Course syllabus
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SEMESTER 2, 2019
15 points
Staff:
Gabriella Brussino
Office: Arts 2, room 515
E-mail: g.brussino@auckland.ac.nz
Office hour: Tuesday 3-4 pm
Course delivery format:
The course is delivered through a combination of two hours in class per week and an app available online through all digital fixed and portable devices.
IN-CLASS "LECTURES" ARE NOT RECORDED.
Timetable and room details can be viewed on Student Services Online
Prescribed TEXTBOOKS, available from Ubiq https://ubiq.co.nz/:
• T. Marin and S. Magnelli. The Italian Project 1a, Edilingua (Revised edition of the workbook).
They are available to purchase either in store or online via the links below:
Online dictionaries and translators:
Use of online dictionaries and translators is allowed (and useful) only for one word at a time, NEVER for sentences or entire paragraphs. Use of online dictionaries and translators is NEVER allowed during in class tests and the oral exam.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-italian/
In Italia con Giacomo:
This App is worth 33% of your final mark.
This is a trip you are undertaking with Giacomo's guidance - as you progress on your trip through Italy, your knowledge of the language will progress as well. It contains 4 lessons per week of approx 30 mins each, and you are required to do them all to reach your destination for the week.
You must complete an activity to be able to proceed to the next one.
Once you have completed each activity, press the + button to proceed.
Don't expect activities to cover what you already learnt in class. This is a journey of discovery: activities are designed to help you explore the language - not to test, so feel free to try, learn from your attempts and while you travel confirm or revisit your theories about how the language works.
Each week, if you have completed all 4 lessons, you will automatically gain 3 points but you will also need to take the quiz in Canvas in order to recharge Giacomo and progress to the next week's lessons. The recharge quizzes (Prove di Ricarica) will be worth 15% and unless you take them when they are due, you will not be able to progress with the course contents.
Ricarica Quizzes:
- These are weekly, from week 1 to week 11.
- The final mark will only consider the best 10 out of 11 quizzes.
- There are 10 questions and you have no time limit to answer each of them.
- Some of the words or contents will be new to you. DON'T PANIC! You may consult your text book. Use of online dictionaries IS allowed but only for one word at a time, NEVER for sentences or entire paragraphs.
- You have 4 attempts to complete the Ricarica. The best mark will be your final mark.
Tests in class:
These two written tests take place during your class time, so the date will be different for each group. The date indicated in CANVAS is always when the first group of the week is due to take it.
Oral exam:
PLEASE NOTE: The oral exam is a FINAL exam. Not sitting implies a final result of DNC (Did Not Complete). Use of online dictionaries and translators is NEVER allowed during in class tests and the oral exam.
Your oral exam, worth 10%, will be held during Week 12. It involves reading a dialogue out loud, responding to questions on topic covered in the course, and performing a communicative situation with a partner.
Important: A prerequisite for the final oral exam is to have a minimum class attendance. Students who have accumulated 3 week's unjustified absences (3 weeks or 6 hours) by Week 11 are not entitled to sit the oral exam in Week 12.
Course outcomes:
By the end of this course, you should be able to demonstrate:
Cultural competence: specific regions and cities, regional traditions and festivals, historic cafès, regional cuisine and products, everyday lifestyle.
Communicative competence: Interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly; Understand and use familiar everyday expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; Introduce and describe yourself and others and ask and answer questions about yourself regarding provenance, family, home, work or study, interests and hobbies; Ask and provide information regarding your surroundings and travel; Invite and accept/turn down invitations of various type; Express wishes, plans and desires for the future; Make phone calls and write simple e-mails.
Language structures: Basic knowledge of grammatical gender and number; Definite and indefinite articles and agreement in gender and number; Forming the plural of nouns and articles; Prepositions, partitive, possessives; Subject pronouns; The auxiliary verbs essere, stare, avere; Present of first-, second- and third-conjugation verbs; Present-tense conjugation of common irregular verbs; Present perfect tense of first-, second- and third-conjugation verbs; Future tense of first-, second- and third- conjugation verbs.
Workload and deadlines for submission of coursework:
The University of Auckland's expectation is that students spend 10 hours per week on a 15-point course, including time in class and personal study. Students should manage their academic workload and other commitments accordingly. Deadlines for coursework are set by course convenors and will be advertised in course material. You should submit your work on time. In extreme circumstances, such as illness, you may seek an extension but you may be required to provide supporting information before the assignment is due. Late assignments without a pre-approved extension may be penalised by loss of marks.
Course summary:
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