ITA 101 - Italian 1
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UCalgary Continuing Education
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Course Description
Learn basic vocabulary, key phrases and introductory grammar as tools for basic interactional competence (oral and written). This course provides the appropriate foundation for progressing to higher levels.
Course Details
Upon successful completion of this Italian course, students will be able to:
- Listening: Understand the gist of simple conversations and audio material related to the thematic and linguistic content of the course.
- Speaking: Ask/answer simple questions and express simple ideas using limited vocabulary (introduce oneself and others, talk about everyday life activities, likes and dislikes, plans and family).
- Reading: Get the gist of simple reading material (short paragraphs, advertisements, schedules, brochures…).
- Writing: Write short, simple paragraphs in the present tense, such as messages and letters, to give information about self and others, everyday life activities and plans.
- Culture: Become aware of basic features of Italy such as history, such as geography, the arts, cultural traditions and distinguishing regional features. Italy from a Canadian perspective.
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Monica Di Rosa was born and raised in Italy. She obtained her BA from the University of Palermo (Italy) in “Classical Humanities" in 2012, focusing on Ancient Greek, Latin and Italian Literature and Languages. She moved to Bologna where she completed in 2015 her MA in “Philology, Literature and the Classical Tradition” and a two-year diploma in "Archival Science, Diplomatics and Latin Palaeography". In 2016, she moved to Calgary where she is currently completing her PhD in the program of Greek and Roman Studies at UofC. She is also involved in a Research project on Italian poetry and music in the Renaissance.