ITAL 116 - Communicating in Italian

Credit(s): 3
3 hours lecture, 3 hours contact
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 115 or the equivalent; two years of high school Italian; or approval of the Language program director. Please note that candidates for New York State Teacher Certification and Mercy University English Literature majors must take two courses (six credits) in a second language. These two courses must be in the same second language.
This course is a continuation of ITAL 115 and is designed to further the progress made by students in developing basic communication skills in Italian. Students will continue to learn the basic elements of Italian structure and vocabulary necessary for an ability to communicate in this language. A large emphasis of the course is on speaking and understanding Italian as it is spoken today in Italy and in other parts of the world.