Italian Program Guidelines for transfer credit
Minimum Contact Hours:
70 hours for Elementary Italian (Ital 01,02)
45 hours for Intermediate (Ital 063), Advanced Intermediate (Ital 076), and Advanced Italian (Ital 101)
Class size must not exceed 18 students for elementary level, 15 students for intermediate
Teaching Methodology: Instruction in Italian. Communicative, content and task based approach; use of authentic materials, daily listening comprehension and informal writing assignments. Writing must be presented as a process. Cultural components must be integrated into teaching and testing formats
Writing:
Elementary courses (Ital 01,02) must include 3 compositions with drafts,
2 of which must be rewritten as part of the writing as a process curriculum,
weekly writing assignments (journals, paragraphs and reactions to class material)
Intermediate courses (Ital 063, 076) must include 3 compositions with drafts and rewrites, 1 research project on Italian culture and shorter weekly writing assignments in the form of reactions to course readings. Students in Advanced courses (101) must complete daily writing assignments, a minimum of 4 compositions of 5 pages each and a final lengthier paper. Instruction must emphasise writing as a process and developing competency in diverse registers and textual styles
Reading: students should be exposed to extensive readings. Elementary levels should including material from the textbook, short original news items from the web and print journalism and complete works in the form of easy readers or other adapted texts; For Intermediate and Advanced levels readings must include original articles as well as textbook readings that are integrated with associated grammar and comprehension exercises
Oral testing: formal oral testing must show a progression in oral skill level from the early to the latter portion of the course
Assessment: Students should be evaluated on all language modalities and cross tested, (i.e. writing about information received verbally or oral testing of written material) Minimum of 4 quizzes or 2 tests, a midterm and a comprehensive final; 3 compositions, 2 oral exams, testing of aural comprehension, and a research report on an aspect of Italian culture of interest to the student
Documentation: Students must provide documentation of their final grade, evidence of graded course work such as tests, homework, compositions and other assignments, as well as a signed report evaluating oral competence