HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
COURSE SYLLABUS
1.
COURSE TITLE
Italian III
2.
COURSE CODE
ITAL2010
3.
NO. OF UNITS
3
4.
PREREQUISITE
ITAL1020 or equivalent
5.
OFFERING DEPARTMENT
Language Centre
6.
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
This course aims to build further on the lower-intermediate level work and widen the scope
of students’ exposure to more complex aspects of Italian language and culture. Students are
expected to consolidate their understanding of Italian grammar and develop further their
production and reception skills in more complex situations such as talking about their
holidays, their future plans and hypothetical situations.
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COURSE CONTENT
1. Grammar
- Verbs: Imperfect (Present progressive), Present Perfect vs Imperfect
- Verbs: Future
- Verbs: Conditional
2. Communication and Vocabulary
- Talking about your holidays and past experience
- Talking about your future plans and career
- Talking about hypothetical situations
3. Culture
- Education and work culture in Italy
- Italian artists and designers (e.g. Leonardo and Michelangelo)
- Christianity and Italian art
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9.
COURSE INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (CILOS)
CILO
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
CILO 1
attain the European Framework of Italian Level A2
(Part I) in grammar, vocabulary and expressions
CILO 2
read aloud a simple Italian text fluently, accurately and with
comprehension
CILO 3
engage in a conversation about past experience and
events, future plans and hypothetical situations with skill
and fluency
CILO 4
demonstrate knowledge of some famous Italian artists and their
works, the relationship between Christianity and Italy, the Italian
education system and its work culture.
TEACHING & LEARNING ACTIVITIES (TLAS)
CILO No.
CILO 1-3
TLAs
Grammar exercises, vocabulary lists and selected passages and
dialogues are used to help students acquire the grammar,
vocabulary and expressions.
CILO 1, 2
Students master their reading skills and pronunciation through
practice in class, listening to the teacher, CDs, watching
documentary videos, films and singing songs.
CILO 1-3
Students listen to selected dialogues on CDs and practise the
conversations/dialogues in pairs or small groups. They are
also asked to write their own dialogues.
CILO 4
Lectures, videos and information from the internet are used to
introduce students to Italian Artists and other aspects of Italian
culture. They will also be searching for information from the
internet to present in class.
10. ASSESSMENT METHODS (AMS)
Type of
Assessment
2 quizzes
Weighting
20%
CILOs to be
addressed
1
Description of Assessment Tasks
These tests focus mainly on
grammar,
vocabulary
and
expressions
Coursework
20%
1-3
Students are asked to do a
mini-project introducing a specific
aspect of Italian culture approved
by the teacher (10%) and an oral
presentation (10%)
Examination
11.
60%
1-4
Oral exam: (10%)
Listening Comprehension (10%),
Reading Comprehension (10%),
Grammar and usage (10%),
Culture (10%),
Writing (10%).
TEXTBOOKS / RECOMMENDED READINGS
S. Branciforte, A. Grassi, Parliamo Italiano, Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1998.
M. Danesi, Master the Basics: Italian, Barron’s New York, 1987.
A. Mazzetti, M. Falcinelli, B. Servadio, Qui Italia, Primo Livello,Le Monnier, Firenze,
1993.
L. Oriolo, A New Style Italian Grammar, Links Publications, London 1990.
Syllabus prepared by: Ms. Angela Ng
Date: 15 Sept. 2010