{"id":631,"date":"2013-05-03T19:30:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T19:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/worldlanguages\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2023-07-11T15:24:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T22:24:55","slug":"italian","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/worldlanguages\/departments\/italian\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Class Schedule<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Students will practice all four language skills: listening, speaking, writing, and reading; culture is also incorporated as a pivotal part of the conversation for in-context new grammar and vocabulary use while awakening interest and furthering the understanding of the Italian culture. Culture is, indeed, an integral part of learning a foreign language, so you are expected to keep an open mind about it and embrace it. You may travel to Italy in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This course exposes students to a communicative approach to language acquisition with high-frequency vocabulary words and grammatical patterns used as tools for improving language comprehension and production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Class Descriptions<\/h3>\n\n\n

ITAL 121:<\/strong> Italian I 5 cr<\/abbr>.<\/span><\/h3>

Introduces the fundamentals of vocabulary and grammar at the novice level\u00a0focusing on the development of four basic skills: Listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Emphasis is placed on active communication aimed at the development of oral and comprehension skills. Various aspects of Italian-speaking cultures are presented. Format includes extensive audio and Internet usage. After successful completion, students are encouraged to continue with\u00a0ITAL 122. This class is not intended for heritage speakers\u00a0(i.e. students who grew up speaking Italian at home in a place where Italian is not the medium of instruction in schools) or native\u00a0speakers (i.e. students who grew up\u00a0in a place where Italian is\u00a0the medium of instruction in schools). Recommended: This class is for students with no prior experience studying or speaking Italian.<\/p>