Taught in Italian

In this course students will gain an appreciation for Italian culture through the analyses of literary texts, articles, films, and plays. Students will continue to build on the work done in Italian 3, striving for a higher level of sophistication and fluency in writing, reading, and speaking. Readings will be more challenging than in the previous semester, and will cover a wider range of topics. Excerpts taken from novels will be longer with a richer, more complex vocabulary and sentence structure.

Course Requirements

Five hours per week. Mandatory attendance. Weekly quizzes, midterm, writing assignments, one oral presentation, and a final exam.

Prerequisites

Italian 3 or consent of instructor.

Texts

STUDENTS TAKE NOTE! REVISED TEXTBOOKS 6/12/14!

Immagina, l’italiano senza confini, A Cummings, C. Frenquellucci, etc. Vista Higher Learning 2011. ISBN 978-1-60576-260-9

RECOMMENDED

Webster’s New World Italian Dictionary Concise edition ISBN 9780139536397