ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY ROME
SYLLABUS
ITALIAN II (1020)
Dr. Lucy Delogu
Email: [email protected]
REQUIRED TEXT:
PREGO and handouts
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Open to students who have the equivalent of 1/2 semesters of
college Italian or who can demonstrate a high level of proficiency
in the use of the language. Intensive oral and written work,
including a review of grammar, readings, short compositions,
conversation.
CREDITS:
Three Hours.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: To help students perfect all four skills (listening, speaking,
reading, and writing) with an emphasis on listening and speaking;
to improve their linguistic competence through analysis of written
and oral discourse on all levels (phonological, syntactic, semantic,
pragmatic); to stimulate students to use Italian creatively.
COURSE PROCEDURE: The course is conducted almost entirely in Italian, except for
explanations and clarifications.
GRADING:
A = 94 to 100
A- = 90 to 93
B+ = 87 to 89
Midterm Examination
Final Examination
Tests 3
Participation
Oral Presentations
15%
15%
20%
30%
20%
B = 83 to 86
B- = 80 to 82
C+ = 75 to 79
C = 70 to 74
D = 60 to 69
F = 0 to 59
ATTENDANCE POLICY: Regular attendance is mandatory. You are allowed 3
absences; from the fourth one your grade will be lowered. Midterm, Final and
Quizzes cannot be made up.
COURSE SCHEDULE
The course will review the material taught in ITA 1010 and continue lessons 7
through 12.
WEEK 1: 29 agosto
Conoscersi
Review Of Chapters 1-6; Chapter 7 : verbi riflessivi, costruzione reciproca,
WEEK 2: 5 settembre
Professor absent
Make-up classes to be re-scheduled
WEEK 3: 12 settembre
Passato prossimo
Passato prossimo dei verbi riflessivi
WEEK 4: 19 settembre
L’imperfetto
WEEK 5: 26 settembre
TEST 1
Differenze fra l’imperfetto e il passato prossimo
WEEK 6: 3 ottobre
Il trapassato prossimo. I pronomi diretti.
ORAL PRESENTATION 1
WEEK 7: 10 ottobre
I pronomi indiretti e il verbo piacere.
Review for Midterm
WEEK 8: 17 ottobre
MIDTERM
FALL BREAK FALL BREAK FALL BREAK ( 18-27 ottobre)
WEEK 9: 31 ottobre
I pronomi doppi.
Il pronome “ci
WEEK 10: 7 novembre
L’imperativo e l’imperativo negativo. (tu, noi, voi). L’imperativo con
i pronomi
WEEK 11:
14 novembre
TEST 2
Comparativi e superlativi
WEEK 12: 21 novembre -22 novembre
Futuro semplice
ORAL PRESENTATION 2
Review for Final
WEEK 13: 28 novembre
Thanksgiving: University is closed
WEEK 14:
5 dicembre
FINAL EXAM
The course schedule is subject to change!!!!
