In the Italian 4 course we aim for the intermediate low level of proficiency.
Interpretive Mode:
- I can identify the topic and related information from simple sentences in short informational texts.
- I can identify the topic and related information from simple sentences in short fictional texts
- I can identify the main idea in short conversations.
Interpersonal Mode:
- I can request and provide information in conversations on familiar topics by creating simple sentences and asking appropriate follow-up questions.
- I can interact with others to meet my basic needs in familiar situations by creating simple sentences and asking appropriate follow-up questions
- I can express, ask about, and react with some details to preferences, feelings, or opinions on familiar topics, by creating simple sentences and asking appropriate follow-up questions.
Presentational Mode:
- I can present personal information about my life, activities and events, using simple sentences.
- I can express my preferences on familiar and everyday topics of interest and explain why I feel that way, using simple sentences.
- I can present on familiar and everyday topics, using simple sentences.
We will be developing intermediate low level of proficiency while exploring the following themes:
- National Italian identity and Italian society
- Internal migration
- Science and technology
- Beauty, aesthetics and the humanities
- Communication and mass media
- Italian economics
- Italian cinema