This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

ATS2230 - Intensive introductory Italian 2 (in country)

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Organisational Unit

Coordinator(s)

Offered

Summer semester A 2016 (On-campus block of classes)

Notes

This unit is an international study programinternational study program (http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/study-overseas/) at PratoPrato (http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/prato/) that requires an application to be enrolled and may incur additional cost.
The unit may be offered as part of the Summer Arts ProgramSummer Arts Program (http://www.monash.edu/students/courses/arts/summer-program.html).
The unit may be offered as part of the Winter Arts ProgramWinter Arts Program (http://www.monash.edu/students/courses/arts/winter-program.html).

Synopsis

This unit aims to consolidate the foundation provided by level 1 Italian in the basic language skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing Italian, and to continue the introduction to contemporary Italian social and political history and culture provided by ATS1221 or its equivalent

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, learners should be able to:

understand, speak and write basic Italian with reference to present, past and future events in a range of everyday situations
read elementary but authentic Italian texts
understand basic structural aspects of Italian
have an enhanced understanding of language learning and communication strategies, and
understand key aspects of contemporary Italian culture and society.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60%
Exam: 40%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Additional requirements
This unit is taught intensively at Prato

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Samuele Grassi

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Italian studies

Prohibitions

ATS1221 or equivalent