Note: Assignments for Events 1 and 2 are due by 11:59 PM Eastern time two days before the last day of each scheduled lesson week (except for the last week); assignments for Events 3 and 4 and all other activities are due by 11:59 PM Eastern time on the last day of each scheduled week.
Course Schedule
Tour Days | Activities |
Before You Depart
Day 1: Rome |
- Read the Programma Di Studio / Syllabus
- Read the Before You Depart Materials (under Itinerario)
- Read Chapter 12: What is A Subject Pronoun? (pages 31-34)
- Read Chapter 19: What are Some Equivalents of "To Be"? (pages 52-54)
- Read Chapter 2: What is a Noun? (pages 7-12)
- Read Chapter 5: What is An Article? (pages 15-19)
- Read Chapter 4: What is Meant by Number? (pages 13-14)
- Practice pronouncing Italian Sounds (under Itinerario / Getting Started)
- Record an Introduce Yourself video
- Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
- Complete and submit the Day 1 Verifica: Performance Check
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Day 2: Rome |
- Read Chapter 7: What is a Verb? (pages 22-25)
- Read Chapter 13: What is a Verb Conjugation? (pages 35-41)
- Read Chapter 18: What is the Present Tense (page 51)
- Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 3 Pratica Orale with your partner
- Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
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Day 3: Rome |
- Read Chapter 31: What is an Adjective?
- Read Chapter 32: What is a Descriptive Adjective (pages 93-96)
- Read Chapter 34: What is a Possessive Adjective? (pages 100-104)
- Read Chapter 7: What is a Verb? (pages 22),
- Read Chapter 8: What is an Infinitive? (pages 24-25),
- Read Chapter 13: What is a Verb Conjugation? (pages 35-41), and
- Read Chapter 18: What is the Present Tense? (page 51)
- Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 3 Pratica Orale with your partner
- Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
- Complete and submit the Day 3 Verifica: Performance Check
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Day 4: Florence |
- Read Chapter 34: What is a Possessive Adjective? (pages 100-104)
- Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
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Day 5: Florence |
- Read Chapter 38: What is a Preposition? (pages 112-114)
- Read Chapter 31: What is an Adjective? (page 93)
- Read Chapter 32: What is a Descriptive Adjective? (pages 94-96)
- Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 3 Pratica Orale with your partner
- Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
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Day 6: Florence |
- Read Chapter 38: What is a Preposition? (pages 112-114)
- Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
- Complete and submit the Day 6 Verifica: Performance Check
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Day 7: Milan |
- Read Chapter 21: What is a Participle? (page 60)
- Review Chapter 34: What is a Possessive Adjective? (pages 100-104)
- Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 3 Pratica Orale with your partner
- Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
- Complete and submit the Day 7 Verifica: Performance Check
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Day 8: Milan |
- Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 3 Pratica Orale with your partner
- Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
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Day 9: Milan |
- Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 3 Pratica Orale with your partner
- Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
- Complete and submit the Day 9 Verifica: Performance Check
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Day 10: Turin |
- Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
- Complete and submit the Written Assignment
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Day 11: Turin |
- Review Chapter 31: What is an Adjective? (page 93) and Chapter 32: What is a Descriptive Adjective (pages 94-96)
- Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
- Complete and submit the Written Assignment
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Day 12: Turin |
- Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 3 Pratica Orale with your partner
- Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
- Complete and submit the Written Assignment
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Day 13: Rome |
- Record Event 1 Pratica Orale in
- Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 3 Pratica Orale with your partner
- Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
- Complete and submit the Day 13 Verifica: Performance Check
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Day 14: Rome |
- Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
- Complete and submit the Day 14 Verifica: Performance Check
- Complete SRTE (Student Rating of Teaching Effectiveness)
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Day 15: Rome |
- Record Event 1 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 2 Pratica Orale
- Record Event 4 Pratica Orale
- Complete and submit the Final Exam
- Complete SRTE if you haven't done so
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