Intensive Italian For Nine Credits (Intermediate I)

9 semester credits. This intensive nine-credit course is intended for students who have previously completed one semester of elementary Italian language studies at the undergraduate level. It will give students the opportunity to experience a total language immersion, building on and extending fundamental skills developed in the elementary course and preparing them to acquire more complex grammatical structures to express personal opinions and preferences. Upon course conclusion, students will be able to participate in conversations on topics they are familiar with pertaining to personal interests or everyday life (i.e. family, hobbies, work, travel, and current events), as well as narrate a story, relate the plot of a book or film, and write properly about topics that are familiar or of personal interest. The grammatical structures covered will start with a review of Passato Prossimo and introduce Imperfetto conjugations, direct object pronouns, Future and Conditional tenses, possessive adjectives, and indirect object pronouns, followed by Trapassato Prossimo, Pronomi Relativi and Combinati, Imperativo, and a basic grasp of the four Subjunctive tenses. The course will finally introduce students to Passato Remoto, Periodo Ipotetico, Gerundio, and Infinito Passato. All lessons will be taught in Italian. Prerequisites: 1 semester of Italian language or equivalent.