ITALIAN LANGUAGE-PRE-INTERMEDIATE

The course is offered to students in exchange.

The course aims to deepen the skills of Italian, from the synchronic and diachronic point of view. At the end of the course the students will be able to master with greater competence the linguistic possibilities of Italian.

The course includes an intermediate knowledge of Italian, to the B1 level.

The "Lingua italiana" module will focus on the socio-linguistic aspects of the Italian language. We will offer the fundamental tools for the understanding of contemporary Italian (varieties, registers, etc.) with particular reference to the diatopic variety, also in relation to the standard Italian. We will refer to the Italian language as a daily written and spoken language, and to its differences in use.
In the second part of the course we will focus on the most important periods of the history of the Italian language: the transition from classical Latin to popular Latin till Italian vulgars; the formation of the literary language in the fourteenth century; the "questione della lingua" of the 16th century; the establishment of the national language at the time of Italian unification (1861).
All lessons will be supported by the analysis of examples and texts, which will be provided in class.
The module "Esercitazioni linguistiche" has the objective of exercising all the aspects of the language, necessary to reach the B1 level according to the European Framework of Reference for Languages.

▪ Module 1: materials delivered to class or via Moodle by the teacher.
▪ Module 2: "Nuovo contatto B1" Corso di lingua e civiltà italiana per stranieri di R. Bozzone Costa, C. Ghezzi, M. Piantoni, Loescher Editore - ISBN 9788858308653

Admission to the exam
Only students who have attended 80% of the lessons (Module 1) and exercises (Module 2) will be admitted to the exam. In particular:
▪ Frequency to Module 1: at least 24 hours/30, and carrying out assigned activities .
▪ Frequency to Module 2: at least 16 exercises/20 (40 hours/50).
Students regularly enrolled in the course but who will not have attended the 80% of the lessons and exercises cannot receive credits and take the exam.

The exam consists of two mandatory parts.
1. Italian language module (40%): during the course there will be two written tests. Test dates will be communicated during lessons.
2. Language test at level B1 (60%): on oral and written comprehension, vocabulary and grammar (PC test at the end of the course) + written productions (in itinere) and oral interview (at the end of the course).

N.B. Students must support and pass all parts of the exam.

The teaching activities are organized in an interactive way. Students must participate actively in the classroom and carry out the activities assigned by the teacher and the linguistic expert.

The Lingua italiana course (B1) is organized in two modules:
Module 1: Italian language: 30 hours of lesson in attendance.
Module 2: Linguistic exercises: 50 hours of linguistic exercises held by the Linguistic Expert in presence.
Students must attend 80% of both modules.

reception of teacher and of linguistic collaborator
The teacher, prof. Anna Rinaldin, receives before and after lessons. For appointments, write to rinaldin@unive.it.
The linguistic collaborator, dott.ssa Anna Toscano, receives Thursday from 13.30 to 14.30, in classroom 117 (San Sebastiano).

written and oral