Further develops fundamental aural-oral skills, writing accuracy and reading ability in Spanish. Increased emphasis is placed on contemporary business and professional terminology and its proper usage. Develops speaking, listening, reading and writing abilities in Italian for practical and professional application. An introduction to the Italian people, customs and institutions. One year of high school Italian or one semester of college Italian or departmental approval Designed to build upon basic language skills and to reinforce structure and vocabulary, while encouraging impromptu speaking, group skills, elementary writing assignments, and creative presentations in Italian.
Cultural readings center on Italy today.
Italian language films and guided conversational practice. I Introduces modern spoken Japanese. Focuses on the basic sentence patterns and essential vocabulary for communicating in standard spoken Japanese. Emphasis is very strongly placed on actively speaking in and listening to the language. The hiragana and katakana writing systems are introduced.