Module ITAL1111: Cultures in Context: Italian

Department: Modern Languages and Cultures (Italian)

ITAL1111: Cultures in Context: Italian

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• Foundations module in the same language (ITALF001 - NEW Module)

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• For post A-level (or similarly qualified) language learners to study cultural materials in their original languages.
• For students to develop further their linguistic competences through cultural study
• For students to practise producing a range of kinds of written and digital responses to cultural materials.
• For students to engage actively, critically and creatively with key issues pertaining to the study of cultures in Italian.

Content

• Analysis of varied primary materials which may be drawn from literature, film and visual studies, music, philosophy, politics, history.
• Analysis of materials in their original language and use of target language in the classroom where appropriate.
• Scaffolding of skills appropriate to producing varied written and digital responses to cultural materials.

Learning Outcomes

• Understanding of the variety of primary materials studied.
• Understanding of core terms and concepts in the study of cultures.

• Engagement with primary materials in their original language.
• Analysis of primary materials in the target language where appropriate.

• Formulating responses to cultural materials in written and digital formats, using the target language where appropriate.

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

• This module is taught by means of a weekly lecture and fortnightly seminar. Lectures will model analysis of varied primary materials which may be drawn from literature, film, visual studies, music, philosophy, politics, history. In seminars, students will practise engaging critically and creatively with cultural materials in their original languages. Some discussion will take place in the target language when and where appropriate. Assessment will be a portfolio of written pieces and a digital oral or aural output.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

■ Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.