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ITA 104 - Intensive 1st Year Italian
Italian 104 is the first in the series of Online First Year Intensive Italian summer courses (followed by Italian 105). It is designed for students who have no previous Italian instruction and who wish to have an online immersion language learning experience. This 5-week online course (June 26 through July 29, 2023) will be offered completely online consisting of asynchronous (not at the same time) and some synchronous (at the same time) activities. Since our goal is to create an intensive immersion language learning experience, you will be expected to engage in various language activities at least 3-4 hours daily. All of the course activities will be completed online using the course website on Canvas or other internet-based resources. You will complete the regular asynchronous tasks when it’s convenient for you within a fixed period of time. There will also be activities you will do with your partners using Zoom. For these, you will follow the schedule set by the instructor and set aside time to work with your peer(s) according to your available times.

The main goal of this course is to give you (the students) the basic skills you need to communicate in Italian in familiar real-life situations. The course is designed for you to gain skills in all three modes of communication (interpretive, presentational, and interpersonal) in culturally authentic contexts. You will be exposed to Italian texts (written, audio, and audio-video) in order to develop strong interpretive reading and listening skills. You will work on your presentational and interpersonal writing and speaking skills based on writing activities, oral presentations, dialogs, interviews, and role-play situations. The course will be conducted mostly in Italian. This will be a fun, rigorous, dynamic, and active learning experience in a respectful and supportive community of learners.


Course Details

Department Romance Languages
Credits 5
Dates 06/26 - 07/29