ITAL 330S – Advanced-Intermediate Italian Language & Culture III
B1.3 Level (CEFR)

At A Glance
Credits: 6
Prerequisites: None
Contact hours at Università per Stranieri: 72
Contact hours at the Umbra Institute: 8
Co-curricular cultural activities: 20 
Language of instruction: Italian

Course Description
This is a 4-week advanced-intermediate Italian course offered as part of the Summer Intensive Italian Language & Culture Program. US university students with at least three semesters of college-level Italian will most likely test into the B1 level (CEFR) and receive a total of 6 credits for their studies in Italian language, culture, and conversation.

Students will be enrolled at the prestigious Universita’ per Stranieri di Perugia and study alongside international students representing over 100 countries. The in-class language instruction conducted at the Università per Stranieri is supplemented by tutorials and workshops at the Umbra Institute and a rich series of cultural co-curricular activities by Umbra faculty at the Umbra Institute. For more information about the Universita per Stranieri click here.

Course Objectives and Outcomes
By the end of the B1 level, students can take part in a casual conversation for a reasonable period of time. They can understand texts and with a range of personal opinions and can write short, professional, and personal e-mails and simple texts stating facts and events. During the B1 level, students will improve fluency, intonation, and pronunciation, use more complex tenses and modes to talk about future possibilities and probability. They will notice that they understand faster in order to catch and retain the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters encountered in work and leisure.

Weekly Course Structure
Language Class (at UniStrPG):   12 hours
Skills Development Lab (at UniStrPG):    4 hours
Pronunciation & Spelling (at UniStrPG):   2 hours
Tutorial & Workshops  (at the Umbra Institute): 2 hours
Co-Curricular Activities (Outside of Classroom) 3+ hours (varies by week)

Prerequisites
Three or more semesters of college-level Italian or Placement Test.

Activities at the Umbra Institute
Students enrolled in the Summer Intensive Italian Language & Culture Program will have access to Umbra Faculty members beyond their private and group tutoring session during a vast series of cultural activities designed to improve their language speaking skills in a natural environment while introducing them to practices of daily life and the cultural offerings of Central Italy. These activities include the following:

• Traditional welcome dinner;
• Tandem nights with Italian university students;
• Day-Trip in Umbria or Tuscany 
• “Serate in cucina”- cooking with faculty members or local experts;
• Trips to local festivals (e.g., typical Central Italian “sagre”, Perugia 1416);
• Guided tours of Perugia and Assisi;
• Visit to local winery with tastings;
• Lecture series on historical and current topics of Italian culture;
• Outdoor Cinema nights and live musical performances in Italian;
• Farewell Festa

A final co-curricular activities series schedule will be provided during orientation.

Main Grammatical Structures Covered

An extensive review of all grammar structures studied in B1.2 and:

Nomi
Nomi a suffisso in -zione e -mento, organizzazione, emozione, inquinamento Nomi composti

Aggettivi
Ripasso generale

Pronomi

• Altri usi della particella pronominale ne
• Altri usi delle particelle pronominali ci
• Pronome si nella costruzione impersonale e passivante
• Pronomi relativi chi – che
• Pronome cui preceduto da preposizione

Verbi

• Congiuntivo presente in subordinate oggettive e soggettive esplicite per l’espressione di
  • opinioni
  • speranze
  • sentimenti
  • probabilità/improbabilità
  • con alcune espressioni impersonali (pare, sembra)
• Infinito semplice nelle soggettive implicite
• Infinito seguito dalla preposizione di
• Infinito con uso della preposizione di in oggettive implicite introdotte da verbi di opinione, speranza, sentimenti, con identità di soggetto tra subordinata e reggente
• Indicativo futuro semplice in subordinate oggettive e soggettive esplicite che esprimono
  • opinioni
  • speranze
  • sentimenti
  • probabilità/improbabilità
• Indicativo futuro semplice e composto con valore modale, per indicare una supposizione relativa ad un’azione presente/ passata