Intermediate Italian for Beginners Part A
Unit code: HAA281N
| Credit points | 12.5 Credit Points |
| Duration | One Semester or Term |
| Contact hours | 60 Hours |
| Campus | Hawthorn, Sarawak |
| Prerequisites | |
| Corequisites | Nil |
Related course(s)
Aims and objectives
At the conclusion of this unit students will be able to:
- Show an appreciation of Italian social and cultural issues and contribute positively to class discussions
- Recognise and improve grammar usage and competence
- Analyse Italian texts and styles (intermediate level)
- Examine and solve applied language exercises
- Demonstrate an ability to think cross-culturally and in a multidisciplinary fashion
- Apply acquired reading, writing, listening and speaking skills in Italian (intermediate level)
Teaching methods
Grammar classes (2 hours), Language Extension Classes (2 hours), Conversation Classes (1 hour); Language of delivery: Italian with English explanations as necessaryGeneric skills outcomes
The graduate attributes which relate to this unit help to produce graduates who are:
- Capable in their chosen professional, vocational or study areas
- Entrepreneurial in contributing to innovation and development within their business, workplace or community
- Effective and ethical in work and community situations
- Adaptable and able to manage change
- Aware of local and international environments in which they will be contributing (eg socio-cultural, economic, natural)
Content
- Pronouns (direct and indirect object), adverbs, da+expressions of time, ci/ne
- Imperfect, imperfect and passato prossimo, trapassato prossimo
- Indefinite and combinati pronouns, relative pronouns, chi
- Future semplice and anteriore
- Conditional present and past
- Jobs, tasks, housing
- Short stories, films, newspaper articles
