ITA 2221 (Intermediate Italian 2) Fall 2012
Class Meetings
Office
Office Hours
Email
Phone
Dr. Colarossi, Alessia
MTWR
253 Dauer Hall
TBA
acolarossi@ufl.edu
273-3788
Course Description:
A second year language course for students who have completed Beginning Italian 1, 2, and Intermediate 1.
Emphasis will be on the further development of basic competence in the language and culture. 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 mainly focus on speaking and writing skills. In class
students will have opportunities to speak and write in Italian, and 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
and web pages, in order to develop stronger reading skills. Together with the accompanying exercises, assigned
readings of the book must be completed before class, so that class time can be used for a more in depth analysis of
the text and discussion. The Web will be periodically used in the course of the semester as listening and reading
comprehension exercises, and to enhance conversation on Italian culture. Students will additionally be challenged
to work on writing skills with compositions and longer essays.
Course Objectives:
The objective of this course is to expand your vocabulary and abilities in the use of spoken Italian in everyday
communicative situations. This course will also include practice in writing Italian and in using grammatical
structures (intermediate-level structures), keeping in mind that the purpose of the course is for you to achieve
competence in speaking Italian, not in the mastery of grammar for its own sake. Because the focus of the course is
on communication, you are expected to review/study the grammar studied in the previous courses at home, in order
to have a basic competence while interacting in Italian. For this reason, class attendance and participation is
absolutely essential and will comprise a significant portion of the final grade. By the end of this course, you can
expect to be able to express yourself using a larger variety of vocabulary, express doubts, emotions and opinions
about music, relationships, environment, social issues like immigration and technology; make hypothesis; discuss
various aspects of Italian lifestyles and compare cultures; recognize and understand the use of “passato remoto”.
Writing assignments will develop your abilities to communicate creatively and persuasively. Listening to and
reading the perspectives of Italians, through authentic documents, will help to enrich vocabulary and strengthen
language skills while also providing a rich and varied base for our dialogue with Italian culture.
Prerequisite: Completion of Italian 2203 at UF or equivalent to be established in department administered
placement test.
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Required Materials:
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Ponti: italiano terzo millennio (Textbook) by Elissa Tognozzi, Giuseppe Cavatorta. Heinle,
2009. Second Edition.
Student Activities Manual (SAM) and SAM Audio CDs (for completing the lab section included
in SAM) for Ponti, Second Edition.
English/Italian, Italian/English dictionary (i.e. Oxford Paravia, Harper Collins, Webster’s). Please
no pocket size.
For additional resources accompanying Ponti please go to the following page:
http://college.cengage.com/languages/italian/tognozzi/ponti/2e/site_index.html and take
advantage of the practice offered in the site map.
*Please make sure to bring the textbook and the dictionary to each class meeting.
Final Grade
Class Participation/Attendance
Homework
(Activities
manual,
compositions, and what assigned by
the Professor)
In class essays (4)
Oral presentations (3)
Final project
20%
15%
40%
15%
10%
Requirements:
Attendance. ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY. Roll will be taken on a daily basis.
Late arrivals and early departures will count as absence (3 late arrivals / early departures = 1 absence).
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.
Take a few minutes during the first days of class to exchange phone numbers and e-mail addresses with at
least three other students.
YOUR ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER WILL
COUNT FOR 20% OF YOUR FINAL GRADE. Merely being present does not insure obtaining
participation points. Full participation means that students come to class fully prepared and ready to work.
You must prepare all homework (i.e. readings, questions, grammar exercises) and be ready to engage with
the material studied at home and covered in class in an alert and enthusiastic manner. Students who do not
read, participate and volunteer, or speak English in class will receive a greatly reduced participation
grade.
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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 only
during class time g) positive attitude, and i) in-class assignments. There is no make-up for class
participation.
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.
Make-up Policy. If a student cannot take the in class essay or be in class for the oral presentation 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 dates on which
the student could not attend. A receipt from a visit to a physician is not acceptable. If documentation is
satisfactory, your Professor will arrange a time and date for the make-up.
Homework
Assignments will include (but are not limited to) written homework assigned periodically by your
Professor, completion of exercises in the manual, and compositions.
The workbook and lab exercises are contained in the Student Activities Manual. Exercises are meant to
test, practice and reinforce grammar structures, vocabulary and topics covered in class. Your Professor
will collect the exercises for each chapter on days specified in the syllabus. The Manual will not be
accepted without corrections and/or late (the answer key will be posted on Sakai under Resources). For
each exercise assigned in the workbook/lab manual, you are required do the following:
1. Complete the exercise without looking at the answers.
2. Check your answers with the answer key.
3. Show any corrections in a different color ink than originally used.
Detailed instructions for the oral presentations and final project will be given in class by your Professor.
Grading Scale.
A 100- A- 9293
90
B+ 89- B 8687
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Grade Point Average
A
AB+
4.0
3.67
3.33
WF 0
I0
NG 0
B
3
B2.67
B- 8280
C+
2.33
C+ 79- C 7677
73
C
2.0
C1.67
C- 7270
D+
69-67
D+
1.33
D
1.0
D 6366
D.67
D- 6260
E
59-
E
0
S-U
0
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/
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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.
Weekly syllabus (schedule subject to minor changes over the course of the semester)
In class
Homework
(Assigned day by day depending on
what covered in class)
WEEK 1
W 08/22 Introduzione al corso
CAPITOLO 1. Lettura/Domande /Lessico pp.2-4
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Studio Realia. Lettura ed esercizi pp.7-8
Commenti su McDonalds Italia e spot
pubblicitari. Scrivere 2 paragrafi
Composizione #1 (su Sakai per
Martedì)
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WEEK 2
M 08/27 Grammatica
T
W
Pre-Lettura, Lettura pp.26-27 ed esercizio C
Uso Vocabolario. Pre-scrittura e
Composition 1 DUE
Scrittura p.29
CAP. 2. Lettura p.33 e articolo pp.50-52
Wkbk/lab Cap.1 DUE (except S p.14)
R
Lessico/Pratica pp.34-36 / Differenze articoli
WEEK 3
M 09/03 Labor Day
T
Grammatica
W
I prodotti italiani in USA pp.57-60
R
In class essay #1
Wkbk/ lab Cap.2 DUE
WEEK 4
M 09/10
CAP. 3. Lettura/Lessico/Pratica pp.62-64
T
Attività p.65, B e D. Studio Realia pp.67-68
W
Grammatica
R
Scrittura (Punto 3 p.90)
Oral presentations (1)
Pre-Lettura, Lettura pp.87-88
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WEEK 5
M 09/17 Oral Presentations (1)
T
CAP. 4. Lettura/Lessico/Pratica pp.94-97
Wkbk/ lab Cap. 3 DUE
W
Musica e domande. Cantanti e canzoni. Pp.96-97
R
Jovanotti: Biografia e musica
Composizione#2
Composition 2 DUE
WEEK 6
M 09/24
Riflessioni su “Libera l’anima” (Jovanotti).
Grammatica
T
Giacomo Puccini-Madama Butterfly
W
In-class essay #2
Wkbk/lab Cap.4 DUE
R
CAP. 5. Lettura/Lessico/Pratica pp.122-125
WEEK 7
M 10/01 Cucina per regioni. Ricetta e ingredienti
T
Studio Realia/Pratica
Grammatica
W
Lettura pp.142-144.
Come si scrive una lettera Pellegrino
Grammatica
Artusi p.146
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R
CAP. 6. Lettura/Lessico/Pratica pp.153-156
Composizione #3
Wkbk/lab Cap.5 DUE
WEEK 8
M 10/08 Studio realia. Le feste e il Carnevale.
T
Grammatica
Composition 3 DUE
W
Grammatica. Pinocchio e Carlo Collodi
R
In class essay #3
WEEK 9
M 10/15 CAP.7 Lettura/Lessico. Il cellulare
Wkbk/lab Cap.6 DUE
T
Articolo cellulare
W
Grammatica (il futuro e il condizionale)
R
Grammatica (i pronomi relativi)
WEEK 10
M 10/22 Pre-lettura- Lettura pp.200-203
T
Oral presentations (2)
W
Oral presentations (2)
R
CAP. 8 Lettura/Lessico/ Video immigrati
Wkbk/lab Cap.7 DUE
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WEEK 11
M 10/29 Domande. Ecologia.
Vedere sito ‘Legambiente’ (Cosa fa
questa organizzazione e perchè è
importante)
T
Parliamo di Legambiente. Grammatica
W
Lettura “Testimonianza di Giuliana” e riflessioni
R
Pre-Lettura, Lettura pp.231-234
Composizione #4
Composition 4 DUE
WEEK 12
M 11/05 In class essay #4
T
CAP.10 Lettura/Lessico/Domande pp.268-270
Wkbk/lab Cap.8 DUE
W
Lettura (carte da gioco). Pratica.
Start thinking about the topic and
R
Giochi in Italia. Tombola
preliminary bibliography (Final
project)
WEEK 13
M 11/12 Veterans Day
T
Grammatica (Il periodo ipotetico cap.9 pp.252-254)
W
Grammatica (Si passivante, si impersonale cap.10).
R
Oral presentations (3)
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WEEK 14
M 11/19 Oral presentations (3)
T
CAP. 12 Lettura/Lessico/ Pratica
Leggere articolo su “Vociglobali”
Wkbk/lab Cap.10 (except pp. 98-101) +Wkbk Cap.9 only i,
j, k pp.87-89 DUE
W
No Class (Thanksgiving)
WEEK 15
M 11/26 Discussione articolo
Grammatica (Infinito e gerundio)
T
Grammatica (Discorso diretto e indiretto, cap.11)
W
Emigrazione africana in Italia. Discussione
R
Lettura pp.342-347
WEEK 16
M 12/03 Intervista: Riflessioni
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TBA
W
Festeggiamo la cultura italiana!
FINAL PROJECT DUE on Wed. 12/05 via email (Word doc) by 5p.m. No exception will be made.
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