ITA 01 — Beginning Italian
Quarter: Spring
Day(s): Wednesdays
Course Format: Live Online (About Formats)
Duration: 9 weeks
Date(s): Apr 12—Jun 7
Time: 7:00—9:05 pm (PT)
Refund Deadline: Apr 14
Units: 2
Tuition: $530
Instructor(s): Giovanni Tempesta
Limit: 30
Class Recording Available: Yes
Status: Open
Spring
Date(s)
Apr 12—Jun 7
9 weeks
Refund Date
Apr 14
2 Units
Fees
$530
Instructor(s):
Giovanni Tempesta
Limit
30
Recording
Yes
Open
Learn how to speak Italian and follow simple Italian conversations in this introductory course. Grammar will be introduced with a communicative, culture-based approach for beginning students using a grammar book in English. In this course, students will learn how to understand and carry out simple conversations on everyday subjects such as work, personal interests, family, and friends. By the end of the course, students will know how to conduct simple transactions such as renting a car, making reservations for hotels and restaurants, and ordering food.
GIOVANNI TEMPESTA
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 and Elvira Di Fabio, Parliamo Italiano, 5th Edition (ISBN 978-1119146995)