THE DEPARTMENT OF WORLD LANGUAGE-SYLLABUS
YEAR 2016-2017 Signora Terlizzi Room 232
Belleville High School - Italian1A
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Syllabus/2016-2017 Philosophy and Course Description:
The study of a World Language is a graduation requirement of the State of New Jersey and Belleville High School. Italian IA fulfills the graduation requirement.
Language and communication are an integral part of the human experience. Students must be equipped to communicate successfully in a globally connected society. The Belleville School District- World Languages Department provides all students with the opportunity to develop social and academic linguistic proficiency in a language other than English. Through this experience students see the connection between the study of language and other disciplines, gain greater insight into the cultural aspect of the people who speak the target language, meet a qualification for entrance in a wide choice of colleges and universities, and expand their employment opportunities in the competitive global workforce. This enables all students to develop and maintain proficiency in the language of their choice.
The overall goal of Italian IA is to develop the student’s ability to understand, speak, read, and write in Italian by using the interpersonal, the interpretive, and the presentational modes of communication. In order to foster meaningful communication, the fundamentals of pronunciation, oral comprehension, oral expression, vocabulary, grammar, and composition are provided. Opportunities to learn about and explore the culture of Italian speaking countries are also emphasized throughout this course.
Students will be able to:
· Request and supply information using the present and the past tense of all regular and frequently used irregular Italian verbs
· Understand the concept of gender and number
· Describe themselves and others/Write personal autobiography
· Use idiomatic expressions related to feelings, attitudes and the weather
· Use the correct form of the definite and indefinite articles before nouns
· Ask/answer questions/Research about people, places and things
· Locate people and things using prepositions both “semplici and articolate”
· Talk about family and relatives/Read articles on modern families in Italy and USA
· Use direct object pronouns to refer to people and things
· Use possessive adjectives as they relate to both things and family members
· Tell time and talk about their schedule
· Use the demonstrative adjectives and pronouns “questo and quello” accordingly
· Identify and describe articles of clothing
· Translate in English from the Italian Language
· Required Activities
-Write and learn given vocabulary words, cultural expression and verbal structures
-Ask and answer questions about specific given topic
-Compare and contract/Discuss certain cultural topics/ upon student ability
-Smart-board/Projector activities for students
-Dictation/Spelling of the vocabulary and verb conjugation
Required Resources
ASSIGNMENTS/COMPITI- FOR 2016-2017-FOR GLOBAL READING
RESOURCES/GIORNALI/NEWPAPERS ITALIAN
1. La Repubblica (www.larepublica.it)
2. La Stampa (www.lastampa.it)
3. La Nazione (www.lanazione.quotidiano.net)
4. Il Corriere della Sera (www.corriere.it)
5. RAI (www.rai.it)
6. RAI Educational (www.educational.rai.it)
· www.duolingo.com Application is free. Simple sign up.
· www.impariamoitaliano.com Enrichment application
· http://www.italian-verbs.com/verbi-italiani.htm
· http://coniuga.com/ Verb conjugation sites for your review and memorization skills. Forms of the verbs in ARE, ERE, IRE as well as irregular verbs
Oggi in Italia for High School, Seventh Edition; Merlonghi, Merlonghi, and Tursi
SUNY-Stony Brook; O’ Connor, Boston College ISBN: 13 978-0-618-67812-9
Raccontini Simpatici/A reader for advanced beginning Italian students
Liliana Briefel
Barron’s Foreign Language Guides
501 Italian Verbs
Joh Colanieri-Ph.D. and Vincent Lucian, Ph.D.
*Teacher created material and lesson
*Projector/Computer
*Italian Academic Articles