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CYBERITALIAN INTERMEDIATE 2 (ITALIAN IV - SEMESTER 2)

6 SESSION EXPEDITED COURSE

SYLLABUS AND CONTENT

 

No. of on-line asynchronous, self-paced sessions: 6

No. of self-administered lessons (with exercises and exams): 5

No. of required audio lessons and recordings: 4

No. of required assignments: 4

Final exam

Assessment and grades

 

In this tutored course you review the intermediate language structures, you practice and reinforce how to better express your opinions and understand more complex sentences, use verbs and pronouns, read the Italian newspapers and learn about Italian history.

 

Upon successful completion of the Intermediate 2 you should be able to "...understand extended speech and lectures and follow even complex lines of argument provided the topic is reasonably familiar..." start to "understand most TV news and current affairs programs." start to "understand the majority of films in standard language... interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible and take an active part in discussion in familiar contexts, accounting for and sustaining your views... present clear, detailed descriptions on a wide range of subjects related to your field of interest..." (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 Collodi's story so some self-administered 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 to 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

THE COURSE SESSIONS ARE MOSTLY CONDUCTED IN ITALIAN

(apart relevant instructions)

 

Grammar/Culture Lesson with exercises and exam: i_12

 

True friendship.

Review what you have learned in the Intermediate Course. Use of pronouns; use of verbs.

Activity: the Italian anthem.

 

Introduction to semester 2.

 

Revision exercises:

  • Amore e Psiche (narrazione, pronomi e espressioni idiomatiche)
  • Giuseppe Verdi
  • Una favola di Fedro e i pronomi
  • Il dio Asclepio e Ippocrate
  • 5 tips on practicing with Italian songs
  • 10 tips on watching movies in Italian
  • 10 tips on listening to the Italian news
2

Revision Lesson

Grammar/Culture with exercises and exam: i_17

 

Beauty treatments of the ancient Romans.

Review punctuation, relative pronouns
impersonal construction.

Activity: 5 tips on listening to the Italian news

Assignment -

minimum amount of words required:

100

 

Audio Lesson and Recording:

my favorite book - il mio libro preferito

 

3

Revision Lesson

Grammar/Culture with exercises and exam: i_18

 

The ancient Romans and spas.

Review verbs: imperfetto, trapassato prossimo, structure of complex texts.

Activity: Come usare il cioccolato

Assignment -

minimum amount of words required:

100

 

Audio Lesson and Recording:

history - storia

 

4

Revision Lesson

Grammar/Culture with exercises and exam: i_19

 

Political and social life of the ancient Romans.

Review verbs: imperative, condizionale, use of the conditional to express future in the past.

Activity: Friendship

Assignment -

minimum amount of words required:

100

 

Audio Lesson and Recording:

art - arte

 

5

Revision Lesson

Grammar/Culture with exercises and exam: i_20

 

Religion of the ancient Romans.

Review special constructions - stare + gerundio, stare per + infinitive, present or imperfetto + da + tempo, reciprocal construction, collocations and idiomatic expressions.

Activity: Amore e Psiche (narrazione, pronomi e espressioni idiomatiche).

Assignment -

minimum amount of words required:

100

 

Audio Lesson and Recording:

balance - equilibrio

 

 

 

6

Revision and

 

Final Exam

 

Grammar revision:

  • Verbi regolari
  • Verbi irregolari
  • "Essere" e "Avere"
  • Passato prossimo
  • Imperfetto
  • Trapassato prossimo
  • Pronomi diretti
  • Pronomi indiretti
  • Pronouns "ne" e "ci"
  • Relative pronouns
  • Narration
  • Condizionale (past and present)
  • Impersonal construction
  • Imperativo
  • Costruzione speciale stare per + infinito
  • Costruzione speciale stare + gerundio
  • Costruzione speciale verbo piacere