Notice
As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group activities on campus, and most will keep an online version available to those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
To check the availability of face-to-face and online activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.
Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit coordinator and tutor
Gianluca Alimeni
Contact via gianluca.alimeni@mq.edu.au or 9850.7027
tutor
Emilio Lomonaco
Contact via emilio.lomonaco@mq.edu.au or 9850.7025
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit is for beginners or near-beginners in Italian, and presupposes no prior knowledge of the language. The unit provides a systematic study of the basic grammar and idioms of standard Italian. It has an essentially practical aim directed at functional language usage, and oral and written expression. |
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Late Assessment Penalty
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Online Quizzes | 20% | No | Week 4 - 21/3; W6 - 4/4; W8 - 2/5; W10 - 12/5; W12 - 26/5 |
Written Tests | 20% | No | W7 - 25/4 & W10 - 16/5 |
Oral Presentation | 15% | No | W13 - 2/6 |
Final Test | 35% | No | W13 - 6/6 |
Weekly Preparation and Participation | 10% | No | Weekly |
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 15 hours
Due: Week 4 - 21/3; W6 - 4/4; W8 - 2/5; W10 - 12/5; W12 - 26/5
Weighting: 20%
Online assessment covering individual book chapters. These exercises are based on the workbook material accompanying the text book.
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 15 hours
Due: W7 - 25/4 & W10 - 16/5
Weighting: 20%
These written tests cover the material present in the books chapter studied up to that point.
Assessment Type 1: Simulation/role play
Indicative Time on Task 2: 8 hours
Due: W13 - 2/6
Weighting: 15%
Students are required to prepare and perform a role play in Italian.
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 0 hours
Due: W13 - 6/6
Weighting: 35%
The final test covers all material studied in the unit.
Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 0 hours
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 10%
Weekly activities to check and confirm active engagement with course material.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
The textbook set for this unit is Prego! An Invitation to Italian, 8th Edition by Graziana Lazzarino et. al., New York, 2011.
The prescribed text is essential for this unit. It comes shrink-wrapped with the Workbook (but can also be bought in an electronic version. Students are encouraged to purchase a middle size dictionary for this unit. Students intending to continue further with Italian, should consider purchasing a bigger dictionary.
TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED
Online Unit
Login is via: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/
Is my unit in iLearn?: https://unitguides.mq.edu.au/ilearn_unit_status/ to check when your online unit will become available.
Technology
Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient.
For students attending classes on campus we strongly encourage that you bring along your own laptop computer, ready to work with activities in your online unit. The preferred operating system is Windows 10.
Students are required to access the online unit in iLearn by the end of Week 1 and follow any relevant instructions and links for downloads that may be required. If applicable, students are required to download the relevant language package prior to Week 2.
Please contact your course convenor before the end of Week 1 if you do not have a suitable laptop (or tablet) for in-class use.
Week 1 |
Class 1 |
Introductory Ch., pp. 3-11 |
Introductions |
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Class 2 |
Introductory Ch., pp. 11-17 |
Greetings, Numbers, Days of the week |
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Week 2 |
Class 1 |
Ch.1. pp. 20-26 |
Sing. & plural nouns |
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Class 2 |
Ch.1. pp. 27-32 |
Indefinite articles; buono |
Trial Quiz (see below) |
Week 3 |
Class 1 |
Ch.1. pp. 33-34 |
Avere - Idiom. expressions with avere |
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Class 2 |
Ch.1. pp. 34-40 |
Revision |
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Week 4 |
Class 1 |
Ch.2. pp. 41-47 |
Adjectives |
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Class 2 |
Ch.2. pp. 47-50 |
Essere – |
Quiz 1 |
Week 5 |
Class 1 |
Ch.2. pp. 51-55 |
Definite article |
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Class 2 |
Ch.2. pp. 56-60 |
Revision |
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Week 6 |
Class 1 |
Ch.3. pp. 61-68 |
-are verbs |
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Class 2 |
Ch.3. pp. 68-71 |
Dare, stare, fare … |
Quiz 2 |
Week 7 |
Class 1 |
Ch.3. pp. 72-75 |
School System - Possessive adjectives |
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Class 2 |
Ch.3. pp. 75-82 |
Questo & Quello – Revision |
Test/Assignment 1 |
Week 8 |
Class 1 |
Ch.4. pp. 83-89 |
-ere & -ire verbs |
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Class 2 |
Ch.4. pp. 81-84 |
Dovere, volere, potere… |
Quiz 3 |
Week 9 |
Class 1 |
Ch.4. pp. 93-98 |
Direct object pronouns – Time |
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Class 2 |
Ch.4. pp. 98-105 |
Revision |
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Week 10 |
Class 1 |
Ch.5. pp. 106-113 |
Articulated prepositions |
Quiz 4 |
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Class 2 |
Ch.5. pp. 113-117 |
Passato prossimo with avere |
Test/ Assignment 2 |
Week 1 1 |
Class 1 |
Ch.5. pp. 118-120 |
Passato prossimo with essere |
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Class 2 |
Ch.5. pp. 121-122 |
Conoscere, sapere… |
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Week 1 2 |
Class 1 |
Ch.6. pp. 128-135 |
Indirect object pronouns |
Quiz 5 |
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Class 2 |
Ch.6. pp. 135-138 |
Pron. agreement with p. pross. |
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Week 1 3 |
Class 1 |
Ch 5. pp. 123-127 |
Revision |
Oral presentations |
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Class 2 |
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Final Test |
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Unit information based on version 2021.02 of the Handbook