Overview
In this unit, you will be developing vocabulary in the Italian language, alongside basic conversational skills, through various mediums, including film, television and song. Using enquiry-based learning, you will develop Italian vocabulary and grammar, through the use of IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet). This unit will encourage you to become independent reflective learners, thereby increasing your own cultural and linguistic competence. By the end of the unit, you will be able to hold a basic conversation in Italian and translate basic phrases into both idiomatic Italian and IPA. This unit is especially useful if you are a student studying classical voice as you are often required to sing in the Italian language, or if you have a general interest in learning Italian for personal interest.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2019
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Moodle
More classes requested
Currently, there are two 90 minute lectures per week. Scheduling and learning outcomes will be considered for future offerings of this unit.
- Apply basic Italian grammar and vocabulary in a range of written and spoken activities
- Transcribe an Italian text into its phonetic language and vice versa
- Conduct a short conversation in Italian.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - In-class Test(s) - 60% | |||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 40% | |||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||
| 5 - Team Work | |||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - In-class Test(s) - 60% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Practice Makes Perfect Basic Italian
(2011)
Authors: Alessandra Visconti
The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc
Sydney Sydney , NSW , Australia
ISBN: 978-0-07-174172-9
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
In addition to the prescribed textbook, an Italian dictionary will prove highly useful. Recommend is the Collins Easy Learning Italian Dictionary.
Paper copies are available at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code)
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
n.thomson@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Topic 1
- Saluti (Greetings & introductions)
- The Italian alphabet
- Key phrases in Italian
- Che cosa studi? (What are you studying?)
- Regular -are verbs
Chapter
Textbook:
Practice makes Perfect - Basic Italian
Chapters 1, 2 & 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 2
- Sei americano? (Are you American?) Adjectives of nationality
- Gender endings - masculine & feminine
- I numeri - (Numbers 0 to 20)
Chapter
Chapters 3 & 4
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Ripasso 1 Capitoli 1-5 (Revision of Chapters 1-5)
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 3
- Di dove sei? (Where do you come from?)
- Irregular verb essere (to be)
- C'è / Ci sono (There is / There are)
- Prendi un caffè (Take a coffee?)
- Regular -ere verbs
- Irregular verb avere (to have)
Chapter
Chapters 6 & 7
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 4
- Andiamo al ristorante! (Let's go to the restaurant!)
- Nouns: gender and number (1)
- The indefinite article
- La dieta mediterranea (The Mediterranean diet)
- The definite article
- Regular -ire verbs
Chapter
Chapters 8 & 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 5
- Prendiamo un caffè? (Shall we take a coffee?)
- Nouns: gender and number (2)
Ripasso 2 Capitoli 6-10 (Revision of Chapters 6-10)
Chapter
Chapter 10
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 6
- I numeri cardinali (Cardinal numbers)
- 21 to 1 billion
- I numeri ordinali (Ordinal numbers)
- Irregular nouns
Chapter
Chapters 11 & 12
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 7
- Quando? (When?)
- Days of the week
- I miei amici (My friends)
- Possessive adjectives
Chapter
Chapters 13 & 14
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 8
- Siamo a Venezia! (We are in Venice!)
-
Prepositions a, in, di
Ripasso 3 Capitoli 11-15 (Revision of Chapters 11-15)
Chapter
Chapter 15
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 9
- Avere o essere? (To have or to be?)
- What's your personality?
- Brrr! Ho freddo! (Brrr! I am cold!)
- Months, holidays and seasons
- Come sta, professore? (How are you, Professor?)
- Formal vs. informal
- Irregular verb fare
Chapter
Chapters 16, 17 & 18
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic 10
- Dove vai questo fine settimana? (Where are you going this weekend?)
- Irregular verb andare
- More on preposition in
- Non lo so! (I don't know!)
- Sapere vs. conoscere (I know vs. I know)
- Questo, quello e bello (This, that and beautiful)
Chapter
Chapters 19 & 20
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Ripasso 4 Capitoli 16-20 (Revision of Chapters 16-20)
- General Revision of Unit Material (Chapters 1-20)
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Practical Assessment Due: Exam Week Friday (25 Oct 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
There will be a live tutorial held each week for 90 mins each Wednesday between 5:30-7:00pm, which will be available online through Zoom.
This is a responsive tutorial so attendance online at the designated time is critical for a successful outcome within this unit. Live tutorials will be conducted over Zoom.
In order to gain the most benefit from the online component of this unit, a computer with a good internet connection, a camera (the computer's own camera will be sufficient) and a quality microphone will be essential for clarity in conversation.
The written exam will require an invigilator to supervise.
1 In-class Test(s)
Task: Complete a written test. Based on the materials from each topic in this unit, the written assessment will consist of the following:
- Completing verb conjugations in present singular tense
- Translating Italian phrases into English
- Translating English phrases into Italian
- Identifying definite articles and pronouns
- Identifying numbers, months and seasons
No learning materials will be allowed within the exam, however, there will be a perusal period to write notes prior to the exam.
Exam Week Friday (25 Oct 2019) 5:00 pm AEST
Written Test will take place within the examination period
Exam Week Friday (25 Oct 2019)
After the examination period has ended
Assessment Criteria:
- Accurate completion of all questions
- Apply basic Italian grammar and vocabulary in a range of written and spoken activities
- Transcribe an Italian text into its phonetic language and vice versa
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
2 Practical Assessment
Task: Engage in a live spoken assessment with the Unit Coordinator.
Based on the materials from each topic in this unit, the practical assessment will consist of the following:
- Engaging in a short conversation based on information covered within the Unit
- Presenting a prepared reading of an Italian passage
Exam Week Friday (25 Oct 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Scheduled within the examination period
Exam Week Friday (25 Oct 2019)
To be completed after the examination period
Assessment Criteria:
- Pronunciation & accuracy of language 40%
- Comprehension of language 30%
-
Fluency of speech 30%
- Apply basic Italian grammar and vocabulary in a range of written and spoken activities
- Conduct a short conversation in Italian.
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
