Instructor: Dr. Beatrice Arduini
Email: barduini@uw.edu
Class meeting: M W 12:30 - 2:20PM Thomson Hall (THO) 211
Office Hours: : MW 2:30 - 3:20PM Padelford Hall (PDL) C-249
Course Description:
The course engages closely with contemporary Italian culture, with the aim of enabling students to operate comfortably in an Italian university or professional context. To this end, we will study a wide variety of audio, audio-visual, and printed materials that cover many aspects of Italian life, learning to comment (in writing and speaking) on those materials. Reading, listening, and speaking assignments will gradually gain in complexity. Through small research projects, we will build both an awareness of cultural context, and the ability to synthesize and explain complex information.
Course goals:
Develop reading skills in authentic materials
Develop writing skills for business correspondence
Begin to develop writing skills for discussing literature
Begin to develop skills of critical analysis
Continue to develop listening skills
Continue to develop spoken Italian
Continue to develop an awareness of defining cultural questions
Review finer points of grammar and style
Textbook and Instructional Materials:
Required: Bozzone Costa, Piantoni, Ghezzi, Nuovo Contatto B2: Corso di lingua e civiltà italiana per stranieri (Loescher, 2017).
Audio-visual materials are online via www.imparosulweb.eu
TalkAbroad Section Code: Ardui2021-774604 (The price for 2 15-min and 2 30-min conversations is $45 per student.)
Tentative Syllabus and Course Calendar:
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Wednesday |
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(Sep 27) – Sep 29 |
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Intro |
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Oct 4 – Oct 6 |
Pronti e Via! |
Pronti e via! TalkAbroad 1 [entro venerdì 8] |
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Oct 11 – (Oct 13) |
Unità 1 |
No Class |
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Componimento 1 [bozza] |
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Oct 18 – (Oct 20) |
Unità 1 Presentazioni? |
No Class TalkAbroad 2 [entro venerdì 22] |
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Oct 25 – Oct 27 |
Unità 1 |
Unità 2 Quiz 1 |
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Componimento 1 [rivisto] |
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Nov 1 – Nov 3 |
Unità 2 Presentazioni? |
Unità 2
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Nov 8 – Nov 10 |
Unità 3 Quiz 2 |
Unità 3 TalkAbroad 3 [entro venerdì 12] |
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Nov 15 – Nov 17 |
Unità 3 |
Unità 4 |
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Componimento 2 [bozza] |
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Nov 22 – Nov 24 |
Unità 4 Presentazioni? |
Unità 4
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Nov 29 – Dec 1 |
Unità 5 Componimento 2 [rivisto] |
Unità 5 TalkAbroad 4 [entro venerdì 3] |
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Dec 6 – Dec 8 |
Unità 5 Quiz 3 |
Riflessioni conclusive Componimento 3 [due Fri Dec 10] |
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*No Final Exam*
*Calendar may change*