ITA 2220 : Intermediate Italian1 Spring 2014
Dr. Colarossi, Alessia
Class Meetings
Office
Office Hours
Email
Phone
Course Description:
MTWR
253 Dauer Hall
M 9:35-10:25 & 2:00-2:55pm; W 2:00-2:55pm acolarossi@ufl.edu
273-3788
This is a second year language course for students who have completed Beginning Italian 1 and 2.
Emphasis will be on the further development of basic competence in the language and the introduction of more complex ones. Class will be conducted entirely in Italian and thus student listening skills will be developed through frequent exposure to authentic language spoken at normal speed. Class work will be supplemented with homework using a workbook. In class students will have ample opportunity to speak, as much of the class period will be spent working in pairs or small groups. Students will also be exposed to different kinds of Italian texts such as newspaper articles, short stories and web pages, in order to develop strong reading skills. Italian songs and clips of famous Italian movies will be used in the course of the semester as listening comprehension exercises and as an opportunity for discussion on Italian culture. Students will also be challenged to work on writing skills with compositions and longer essays.
Course Objectives:
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the finer points of the Italian language. By the end of this course, students can expect to be able to talk about the distant past, express doubts, emotions and opinions about theater, cinema, music, and literature; make hypothesis; discuss politics and compare cultures.
Final Grade.
 Participation/attendance (in class performance & Sakai assignments) 15%
 Homework (4 compositions, assignments on Quia) 20%
 Exams (5)
 Oral Presentation
 Oral Exam
50%
5%
10%

Required Materials:
Parliamo italiano!
4th Ed. textbook (by Branciforte, S. & Di Fabio, E. G. John
Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2011) and Quia SAM registration card for online Activities
Manual.
Textbook website: http://www.wiley.com/college/branciforte
Requirements:
Attendance . PERFECT ATTENDANCE IS EXPECTED . Roll will be taken on a daily basis. An absence is considered excused if there is an acceptable reason according to UF policy
( https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/regulations/info/attendance.aspx
). Acceptable reasons include documented medical illness, religious holidays, military obligation, serious family emergencies, and the twelve-day rule. It is the student’s responsibility to notify the instructor of an excused absence and to provide documentation. Otherwise, the absence will be considered unexcused.
** If you are absent it is your responsibility to find out, by contacting a classmate , what was covered in class, assigned as homework, and get any pertinent notes. Also, you should always follow the daily syllabus posted on
Sakai. Take a few minutes during the first days of class to exchange phone numbers and e-mail addresses with at least three other students .
Participation . YOUR ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER
WILL COUNT FOR 15% OF YOUR FINAL GRADE.
Full participation means that students come to class fully prepared and ready to work. You must prepare all oral/written homework and be ready to engage with the material covered in class in an alert and enthusiastic manner. Students are expected to volunteer during the class period. Students who do not prepare in advance (i.e. by learning vocabulary, reviewing structures covered in class, reading and studying new material), students who do not fully participate in group activities and do not speak Italian in class will receive a greatly reduced participation grade.
** THERE IS NO MAKE-UP FOR CLASS PARTICIPATION .
N.B.
Active participation in class is essential. Factors considered in this portion of your grade include: a) attendance b) punctuality c) preparation d) initiative e) volunteering in class f) use of spoken Italian g) positive attitude, and i) in-class assignments.
Cell phones and/or other electronics must be turned OFF and PUT AWAY during class. The following actions will result in a substantial deduction from a student’s participation grade: answering the phone in class; leaving class to answer or make a call; texting or reading texts during class; leaving phones in view
(on the desk, in your lap, in your open backpack, etc.) and/or checking them.
Make-up Policy.
If a student cannot take an exam due to a documented emergency, written proof of the circumstances must be presented to the Professor no later than the day after the student returns to class.
Medical excuses must be on a physician’s letterhead, must include a statement that says that the student
“could not attend class”, and must state the date(s) on which the student could not attend. A receipt from a visit to a physician is not acceptable. If documentation is satisfactory, the Professor will arrange a time and date for the make-up.

Homework (20%)
Assignments will include written homework assigned in class by the Professor, completion of exercises in the Activities Manual (Quia), and compositions.
Students must complete the assigned exercises in the Student Activities Manual (SAM). SAM exercises
(including, workbook, lab , and video ) will be completed electronically using QUIA (see QUIA instructions below). Exercises should be completed on a daily basis after studying each section of a chapter. All assignments for a given unit are due by 11:59pm on the evening before an exam is scheduled.
Late submissions will not be accepted.
Detailed instructions for accessing exercises on Quia follow below.
Creating a Quia Account
If you do not have an account, you need to create one. To do so, follow these steps:
1.
Go to http://books.quia.com
and click Students , then click Create a new account .
2.
Select a username and password and enter your information, then click Submit .
Note: Remember to write down your username and password and be sure to select the correct time zone.
Also, please enter a valid e-mail address.
Entering the Book Key and Course Code
Enter the book key and course code PRPDEH839 to complete the enrollment process. You may already have a book key, or you may need to purchase a book key. Depending on your situation, use one of the procedures below. If you activated the book for a previous course, you can start at step 4 of I already have a book key below.
Once you have completed this step, the system lists the course and book on the Student Workstation home page.
Note: Book keys can only be used once. Your book key will become invalid after you use it.
I already have a book key
1.
2.
Go to http://books.quia.com
and log in.
At the top of the page, enter your book key and click Go .
3.
Click Confirm to confirm your registration information. Your book will appear under the My books heading.
4.
Beside the book listing, enter the course code PRPDEH839 in the Enter course code field and click Go .
5.
Select your section/class period and click Submit .
I need to purchase a book key
1.
Go to http://books.quia.com
and log in.
2.
3.
At the top of the page, enter the course code
Select your section/class period and click
PRPDEH839
Submit
and click Go .
. The course and books will appear under the
My classes heading.
4.
Locate the book and click buy .
5.
Proceed through the purchase process.

Grading Scale.
A 100-
93
A- 92-
90
B+ 89-
87
Grade Point Average
A
4.0
A-
3.67
B+
3.33
B
3
B 86-
83
B-
2.67
B- 82-
80
C+
2.33
C+ 79-
77
C
2.0
C 76-
73
C-
1.67
C- 72-
70
D+
69-67
D+
1.33
D
1.0
D 63-
66
D-
.67
E
0
D- 62-
60
E
59-
Course Evaluations
Course evaluations are conducted online at https://evaluations/ufl.edu
.
They are typically open during the last two weeks of the semester. Students should complete them as soon they become available to them.
Academic Honesty.
Students are expected to follow University of Florida Academic Honesty Guidelines. These can be found at http://www.aa.ufl.edu/aa/Rules/4017.htm
Students may also wish to consult The University of Florida Student Guide Standard of Ethical Conduct found at http://www.dso.ufl.edu/stg/
Students are also expected to follow the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures Academic
Honesty Guidelines:
Academic honesty and integrity are fundamental values of the University community. An academic honesty offense is defined as the act of lying, cheating, or stealing academic information so that one gains academic advantage. Any individual who becomes aware of a violation of the Honor Code is bound by honor to take corrective action.
Violations of the Academic Honesty Guidelines include but are not limited to:
Cheating. The improper taking or tendering of any information or material which shall be used to determine academic credit. Taking of information includes copying graded homework assignments from another student; working with another individual(s) on graded assignments or homework; looking or attempting to look at notes, a text, or another student's paper during an exam.
Plagiarism. The attempt to represent the work of another as the product of one's own thought, whether the other's work is oral or written (including electronic), published or unpublished. Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, quoting oral or written materials without citation on written materials or in oral presentations; submitting work produced by an online translation service or the translation feature of an online dictionary as your own.
Misrepresentation. Any act or omission with intent to deceive a teacher for academic advantage.
Misrepresentation includes lying to a teacher to increase your grade; lying or misrepresenting facts when confronted with an allegation of academic honesty.
Bribery, Conspiracy, Fabrication. For details see website below.
The UF Honor Code states: “We, the members of the University of Florida community, pledge to hold ourselves and our peers to the highest standards of honesty and integrity.”
On all work submitted for credit the following pledge is either required or implied:
“On my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid in doing this assignment.”
Violations of this policy will result in disciplinary action according to the judicial process.
For more details go to: http://www.aa.ufl.edu/aa/Rules/4017.htm
Students with Disabilities.
Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. The
Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the Professor when requesting accommodation.

ITA 2220-Daily syllabus (subject to minor changes)- Spring 2014
01.06
Intro, spiegazione corso.
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Studiare A1 U.9
01.13
B3 (verbi regolari)
01.20
MLK day
01.27
Conversazione
02.03
A3
01.07
A3+esercizi
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Studiare A3 e leggere
A2
01.14
B3 (irregolari)
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B2+ esercizi (da soli)
01.08
A2+esercizi
01.09
Sakai *(B1+esercizi)
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Completare esercizi A2 Leggere B3
01.15
C1,D1
01.16
C3
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Scrivere Tema 1
(titolo su Sakai)
01.23
Sakai *(Immagini e parole)
01.22
D3
01.21
Consegnare Tema 1
C3
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C2 (da soli)
01.28
Ripasso
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Completare online esercizi Quia U.9
(wkbk, lab, video)
02.04
Presentazione orale
A2
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B1+ esercizi
01.29
Esame U.9
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A1 + esercizi ( U.10) e leggere A3
02.05
B3
01.30
A3 U.10
02.06
B3
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B2+ esercizi

02.10
C1 (ascolt tiamo la musica!)Portare il computer in classe.
02.17
Film
02.11
C3
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02.18
Film
02.12 02.13
02.19
Ripasso
---- esercizi Q U.10
02.26
A3
D3
---- casa)
02.20
Esame U
02.27
B3
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02.24
U.11
Saka
02.25
A3
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A2 (a cas a)
03.10
03.17
03.11
C2 (i gior rnali)
03.18
Tema 3
03.12
D3
03.19
Ripasso
---- esercizi Q U.11
03.13
D3
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480-483 (a casa)
03.20
Esame U
.

03.24
U.12
03.31
B3
04.21
A1
04.07
C3-D3 (ripasso tempi verbali)
04.14
Esame U.12
Ripasso
03.25
A3
04.01
B3- B2
04.08
Film
04.15
Ripasso
04.22
Esame comprensivo
03.26
A3
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A2 (a casa)
04.02
C1
03.27
Sakai*(B1)
04.03
Sakai* (C2)
04.09
Film
04.16
Esami orali
04.23
Celebriamo la cultura italiana!
04.10
Tema 4
Ripasso
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Completare online esercizi Quia U.12
(wkbk, lab, video)
04.17
Esami orali
*On days indicated as “SAKAI”, regular class will not meet. Lessons and material to view/complete online will be posted to SAKAI.