Intermediate Italian II

In this course, you will review your study of Italian grammar from Elementary Italian 1 and 2, dive deeper into that grammar, and engage in more rigorous strategies for reading, writing, and oral communication in Italian. New grammar elements not covered in Elementary Italian 1 and 2 will also be introduced. Through intensive reading, videos, regular writing, and in-class participation and presentations, you will strengthen your understanding of spoken and written Italian, as well as improve your communication in Italian, both orally and in writing. Over the course of this semester, you will build your vocabulary, grow more confident in your communication, and expand your exposure to a variety of aspects of Italian history, society and culture. By the end of this course, you should:
(1) be able to introduce and describe yourself and others with comfort, using simple and complex phrases and sentences, both orally and in writing
(2) comprehend simple, somewhat substantial, and substantial texts, both written and auditory, such as descriptions and narration, songs and poetry, that range from linguistically non-complex to complex and have a clear underlying structure
(3) demonstrate full control of the present, past, future and conditional (both present and past) tenses in carrying out the above, full control of the present and past subjunctive, and satisfactory control of the imperfect subjunctive
(4) demonstrate comfortable conceptual control of complex grammatical elements and sentence structures

(5) show a further increased and nuanced understanding of cultural processes, as well as deeper
knowledge of cultural icons and products.