Module ITAL2091: ITALIAN LANGUAGE 2A [FOR STUDENTS TAKING A YEAR ABROAD]

Department: Modern Language and Cultures (Italian)

ITAL2091: ITALIAN LANGUAGE 2A [FOR STUDENTS TAKING A YEAR ABROAD]

Prerequisites

• IItalian Language 1A (ITAL1071) or equivalent.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• Italian Language 2B (ITAL2031), Italian Language 2B [for students taking a year abroad] (ITAL2051), Italian Language 2A (ITAL2111) and Understanding Italy (ITAL1061).

Aims

• To consolidate and develop language skills acquired during Italian 1A.
• To enhance communication skills in written and oral Italian.
• To encourage independent learning and reading of Italian texts of various kinds.
• To contextualise language skills in Italian issues concerning Italian culture.
• To prepare stduents for living abroad, including on the year abroad, in terms of language, practical knowledge and cultural competence.

Content

• This module builds on the skills acquired in Italian language 1A and will involve the further development and consolidation of writing, speaking and comprehension skills in Italian.

Learning Outcomes

• Students should have acquired a greater knowledge of Italian culture and an increased awareness of cultural issues.

• Students should have enhanced and consolidated the skills and knowledge acquired in the first-year core language module - in speaking, writing, reading, and aural comprehension.

• Students should have developed and enhanced their presentation and communication as well as their critical skills (becoming able to read and comment on different genres of material with linguistic and cultural awareness).
• IT skills (all coursework is to be word-processed).
• Ability to present information and/or construct an argument effectively in the target language.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Students will consolidate and develop their knowledge of Italian language and culture through all forms of media (film, newspapers, magazines, journals, articles, radio).
• The teaching will consist of two one-hour classes per week. Classes will be conducted in Italian.
• Students will take part in debates and discussions, participate in listening-comprehension and translation exercises, and prepare short texts and grammatical exercises for correction in the class.
• Classes will contain components that ensure the natural use and practice of all language skills following the guidelines in the CEF.
• Students will be required to read before class and to prepare specific topics for discussion and presentation.
• Students will undertake a series of formative, research-based writing tasks throughout Michaelmas term that will be used to form the structure of a project that individual students will develop in Epiphany term.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Regular written assignments/oral practice.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University