NYU – Department of Italian
Summer 2014
Intensive Intermediate Italian Section 001
Monday-Thursday, 2:30-6:15
Paolo Campolonghi
[email protected]
Learning Goals
Comprehension: Students will gain understanding of oral and written material on various topics,
ranging from basic needs and personal interests to more complex tasks, such as travel, history,
and politics. They will be able to read written material adapted from authentic sources, such as
brief narratives and newspaper articles, and will gradually be able to infer and extract
increasingly complex information from the material. The understanding and expression of
personal thoughts and feelings will grow to include increasingly sophisticated nuances.
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Production: Students will be able to handle uncomplicated conversation tasks and standard social
situations. They will be learn to react to communicative situations beyond their mere immediate
needs, approaching in some depth topics such as leisure time, professional goals, and cultural
norms. Skills in oral presentation will begin to solidify: within limits, students can sustain a
general conversation and be understood, debating opposing viewpoints on a range of topics, and
making comparisons and hypotheses. Students will be able to write short letters and show
command of simple sentence syntax. Skills in narrating in short paragraphs begin to emerge.
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Linguistic structures: Students will learn increasingly complex grammar, such as indirect and
combined pronouns, various past and future tenses, and conditional and subjunctive modes.
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Expected Learning Outcomes (ELO)
Students will:
 Use only target language to negotiate meaning in class
 Demonstrate ability to handle various communicative functions, such as expressing and
comparing preferences and experiences on various topics
 Express opinions, needs and wants, formulate hypotheses and conditional sentences;
 Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical structures (particularly of the pronominal and
verbal system) in periodic written tests and exams
 Design an oral presentation and perform it in front of the class to demonstrate
achievements in mono-directional communication;
 Compile textual assignments involving prose production, such as synopses, paraphrases,
summaries and short essays on a given topic.
Note: specific learning outcomes are indicated below after each unit.
Textual Resources:
 Oggi in Italia, Houghton-Mifflin, NYU Edition (**Oggi in Italia = OI; Parole per Oggi = PO)
 Audio lab: http://library.nyu.edu/collections/ereserves.html (NYU username and password)
 Classes Shell: Intensive Intermediate Italian Section 001
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Textual Resources
T 7/8
OI, Lezioni
LP-10:
pp. 1-240
W 7/9
OI, Lezione 11:
pp. 241-263
Related Structures and
Vocabulary
Students will:
- make plans for their
first week in Florence
- discuss personal
health and refer to
parts of the body
- express likes and
dislikes
Homework
Ripasso lezioni
LP-10
Handouts
Pronomi indiretti
11/1
11/2
11/3
11/4
11/5
Costruzioni con piacere
-----------Topografia di Firenze
Il corpo umano
E
PO, Unità 12:
pp. 130-140
Communicative
Functions/Goals
R 7/10
Lezione 12:
pp. 264-274
Students will:
- narrate a love story
- discuss sports
- make plans for the
future and express
probability
F 7/11
Q 11
Verbi riflessivi con significato 12/1
di reciprocità
12/2
12/3
Futuro semplice
12/4
12/5
Futuro di probabilità
-----------Gli sport
SA
M
PO, Unità 2:
pp. 18-26
PL
Oggetti personali utili
Lezione 12:
pp. 275-286
Students will:
Trapassato
- compare events
which took place at
I pronomi NE e CI
different times in the
past
- compile with a
partner a list of places
they visited
12/6
12/7
12/8
Handout
Fine settimana libero
2
M 7/14 Q 12 OI, Lezione 13: Students will:
T 7/15
pp. 287-309
- express wishes and
wants politely
PO, Unità 13: - explain what they
pp. 142-154;
would do in different
Unità 7:
situations
pp. 76-86
- compare Italian and
American meals and
celebrations
Condizionale
13/1
13/2
Pronomi combinati
13/3
13/4
Pronomi relativi CHE e CUI 13/5
----------13/6
I pasti e le stoviglie
13/7
13/8
Il compleanno
Rivenditori e negozi
Congiuntivo presente: verbi 14/1
che esprimono desiderio,
14/2
opinione, volontà e speranza 14/3
14/4
Comparativo d’uguaglianza, 14/5
maggioranza e minoranza
---------La casa
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E
W 7/16 Q 13 OI, Lezione 14: Students will:
R 7/17
pp. 310-331
- express desires,
demands and hopes
PO, Unità 3:
- discuss renting an
pp. 38-44
apartment in New
York and in Florence
- describe rooms and
their furnishings
- compare apartments,
buildings and housing
preferences
M
I mobili e gli elettrodomestici
SA
Fine settimana (07/18-19): escursione a Roma
M 7/21 Q 14 OI, Lezione 15: Students will:
T 7/22
pp. 332-356
- report and react to
news
PO, Unità 15: - locate European
pp. 178-180
countries and their
capitals
- express hopes,
necessities, demands
and opinions
- give advice on a trip
to Europe
- compare Italian and
American politics
Congiuntivo presente: verbi
irregolari
15/1
15/2
15/3
Congiuntivo con espressioni 15/4
impersonali
15/5
Superlativo relativo e
superlativo assoluto
Comparativi e superlativi
irregolari
-----------Il telegiornale
Paesi e capitali
La politica e il governo
3
W 7/23
OI, Lezione 16: Students will:
pp. 357-380
- discuss musical
preferences
- express emotions,
doubts and beliefs
about present and past
events
- express their opinion
on common Italian and
American stereotypes
Congiuntivo con espressioni 16/1
di emozione, dubbio o
16/2
convinzione
16/3
16/4
Congiuntivo passato
16/5
Congiuntivo dopo le
congiunzioni
Costruzioni con SI
- - - - - - - - -- - Manifestazioni culturali
E
I prefissi IN-, S-, DIS- e RIGli strumenti musicali
Ripasso
PL
R 7/24
M
Fine settimana (7/25-26): Verona e Mantova
MIDTERM EXAM
T 7/29
OI, Lezione 16: Students will:
pp. 357-380
- discuss musical
preferences
- express emotions,
doubts and beliefs
about present and past
events
- express their opinion
on common Italian and
American stereotypes
SA
M 7/28
Congiuntivo con espressioni 16/1
di emozione, dubbio o
16/2
convinzione
16/3
16/4
Congiuntivo passato
16/5
Congiuntivo dopo le
congiunzioni
Costruzioni con SI
- - - - - - - - -- - Manifestazioni culturali
I prefissi IN-, S-, DIS- e RIGli strumenti musicali
4
W 7/30 Q 16 OI, Lezione 17: Students will:
Imperfetto del congiuntivo
pp. 381- 404
- discuss job prospects
and qualifications
Trapassato del congiuntivo
PO, Unità 6:
- prepare a resume
pp. 66-74
Correlazione dei tempi
R 7/31
Students will:
- express thoughts and
opinions about past
events
- describe hypothetical
situations
17/1
17/2
17/3a
17/3b
17/4
17/5
Frasi introdotte da se
Condizionale passato
-----------Dopo la laurea
E
Mestieri, professioni e altre
occupazioni
PL
Escursione in giornata a Ravenna
SA
M
M 8/4 Q 17 OI, Lezione 18: Students will:
T 8/5
pp. 405- 426
- explain actions in
progress
- create an
environmental
advertisement
campaign
- plan and discuss pros
and cons of a green
weekend in the city
W 8/6 Q 18 OI, Argomenti Students will:
R 8/7
supplementari: - create a top ten of
pp. R1-R10
Italian songs or movies
- narrate the life story
PO, Unità 14: of an ancestor
pp. 155-166
Tempi progressivi
Avverbi di tempo, luogo,
modo e quantità
Verbi che richiedono una
preposizione
-----------I mezzi di trasporto
18/1
18/2
18/3a
18/3b
18/4
18/5
L’ambiente
Aggettivi e pronomi
indefiniti
Pronomi possessivi
Passato remoto
Voce passiva
-----------Numeri ordinali
AS/1
AS/2
AS/3
AS/4
AS/5
AS/6
Nomi alterati
5
Fine settimana libero
M 8/11 Q AS Ripasso
T 8/12
Presentazioni orali
R 8/14
Final exam
SA
M
PL
E
W 8/13
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