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  • ITAL 120: Elementary Italian II

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of Italian 110 or placement into 2nd semester Italian. This course is the continuation of the elementary level sequence designed to develop functional competence in the four skills. Class work emphasizes the further development of the oral-aural skills, speaking and listening. Readings on topics in Italian culture as well as frequent writing practice are also included. Out-of-class homework requires work with the Internet, audio and video materials.
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  • ITAL 130: Intermediate Italian I

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of Italian 120 at Penn or a placement score between 450 and 540 on the Achievement Exam (SAT II). Italian 130 is the first half of a two-semester intermediate sequence designed to help you attain a level of proficiency that will allow you to function comfortably in an Italian-speaking environment. The course will build on your existing skills in Italian, increase your confidence and your ability to read, write, speak and understand the language, and introduce you to more refined lexical items, more complex grammatical structures, and more challenging cultural material. You are expected to have already learned the most basic grammatical structures in elementary Italian and to review these. The course textbook, together with all supplementary materials, will allow you to explore culturally relevant topics and to develop cross-cultural skills through the exploration of similarities and differences between your native culture and the Italian world.
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  • ITAL 134: Accelerated Intermediate Italian

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Prerequisite(s): Italian 112 or departmental permit; proficiency in another foreign language. Italian 134 is the intensive and accelerated course that combines in one semester the intermediate sequence (130 and 140). It will build on your existing skills in Italian, increase your confidence and your ability to read, write, speak and understand the language, and introduce you to more refined lexical items, more complex grammatical structures, and more challenging cultural material. You are expected to have already learned the most basic grammatical structures in elementary Italian and to review these on your own. The course will allow you to explore culturally relevant topics and to develop cross-cultural skills through the exploration of similarities and differences between your native culture and the Italian world.
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  • ITAL 140: Intermediate Italian II

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of Italian 130 at Penn or placement into Italian 140. Italian 140 is the second half of a two-semester intermediate sequence designed to help you attain a level of proficiency that will allow you to function comfortably in an Italian-speaking environment. The course will build on your existing skills in Italian, increase your confidence and your ability to read, write, speak and understand the language, and introduce you to more refined lexical items, more complex grammatical structures, and more challenging cultural material. You are expected to have already learned the most basic grammatical structures in elementary Italian and to review these on your own. The course will allow you to explore culturally relevant topics and to develop cross-cultural skills through the exploration of analogies and differences between your native culture and the Italian world. The course will move beyond stereotypical presentations of Italy and its people to concentrate on specific social issues together with cultural topics.
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  • ITAL 180: Italian Conversation in Residence

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Must be resident of the Modern Language House. Undergraduate-Level Courses
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  • ITAL 202: Advanced Italian

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Prerequisite(s): Open to students who have completed the language requirement. This course aims at developing and deepening language abilities acquired in the first two years of study; it also prepares students for upper-level courses in literature, culture or cinema. Students will increase their vocabulary and speaking skills through the reading, analysis and discussion of Niccolo Amanniti's best-selling novel Io non ho paura. Other reading materials will open windows onto aspects of contemporary Italian culture and society. We will place special emphasis on a thorough review of advanced grammar. Short weekly compositions and a final project will develop writing skills. This course is a prerequisite for other 200-level courses.
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  • ITAL 203: Introduction to Italian Literature and Culture

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. Prerequisite(s): Italian 202 (may be taken concurrently). Readings and reflections on significant texts of the Italian literary and artistic tradition exploring a wide range of genres, themes, cultural debates by analyzing texts in sociopolitical contexts. Readings and discussions in Italian.
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  • ITAL 204: Italian History on Screen:How Movies Tell the Story of Italy

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Italian civilization in its encyclopedic sweep, from ancient Rome to the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Risorgimento, Fascism, World War II, and the contemporary scene, in compared perspective, through the historian's eye and the film maker's lens. Course taught in English; films in Italian with English subtitles, readings in English.
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  • ITAL 205: Italia Viva Voce

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Prerequisite(s): Italian 202 (may be taken concurrently). In this advanced conversation course taught exclusively in Italian, students will perfect their communication skills and learn to use the most appropriate register in a variety of formal and informal situations while exploring significant aspects of contemporary Italian culture. Listening and speaking activities--role plays, discussions, oral presentations, internet forums, etc.--will be based on audio-visual material (songs, pictures, audio and video clips) and written texts (newspaper articles, literary texts) provided by the instructor and/or proposed by the students themselves based on their explorations of the Italian web. Linguistic structures will be revised as needed. Some writing will also be required.
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