CATALAN LANGUAGE 2

Lingua Catalana is divided into two modules, of which the exercises are annual and include 60 hours of teaching. The remaining module concerns 30 hours of frontal lessons held during the second semester and includes 30 teaching hours.

Lingua Catalana offers communicative courses for beginners and advanced students and aims to introduce students to the Catalan language and culture. The course offers students the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in the Catalan language. The general objective of the teaching is to develop all the linguistic skills to reach from an A2 to a B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

MODULO -ESERCITAZIONI
1. Knowledge and understanding
Knowing the vocabulary concerning everyday communication situations and grammar.
Linguistic knowledge of the Catalan language up to the B2 level of the CEFR.

2. Applying knowledge and understanding
Knowing how to use the right vocabulary and a correct grammar for each of the daily communicative situations (discussed during the lessons).
To understand and produce written and oral texts from a level A2 to B2 of the CEFR.

3. Making judgments
Ability to identify any grammatical and phonological errors and to be able to find the bibliographic sources suggested by the teacher (such as knowing how to use the linguistic resource online http://aplicacions.llengua.gencat.cat/llc/AppJava/index.html or different dictionaries).

4. Communication skills
know how to communicate information in Catalan, using vocabulary and syntactic structures appropriate for everyday situations.

5. Learning skills
Self-evaluation skills at the initial level compared to the acquisition of metalinguistic contents, as well as to their competence in the Catalan language.


MODULO TEORICO
Here is the translation:

1. Understanding the most important concepts of sociolinguistics, particularly those that have had the greatest impact on Catalan sociolinguistics since its origins.
2. Being familiar with the data regarding the knowledge and use of the Catalan language.
3. Expressing one's opinion on current sociolinguistic issues, especially those related to the Catalan language.
4. Listening to and understand Catalan in various situations.
5. Reading, analyze, and comprehend texts in Catalan.
6. Writing short texts in Catalan.
7. Understanding the culture and sociolinguistic situation of the different regions and countries where Catalan is spoken.
8. Participating in debates and give brief oral presentations in Catalan.

None… except for the desire and willingness to learn a European “minorized” language spoken by more than 10 million people.

MODULO ESERCITAZIONI
The course starts from communicative situations that allow us to introduce the grammar of the Catalan language gradually, starting from the basic expressions to ask and give personal information, passing through those to ask for directions to get to a place, up to those used to go from doctor, to shop or to communicate in a university environment.

MODULO TEORICO
Specific concepts of sociolinguistics: bilingualism, multilingualism, diglossia, languages contact, etc.

UNITÀ 1. LA LINGUA CATALANA OGGI
UNITÀ 2. LA LINGUA CATALANA NEI SECOLI
UNITÀ 3. IL CATALANO, LINGUA MINORE?
UNITÀ 4. DA QUANDO I CATALANI SONO BILINGUI?
UNITÀ 5. DA COSA DIPENDE IL FUTURO DEL CATALANO?

There will be a full language, literary and cultural immersion in Catalan. That’s why it is encouraged to use as much Catalan as possible in the classroom.

Clipping of journal articles in different languages (English, Spanish, Catalan) about both the historical and the current sociolinguistic situation of the Catalan language [moodle]

During the course, students will have to demonstrate their learning process and will participate in the constructive evaluation of their peers. Empathy and teamwork within the learning of a language is fundamental, therefore, during the entire duration of the course and at the end, there will be several activities to be carried out individually and in groups in order to activate and put in place practice from the first moment their acquired knowledge.

During the first and second semester, the student will have to perform different tasks:
- writing (5%)
- reading a book in foreign languages ​​+ activities (5%): the book will be chosen at the beginning of the first semester and communicated on this syllabus and on personal notices. The choice of the book will take place through a vote of the students on three available options.
- two six-monthly written tests on the grammatical and lexical contents of the exercises (20%, 10% each test)
- a final written and oral exam divided into two parts: a) contents of the lectorate, b) open-ended questions and quizzes on the contents of the theoretical module (70%).

In order to proceed with the final evaluation of the course, it is mandatory to have passed and passed all the tests and all the parts (lectorate and module) and to have delivered all the required tasks.

Participation
When you're in class, speak Catalan whenever possible, even with your classmates. Any foreign language is learned by making mistakes!

Tests and projects:
There are some tests during the course, there will be two partial tests that will take place at the end of each semester and at the end of the course a final exam

written and oral

The student will have to perform different tasks. Here is the grading:
- writing (5%);
- reading a book in foreign languages ​​+ activities (5%);
- two six-monthly written tests on the grammatical and lexical contents of the exercises (20%, 10% each test);
- a final written and oral exam divided into two parts: a) contents of the lectorate, b) open-ended questions and quizzes on the contents of the theoretical module (70%).

The course has a highly practical and applied approach. It is a communicative type course developed to acquire optimal language skills in Catalan in small groups, which allows for the acquisition of the language in a much more effective and personalized way.
The teaching methodology includes resources of all kinds, from the classic grammar manual with exercises to more contemporary resources, such as YouTube, webseries in Catalan (Drama, Mai neva a ciutat), self-learning web platforms (h5p.cat), social networks (Instagram), songs, etc.
Furthermore, academic and cultural meetings will be held throughout the semester in order to listen, produce oral texts and interact in real cultural situations.

Enrolling in this course opens up to the student the possibility of participating in internships within our Department or abroad and language stays (in Catalonia, Valencia or Mallorca) organized by the Institut Ramon Llull and the Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua during the summer. In addition to purely academic activities, the Catalan section organizes language exchanges, literary days, cultural events, meetings on various topics in Catalan, study trips, film screenings ...
Furthermore, Ca 'Foscari will be the official seat for carrying out the Proves de certificació de Català as a Foreign Language, organized every year by the Institut Ramon Llull, in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (see http: //www.llull.cat/catala/aprendre_catala/certificats_examens.cfm).

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Useful links:
Institut Ramon Llull, Aprendre català al món (imparare catalano nel mondo)
http://www.llull.cat/catala/aprendre_catala/aprendre_catala.cfm
Consorci per a la Normalització Lingüística, Parla.cat. Aprendre català a internet (imparare catalano su internet)
//llengua.gencat.cat/web/.content/documents/parla_cat/triptic_parlacat_esp.pdf
VISAT. La revista digital de literatura i traducció del PEN català http://www.visat.cat/

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