IT 101-103, IT 161 (Elementary and Intermediate I Italian; Comprehensive Beginning Italian)

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Textbooks used:

--Merlonghi, Franca Celli; Ferdinando Merlonghi; Joseph A. Tursi. Oggi in Italia: A First Course in Italian. 8^th edition (with student CD). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006.

-- Adorni, Sergio, and Karen Primorac. English Grammar for Students of Italian. The Study Guide for Those Learning Italian. 2^nd Ed. Ann Arbor, MI: The Olivia and Hill Press, 1995.

-- QUIA on-line Student Activities Manual (Workbook/Lab Manual); the key is purchased when you buy your text. Or you can go directly to the website and purchase from there. Please DO NOT purchase a printed workbook!!!
These are ordered each semester to accompany purchase of new texts and are available through the Loyola College Bookstore.

Please be careful in using external sources for your textbooks; students have had difficulties obtaining ordered volumes within course time!

THESE ARE USED FOR THREE SEMESTERS, 101,  102, 103, OR 161 AND 103. Please do not resell your texts if you are continuing during this course sequence!

For IT 103 (Intermediate Italian I) in spring 2010, we will also be using a small reader, Linea A, by Antonella Santini, Collana Italiano facile (Firenze: Alma Edizioni, 2008).

Online Dictionaries

Practice with Italian pronunciation

Key for correcting compositions

Photo gallery: Italy!

How to type accents on the IBM compatible computer: downloading the "International Keyboard"

BlackBoard sign-on page, to reach course documents on closed usage

Caution: BlackBoard prefers Explorer as a browser.

Italian Grammar on the WWW: links to sites with practice, explanations, etc.

Study tips for learning a second language, courtesy of the University of Iowa

ACTFL proficiency guidelines for all levels of language

Link with language learning center

On-line practice exercises to go with the textbook, Oggi in Italia (8th edition)

Contact the supervising coordinator: Dr. Leslie Zarker Morgan

Aggiornato il 14 novembre 2009.