This course is designed for students who have never taken an Italian language course and are not familiar with any other foreign language. Students build an essential vocabulary and assimilate basic grammar and sentence structures. Instruction is based on listening, grammar and comprehension exercises, repetition and easy conversation. This is a preparatory course to the intermediate level, designed for students who have already had one or two semesters of Italian or are fluent in Spanish or French. The course starts with basic grammar structures of the language but moves faster than Italian 103.
Conversation is a central part.
Conversational practice improves listening and interpretation skills for better understanding and response. Reading and writing exercises improve skills in understanding prose and writing letters and simple messages. Admission to the course is based on testing in Italian. Three or four semesters of Italian. Exercises reinforce reading, composition, phonetics, syntax and style.