Upon completion of the course, students will be able to reach the following objectives:<br />
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<p style="text-align:center; text-autospace:none" align="center"><strong>Interpretive Listening</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><strong>Interpretive Reading</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><strong>Presentational Speaking</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><strong>Presentational Writing</strong></p>
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<p>I can understand phrases and commonly-used vocabulary related to areas of personal relevance (e.g., basic personal and family information, shopping, the local area, employment). I can catch the main point in short, simple messages and announcements.</p>
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<p>I can read very short, simple texts. I can find specific, predictable information in simple everyday material such as advertisements, menus, schedules, and simple personal letters.</p>
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<p>I can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar topics and activities. I can handle very short social exchanges, even though I cannot usually understand enough to keep the conversation going myself.</p>
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<p>I can use a series of phrases and sentences to describe in simple terms a variety of things such as my family and other people, living conditions, my educational background, and my present or most recent job.</p>
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<p>I can write short, simple notes and messages. I can write a very simple personal letter, for example, in which I thank someone for something.</p>
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<p><em>Goals for Cultural Competence</em></p>
<p>The goals for cultural competence are not organized hierarchically as are the linguistic goals for the course. By the end of the semester, I will be able to say that I can:</p>
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<li>Identify, discuss, and analyze such intangible products of the culture I am studying, as social, economic, and political institutions, and explore relationships among these institutions and the perspectives of the culture;</li>
<li>Give examples of social behaviors that express the target culture's underlying value system;</li>
<li>Interpret social phenomena within the context of the target culture;</li>
<li>Describe instances of major change within the culture I am studying.<br /></li>
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<p style="text-autospace:none"><em><span style="color: black"><strong>Fall 2007 Textbook(s)</strong></span></em></p>
<p style="text-autospace:none"><strong><em>Prego! An Invitation to <span style="color:black">Italian</span>, 6th Ed.</em></strong><br />Lazzarino, et al.<br />McGraw-Hill, 2004 <br />ISBN: 0072956429</p>
<p style="text-autospace:none"><strong><em>Laboratory Manual to accompany Prego! An Invitation to <span style="color:black">Italian</span>, 6th Ed.</em></strong><br />Lazzarino, et al.<br />McGraw-Hill, 2004 <br />ISBN: 0072883715</p>
<p style="text-autospace:none"><strong><em>Workbook to accompany Prego! An Invitation to <span style="color:black">Italian</span>, 6th Ed.</em></strong><br />Lazzarino, et al.<br />McGraw-Hill, 2004 <br />ISBN: 0072432675</p>
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