116-061 Italian Part 2:Advanced Language 1

Completion of 116-057 Intermediate Italian A, 116-058 Intermediate Italian B and 116-059 Intermediate Italian C or 116-151 Italian Part 1:Language & Culture A, 116-152 Italian Part 1:Textual Studies A, 116-153 Italian Part 1:Language & Culture B and 116-154 Italian Part 1:Textual Studies B.

This subject focuses on the spoken and written language of present day Italy. Students will undertake regular language activities on contemporary Italian texts in order to improve their language skills. They will also participate in regular conversation practice for the purpose of reinforcing their command of current idiomatic Italian. Students will also explore aspects of contemporary Italian culture and society, through a critical analysis of a variety of texts and documents (including films, music, mass media and literature). By the end of the subject, students should have improved their written production skills, and should be able to express themselves with fluency on most topics of a general nature.

• develop particular generic skills: understanding of social, political, historical and cultural contexts and international awareness/openness to the world: through the contextualisation of judgements and knowledge, developing a critical self-awareness, being open to new ideas and new aspects of French and Italian culture, and by formulating arguments; communicating knowledge intelligibly and economically: through essay and assignment writing, tutorial discussion and class presentations; written communication: through essay and assignment preparation and writing.

A 1-hour in class contemporary culture and society written test 20% (due in week 6), a 1-hour in-class written language test 20% (due week 8), a 1000-word class presentation 10% (commencing at the beginning of semester and due at the end of semester), attendance and participation in class 10%, written exam 40% (due at the end of semester).

• Habekovic & Mazzola, Insieme: An Intermediate Italian Course. (2nd ed) McGraw-Hill.