Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Upon successful completion students should be able to:
• Manage common interactions in Italian, in highly predictable settings, using basic vocabulary and present tense. 
• Begin to apply language-learning skills. 
• Recognize and begins to appreciate linguistic and cultural diversity within the Italian-speaking world.

Students will be assessed by any combination of the following: 
 
1. Active participation in class 
2. Individual presentations 
3. Contextual written tasks (in or outside of class) to assess reading, 
writing, cultural, and aural competencies 
4. Oral interviews with partner or instructor 
5. In class, interactive student role-plays 

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills) 
Include all or most of the following: 
 
1. Greetings, introductions and leave-takings. 
2. Age and nationality 
3. Physical and personality descriptions 
4. Personal interests and activities 
5. Family members 
6. Time and weather 
7. Classes and studies and professions 
8. Gender and noun/adjective agreement 9. Regular and some irregular verbs in present, immediate future and 
resent progressive 
10. Numbers 
11. Definite and indefinite articles 
12. Descriptive, possessive and demonstrative adjectives 
14. Describing states of being 
 
 
Competencies and Skills 
1. Manages introductions, leave taking, and exchanges basic personal 
information in a culturally appropriate manner. 
2. Describes self and others: personality, physical attributes, and emotions. 
3. Describes weather and states date and time. 
4. Makes statements about daily activities, and likes and dislikes. 
5. Describes plans for future activities. 
6. Formulates simple questions and answers. 
7. Identifies and names people and objects. 
8. Writes lists and discrete sentences. 
9. Reads and understands the main ideas in texts using abundant cognates.