Discussione n. 19 . Scadenza 2 aprile

Your COMMENTS are important:

as you noticed from time to time I include exercises with and answer key.

I wonder if this is wise, and if I should make the answers available for all exercise.

BUT I need your feedback.

For an exercise with answers, the correct methodology YOU should follow should be:

1) Study the material (rules, grammar, examples.)

2) Complete the exercise, leaving blank items you don't know.

3) Compare your answers to the correct list.

4) UNDERSTAND the cause of your errors.

5) Do the exercise over and check again.


In your COMMENTS, please answer:

Is it preferable to have the exercises with the answers?

And in that case, is it realistic to expect that students will follow this method step by step, or will the majority simply copy the answers to get a good grade?


There is no "correct" answer. Your opinion counts.

AND REPY TO THE COMMENTS OF YOUR CLASSMATES

Discussione 18: scadenza 30 marzo

Record the answers to Taks 5, compito 30 marzo on youtube.

Post the link in COMMENTS.
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Discussione 17 per il 25 marzo

Watch these videos and compare your own performance (compito 20 marzo)

COMMENT: how does your work compare in terms of ACCURACY and CLARITY?
BE EXPLICIT. WHAT kind of work do you need to do to improve (IF you need improvement).

Discussione n. 16: per il 20 marzo

Post a youtube link.  CLOSED-EYES.

 

Conjugation of one WEAK and one STRONG   IRE verb

Discussione n. 16: Youtube per 15 marzo

I forgot to post this, for Task 9, 15 marzo.

Discussione n. 15: scadenza 15 marzo

Look at your COMPITO 11 marzo,  Task 5 - di che colore e' la bandiera......

Some of you ignored the model in the webpage, or DID NOT PAY ATTENTION, or not enough.

THE COLORS ARE IN THE FEMININE FORM.

Perche'?  Perche BANDIERA e' femminile. The colors are ADJECTIVES.

REMINDER:  ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS analyze the NOUNS: are they M or F?  Singular or Plural?

ADJECTIVES must conform to GENDER (M/F)   AND  NUMBER (S/P)

VERBS are conjugated according to whatever person is the subject.



Translate the following in COMMENTS and EXPLAIN why you use two different forms of the verb.


THE FLAG IS BEAUTIFUL AND NEW

"You, Flag, are beautiful and new."

Discussione n.14: question about quizzes. Per il 15 marzo

Please take the poll on quizzes.

So far I haven't given you any. Do you miss them? Do you want them?

You should have a fairly good idea of where you stand based on the results in your compiti, and I am not sure a quiz score would clearly reflect your work/competence.

But I want to hear what you have to say.

OPTIONAL, leave a comment to this posting in addition to taking the poll.  If you prefer to remain anonymous, just take the poll.

Discussione n. 13: check Italian media RE snowstorm in . Scadenza 15 marzo

I expect the impending snowstorm will be front page news in Italia.

Take a look at one or two publications (list below), read an article, and copy the WORDS you recognize, with the translation.

ATTENZIONE: check the correct translation of the words. IF you guessed the meaning wrong, write both your guess and the real translation.

ALSO:  can you guess words from the context rather than just by similarities with other languages you know?

MAKE THIS A BIG DEAL BLOG POST.

Giornali Italiani

La Stampa
Il Corriere della Sera
La Repubblica
Il Fatto Quotidiano
Huffington Post

Discussione 12: 8 marzo

Post the link to a YOUTUBE.

In the video: a occhi chiusi, record your autoritratto AND record the RITRATTO of a famous character. (See instructions in compito 8 marzo)

Discussione . n 11 per l'8 marzo

1) In italiano we use the definite article BEFORE the date.  Esempio: oggi e' il tre marzo.

2) Look at the headline: can you explain why I wrote < l'8 marzo > ?


3) QUICK look at any ITALIAN MEDIA websites and grab TWO headlines about l'8 marzo that explain what kind of special celebration it is WORLDWIDE.

4) COPY the headlines (and mention the website) and translate them to the best of your ability. Try to translate without dictionary.

Discussione n. 10: per 2 marzo

I was hoping it wouldn't happen but since it has ....

 

I am receiving messages from students who make mistakes in the file name, the email subject and the basic compito format.

 

When I uphold MY rules and reject their work, they get all worked up and blame me for not telling them they made a mistake and not giving them another chance (and in a hurry.)

 

It's time to take responsibility for what you do and for how you do it.

 

The propaedeutic  reason for my pedantic rules is to FORCE you into a state of heightened attention.

 

When you start your compito you must be aware that every little mistake (smart or dumb doesn't make a difference) is going to count. So, my rules are a warning: you are entering a danger area. Proceed with caution.

 

And one more thing: if I make an exception for any of you now, out of fairness, I will feel compelled to go back and make the same exception for people who made the same errors before (some of whom did not complain, did not blame me and simply learned their lesson.)

 

Add your COMMENTS. (Required)

Discussione n. 9: per il 2 marzo

TASK 5: 

 

 

 

 

The first person to COMMENT will choose a maximum of 5 USEFUL words from any of the exercises (click LINK  ).

 

What do I mean by USEFUL? Words that you would need to know in order to understand and communicate basic information.

 

The next person to COMMENT, will rewrite the first 5 words and add 5 more USEFUL words.

 

WRITE 5 WORDS in the SINGULAR FORM without ARTICLE and without TRANSLATION. 

 

The third person will copy 10 words and add 5 more AND SO ON, until one of you will realize that all the useful words have been selected already.

 

WHEN that happens, open this file, LINK  and choose 5 more USEFUL WORDS from these lists.

And so on.

 

IF YOU RUN OUT OF USEFUL WORDS, STOP.

 

At the end we will have a list of words that EVERYBODY must know.