Wellesley College online AP® Italian Language and Culture course

Wellesley College is offering the second iteration of a College Board approved online AP® Italian Language and Culture course on the edX platform!

 

You can register now for free!

 

The course will open online on August 20th.

 

Our online AP® Italian Language and Culture course is designed especially for teachers and students with a variety of needs.

High school teachers, college or university instructors, and their students:

Register for free on the edX platform: our online material will help you design an interactive and academically challenging AP® Italian Language and Culture course.

This online course may also be used in colleges and universities, in any Italian course at the intermediate or high-intermediate levels.

Students, as well as instructors, register online to have access to all material when the course opens on August 20th, 2018!

Students in high schools when AP Italian is not taught:

1. To be part of an online live class and best prepared for the AP® Italian exam, students may register for one of Wellesley's online live instruction classes, conveniently offered in the evenings and/or Saturdays. These classes are taught in conjunction with the free AP® Italian Language and Culture course open on the edX platform.

Upon completion, students will receive a certificate from Wellesley College with a letter grade that they may present to their high school for registration on their transcript.

2. Students who just want to study on their own for the AP® Italian exam may register for free on edX to get access to course materials and work independently without access to the live instruction classes.

Components of this unique course include:

  • Video interviews with Italian speakers, including:

    • Renowned cook Lidia Bastianich on Italian cuisine

    • Soccer player Andrea Pirlo on his sports career

 

And NEW this year:

 

  • Carlo Ratti, on the "Senseable" city of the future

  • Fausto Panizzoli, on the "exoskeletons"

  • Alberto Preti, on the Italian Resistance

and more!

  • Literary excerpts from some major writers of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Umberto Eco, Italo Calvino, Susanna Agnelli, Laila Wadia, and others.

  • Relevant media coverage and advertisements including:

    • Newspaper articles (from Corriere della Sera, Il Sole24Ore and l’Unità)

    • Radio programs

    • Relevant realia (e.g., print and TV ads)

  • Grammar reviews with downloadable pdf charts and self-corrected activities.

  • Audio files: As the Spoken Interpersonal Communication portion of the AP® Italian exam is very challenging, we have created twelve audio files of conversations designed to help students practice their spontaneous speaking skills. These audio files may be used in class or as self-study.

Questions? Please contact us at apitalian@wellesley.edu or contact Daniela Bartalesi-Graf at dbartale@wellesley.edu