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Full Year

Italian 1 (ELCI08001)

Subject

European Languages and Cultures - Italian

College

CAHSS

Credits

40

Normal Year Taken

1

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Course Summary

An intensive course in spoken and written Italian, with a focus on language production as well as on grammar structures, offering classes at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. The language course (60%) is complemented by four integrated modules in Italian Cultural Studies (40%) introducing aspects of Italian culture from the Early Modern Period to the present. Auditing (Class only) is not allowed.

Course Description

By the end of the first year course, students will have acquired the following skills and competences: A. Language - Structural competence: ranging from a basic grasp of Italian grammatical structures for students with no previous experience of Italian, to a deeper understanding of grammatical concepts for more advanced students; - Lexical competence: they will have acquired/developed a vocabulary of 800-1200 Italian words; - Communicative competence: they will be able to communicate in Italian both in speaking and writing, within the range and context of the course; - Receptive competence: they will read, understand and listening short written texts of simple to high level of difficulty. B. Italian Cultural Studies - knowledge and understanding of the cultural developments of the periods studied and of the formal and thematic issues raised by the selected works; - familiarity with the recommended secondary material relevant to the period, authors, directors and composers studied; - understanding of the relationship between the works studied and their social and historical context; - ability to criticise, evaluate and interpret evidence.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%

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