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Italian for Business and Travel
ITAL-8040-106
- Overview
- Prerequisites
- Course Description
- Instructor
- Course objectives
- Course material provided by instructor
- Course Requirements
- Final Grade
Overview
Credits: 1 credit
5 week module
W 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. Knight Campus, Warwick
Starts week of 03/23, ends week of 04/22/2009
Prerequisites
None Required
Course Description
This course is designed particularly for employees of travel agencies, those in wholesale/retail or import/export businesses and those individuals who are planning a cultural trip to Italy. The course is tailored to the needs of the individual who wants to gain knowledge and appreciation of the Italian language and culture in the most expedient time. Emphasis is placed on common verbal expressions for basic communication, such as greetings, lodging, shopping, food, transportation and cultural information about Italian cities, customs and traditions.
Course conducted in Italian.
Instructor
Prof. Maria C. Mansella
CCRI Knight Campus
Office: Room 3168
Tel. (401) 825-2011 E-mail: mmansella@ccri.edu
Office Hours by appointment
Web site
Course objectives
As a result of this course, a student will be able to:
- Use expressions of greetings
- Ask and give directions
- Learn vocabulary pertaining to shopping at local stores and open markets
- Order food in restaurants and at local trattoria
- Learn about cultural differences: space, time, “fare bella/brutta figura”, forms of address-tu, Lei, voi, means of transportation, attire, local customs and traditions
- Write letters (familiar/formal /business)
- Learn about the most important monuments in cities such as Rome, Florence, Venice, Perugia, Assisi and other cities and regions of Italy.
Il corso si propone di presentare una panoramica di nozioni basiliari per coloro che lavorano presso agenzie di viaggi, compagnie di importazioni ed esportazioni, e per coloro che si preparano per un viaggio culturale in Italia.
Il corso č condotto in italiano e nessun prerequisito č richiesto (né culturale né linguistico) per la sua frequenza.
Course material provided by instructor
Agli studenti verranno forniti materiali in fotocopie in lingua inglese e italiano
Course Requirements
- Students will act responsibly: interest, attendance, preparation, contribution to the class, and respect for each other.
- In order to facilitate learning, classroom propriety shall be maintained at all times; food is not permitted in the classroom. In consideration of the instructor and other students, punctual attendance at all class meetings is required and cellular phones, pagers, and watch alarms should be switched off during class.
- Homework assignment will be given during class meetings. Students are expected to spend several hours a week on class assignments. Homework will be reviewed in class or collected by instructor.
Final Grade
- 20% Homework assignments and class participation
- 30% SHORT ANSWER/FILL-IN questions based on vocabulary and idioms
- 30% SHORT ANSWER/FILL-IN /TRUE/FALSE based on cultural information
- 20% Final presentation
