Intensive Italian for Six Credits (Intermediate III)

This intensive six-credit course is intended for students who have previously completed three semesters of Italian language studies at the undergraduate level. It will give students the opportunity to experience a total language immersion, preparing them to acquire quite complex language structures in both written and oral texts. Upon course conclusion, students will be able to express themselves fluently and articulately using all past tenses on a wide range of topics (both familiar and unfamiliar), use Subjunctive and Conditional tenses in different linguistic contexts, and read and discuss literary excerpts as well as newspaper articles on current affairs, culture, and politics. The grammatical structures covered will introduce Passato Remoto, Periodo Ipotetico, Gerundio, and Infinito Passato, followed by a review of the four Subjunctive tenses, the difference between Indicative and Subjunctive, the Indicative and Subjunctive tense agreement, a more in-depth study of the Periodo Ipotetico, and the Passive. All lessons will be taught in Italian.