This course introduces students to important features of Italian language and culture through everyday communicative and social situations.

 

Survival Italian

Next session: To be announced

When: tba

Cost: FREE for all incoming students

Course Description: The course introduces students to important features of Italian language and culture through everyday communicative and social situations providing the basic structures in the four areas of language skills: listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Some of the topics studied in the course include: introductions and greetings, structures and vocabulary for expressing basic personal information, express likes and dislikes, recount recent past actions, expressions and vocabulary for real-life situations, such as the bar, restaurant and shopping contexts. Although the focus of the course is to develop oral skills (speaking and listening comprehension) students will be able to read simple written texts in Italian and write short paragraphs on familiar topics. No credits.