S Riedel
6 points - 5 hours per week - First semester - Clayton - Prohibitions: VCE Italian. For students with little or no previous knowledge of Italian
Objectives This subject aims to provide a basic foundation in the four macro-skill areas. Upon successful completion of this subject the learner should be able to understand and produce spoken Italian at an everyday situational level; read authentic texts for gist and/or specific information; produce various types of short written texts and; develop an understanding of various aspects of contemporary Italian society.
Synopsis This accelerated subject uses an integrated communicative approach and aims to provide an introduction to contemporary Italian and a basic foundation for the development of competence in using it. A wide range of texts and materials is used to foster the development of communicative competence and provide sociocultural insights.
Assessment Continuous assessment (classwork, homework and tests; oral and written tasks): 60% - End-of-semester written testing: 40%
Prescribed texts
Lazzarino G, Jacobson M and Bellezza A Prego! An invitation
to Italian McGraw-Hill, 1995
Lazzarino G, Jacobson M and Bellezza A Workbook to accompany Prego! An
invitation to Italian McGraw-Hill, 1995
Lazzarino G and Baldocchi M Laboratory manual to accompany Prego! An
invitation to Italian McGraw-Hill, 1995