Frasi principali e secondarie, struttura di testi complessi.

Activity: Italian articles and the individual.

 

 

8

Revision and

 

Mid-Term Test

 

Grammar revision:

  • Pronomi personali
  • Comparativi e uso di più
  • Narrazione
  • Frasi principali e secondarie
  • Passato remoto
  • Trapassato remoto
  • Costruzione attiva e passiva
9

 

Audio Lesson and Recording:

Disapproval - Disapprovazione

 
10

Revision Lesson

Grammar/Culture with exercises and exam: a_15

 

Observing oneself.

Pronomi dimostrativi e relativi - "colui, coloro, ciò", uso di "quello che", differenza fra "quello" e "che". Pronome "cui" + articolo. Uso enfatico dei pronomi: spostamento a destra. Collocazioni ed espressioni idiomatiche.

Activity: sing in the mask, observe your pronunciation.

 

 
11

Be punctual.

Be proactive.

Get results.

Assignment -

minimum amount of words required:

100

 

12

The importance of foreign language study.

Audio Lesson and Recording:

Giving orders, encouraging - Dare ordini ed esortare

 

13

Revision Lesson

Grammar/Culture with exercises and exam: a_16

 

Italian emigration.

Pronomi diretti e indiretti, approfondimento dei pronomi "ne" e "ci". Uso dei doppi pronomi. Verbi usati con i pronomi. Uso enfatico dei pronomi: spostamento a sinistra.

Activity: gli italiani nel mondo.

 

 
14

 

Assignment -

minimum amount of words required:

100
 
15

 

Audio Lesson and Recording:

Expressing empathy - Esprimere empatia

 

16

Revision and

 

Final Exam

 

 

Grammar revision:

  • Pronomi combinati
  • Verbi usati con i pronomi
  • Verbi seguiti da preposizioni
  • Pronomi dimostrativi e relativi
  • Cui + articolo
  • Pronomi relativi
  • Pronomi combinati
  • Ne e Ci
  • Espressioni idiomatiche e collocazioni
  • Narrazione