Italian for Foreign Students I
A.Y. 2021/2022
Learning objectives
The course provides basic competencies of present Italian lexicon in its structure and in its evolutionary aspects. It also aims at improving critical examination of contemporary lexical renewal and the relation between Italian and foreign languages. Further goals concern the developing of analysis and production's skill, both spoken and wtitten, about different texts' typologies. The aim is consistent with the goal of the CdS to create a qualified professional figure of a culturally aware language expert.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be able to recognize the structure of contemporary Italian lexicon, also in its connections with foreign languages, and to use lexicographic tools. The student will also be able to understand and to produce different typologies of texts, in relation with diverse purposes.
Lesson period: year
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
year
All lessons and exercises will be held in presence, although with the possibility to attend them in streaming in the Microsoft Teams class dqt1uar.
Course syllabus
The course consists of 60 hours distributed throughout the year: 20 hours in the first half and 40 hours in the second half.
In addition to the course there are 60 hours of exercises, which will also take place in the first and second semester. The exercises are aimed at deepening the contents exposed to the lesson and to improve the skills of comprehension and production, both written and spoken; they are also aimed at helping in the study of the texts programmed.
Students will be able to access the website Lingua italiana per stranieri I (LIN), Ariel platform, for further information and materials.
The three units of which the course consists are deeply intertwined and are aimed at improving the communicative competences, with special regards with written italian.
In addition to the course there are 60 hours of exercises, which will also take place in the first and second semester. The exercises are aimed at deepening the contents exposed to the lesson and to improve the skills of comprehension and production, both written and spoken; they are also aimed at helping in the study of the texts programmed.
Students will be able to access the website Lingua italiana per stranieri I (LIN), Ariel platform, for further information and materials.
The three units of which the course consists are deeply intertwined and are aimed at improving the communicative competences, with special regards with written italian.
Prerequisites for admission
In order to attend the course in a profitable way, it is recommended to study the following books:
- L. Serianni, Italiani scritti, Bologna, il Mulino, 2007.
- R. Bozzone Costa, M. Piantoni, C. Ghezzi, Contatto C1, Torino, Loescher, 2013.
- L. Serianni, Italiani scritti, Bologna, il Mulino, 2007.
- R. Bozzone Costa, M. Piantoni, C. Ghezzi, Contatto C1, Torino, Loescher, 2013.
Teaching methods
The course is divided into three units, structured in such a way as to develop different and coordinated competences. The three units are based on theoretical reflection around the contemporary Italian language combined with a communicative approach to the teaching of the Italian language in its different textual types.
Teaching Resources
1) Massimo Prada, Scrittura e comunicazione, vol. I, Milano, LED, 2003, pp. 251-324.
2) Jhumpa Lahiri, In altre parole, Parma, Guanda, 2015.
3) Riccardo Gualdo, Lucia Raffaelli e Stefano Telve, Scrivere all'università. Pianificare e realizzare testi efficaci, Roma, Carocci, 2014.
Gli studenti non frequentanti è consigliata anche la lettura di:
4) Massimo Prada, Scrittura e comunicazione, vol. I, Milano, LED, 2003, pp. 135-171, 186-226.
2) Jhumpa Lahiri, In altre parole, Parma, Guanda, 2015.
3) Riccardo Gualdo, Lucia Raffaelli e Stefano Telve, Scrivere all'università. Pianificare e realizzare testi efficaci, Roma, Carocci, 2014.
Gli studenti non frequentanti è consigliata anche la lettura di:
4) Massimo Prada, Scrittura e comunicazione, vol. I, Milano, LED, 2003, pp. 135-171, 186-226.
Assessment methods and Criteria
For all units, a written test is provided (aimed at ascertaining the acquisition of comprehension skills and the production of written texts) and, if this is passed, an oral examination consisting of an interview on the topics in the program, to verify content acquisition and language skills.
L-FIL-LET/12 - ITALIAN LINGUISTICS - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professors:
Dota Michela, Sergio Giuseppe
Professor(s)