SYLLABUS
CYBERITALIAN INTERMEDIATE 2 (ITALIAN IV - SEMESTER 1)
SYLLABUS AND CONTENT
No. of on-line asynchronous Sessions: 16
No. of self-administered Grammar/Culture Lessons (with Exercises and Exams): 5
No. of Audio Lessons and Recordings: 4
No. of Assignments: 4
Mid-term test
Final exam
In this tutored course you review, practice and reinforce how to better express your opinions, understand more complex sentences, narrate a fact with different kinds of past, write a letter, use the future, the conditional, the imperative and idiomatic expressions.
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 the 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.
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| 1 | THE COURSE SESSIONS ARE MOSTLY CONDUCTED IN ITALIAN (apart relevant instructions) |
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Introduction to the course.
Revision exercises:
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| 2 | Grammar/Culture Lesson with exercises and exam: i_7
Pino and Saint Scolastica on Mount Majella. Learn how to narrate and congratulate someone. Relative pronouns; pronouns after a preposition; how to narrate (part 2): trapassato prossimo. Activity: religion. |
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| 3 | Learn the difference between a dictionary and an automatic translator |
Assignment - minimum amount of words required: 45 |
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Audio Lesson and Recording: introductions - presentazioni |
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| 5 | Grammar/Culture Lesson with exercises and exam: i_8
Pino and Pulcinella in Naples. Learn to express preferences. The conditional (present and past conditional); special construction: conditional of dovere, volere, potere + infinitive. Activity: theatre. |
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Assignment - minimum amount of words required: 45 |
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| 7 | Grammar/Culture Lesson with exercises and exam: i_9
Pino and Pirandello in Lipari. Learn to express yourself in a concise way. Idiomatic expressions. Indefinite adjectives and pronouns; impersonal construction. Activity: literature and poetry. |
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| 8 | Revision and
Mid-Term Test |
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Grammar revision:
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| 9 | Audio Lesson and Recording: happiness - felicità |
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| 10 | Grammar/Culture Lesson with exercises and exam: i_10
Pino and Eleonora d'Arborea in Tharros. Learn to write a letter. Learn to give commands or suggestions. Difference between written and spoken Italian. Imperative. Activity: history. |
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| 11 | Be punctual. Be proactive. Get results. |
Assignment - minimum amount of words required: 45 |
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| 12 | The importance of foreign language study. |
Audio Lesson and Recording: my favorite movie - il mio film preferito. |
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| 13 | Grammar/Culture Lesson with exercises and exam: i_11
Pino and Colombo in San Fruttuoso. Learn to make plans. Reciprocal construction; other particular constructions; special construction (stare + gerundio); adverbs. Activity: the government system. |
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| 14 | Assignment - minimum amount of words required: 45 |
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| 15 | Audio Lesson and Recording: friendship - amicizia |
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| 16 | Revision and
Final Exam |
Grammar revision:
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