ITAL 099 - Functional Spoken Italian

A beginning course in conversational Italian for travelers, students, and professionals, emphasizing pronunciation, comprehension, and the formation of spoken sentence patterns. This course provides a basis for learning and using Italian, emphasizing oral skills (listening and speaking) and limited reading and writing skills. Students are introduced to essential aspects of Italian culture. Course topics may vary. This course does not fulfill language requirements. No previous study of Italian is required. Three hours each week. Formerly IT 099.

3 semester hours

THREE EQUIVALENT CREDIT HOURS. NOT APPLICABLE TO A DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE. MAY NOT BE USED TO SATISFY DEGREE REQUIREMENTS. NOT INCLUDED IN GPA CALCULATION.

Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course a student will be able to:

Speak and understand Italian in a variety of communicative situations.
Use grammatical structures and appropriate vocabulary in support of communication.
Demonstrate an understanding of written Italian in certain communicative situations.
Demonstrate a fundamental appreciation of Italian culture and cultural practices.
Demonstrate an awareness of fundamental aspects of Italian history and geography.
Recognize and actively engage in appropriate sociolinguistic behavior in specific communicative environments.
Express and appropriately employ language functions specific to typical communicative situations.

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