ITA 01 — Beginning Italian
Quarter: Summer
Day(s): Tues/Thurs
Course Format: Live Online (About Formats)
Duration: 9 sessions
Date(s): Jun 27—Jul 27
Time: 7:00—9:05 pm (PT)
Refund Deadline: Jun 28
Units: 2
Tuition: $530
Instructor(s): Giovanni Tempesta
Limit: 30
Class Recording Available: Yes
Status: Open
Please Note: Class schedule: 4 Tuesdays, June 27, No class on July 4, July 11, July 18, and July 25, 7:00 – 9:05 pm (PT); 5 Thursdays, June 29, July 6, July 13, July 20, and July 27, 7:00 – 9:05 pm (PT)
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Summer
Date(s)
Jun 27—Jul 27
9 sessions
Refund Date
Jun 28
2 Units
Fees
$530
Instructor(s):
Giovanni Tempesta
Limit
30
Recording
Yes
Open
Please Note: Class schedule: 4 Tuesdays, June 27, No class on July 4, July 11, July 18, and July 25, 7:00 – 9:05 pm (PT); 5 Thursdays, June 29, July 6, July 13, July 20, and July 27, 7:00 – 9:05 pm (PT)
DOWNLOAD THE SYLLABUS »
(subject to change)
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: A Communicative Approach, Fifth Edition (ISBN 978-1119146995)