fullscreen background
Skip to main content

Winter Quarter

Winter Registration Opens Dec 02
shopping cart icon0

Courses


« Back to Liberal Arts & Sciences

ITA 02 — Beginning Italian: Part II

Quarter: Winter
Instructor(s): Giovanni Tempesta
Duration: 9 weeks
Location: Online
Date(s): Jan 15—Mar 12
Class Recording Available: Yes
Class Meeting Day: Wednesdays
 
Class Meeting Time: 7:00—9:00 pm (PT)
Please Note: This course has a different schedule than what was previously published. The course will meet on 9 Wednesdays, January 15 to March 12, 7:00 - 9:00 pm (PT).
Tuition: $560
   
Refund Deadline: Jan 17
 
Unit(s): 1
   
Enrollment Limit: 30
  
Status: Registration opens Dec 2, 8:30 am (PT)
 
Quarter: Winter
Day: Wednesdays
Duration: 9 weeks
Time: 7:00—9:00 pm (PT)
Date(s): Jan 15—Mar 12
Unit(s): 1
Location: Online
 
Tuition: $560
 
Refund Deadline: Jan 17
 
Instructor(s): Giovanni Tempesta
 
Enrollment Limit: 30
 
Recording Available: Yes
 
Status: Registration opens Dec 2, 8:30 am (PT)
 
Please Note: This course has a different schedule than what was previously published. The course will meet on 9 Wednesdays, January 15 to March 12, 7:00 - 9:00 pm (PT).
 
Andiamo in Italia! Designed for students with enough initial exposure to Italian to exchange greetings and talk about their immediate world, this second course in the three-course “Beginning Italian” sequence will help students expand and refine their language skills in speaking, reading, and listening. Through the acquisition of essential vocabulary and grammar useful in everyday life, students will be able to perform such daily tasks as ordering a meal, making travel plans, and shopping in an open-air market. The use of multimedia and news articles, along with dynamic class discussions in an atmosphere of lively good humor, will further enhance students’ language learning and familiarization with Italian lifestyles.

Students must complete ITA 01: “Beginning Italian: Part I” or have comparable experience prior to enrolling in this course. Part III will be offered in Spring 2025. Students may enroll in this course without intending to take Part III.

GIOVANNI TEMPESTA
Advanced Lecturer in Italian, Stanford

Giovanni Tempesta has been at Stanford since 1983 and has taught at all levels of language instruction. He is the author of the Italian grammar book Questa bellissima lingua italiana, impariamola insieme! He has also published an Italian translation of Robert Service’s The Cremation of Sam McGee and Other Verses, a collection of his own poetry in Italian, Acque, lutulente e chiare (Waters, Muddy and Clear), and a collection of short stories in Italian and English, A Cena con Fluffy (Dinner with Fluffy).

Textbooks for this course:

(Required) Suzanne Branciforte, PARLIAMO ITALIANO, 5th Edition (ISBN 978-1543374087)