Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Route 4 Literature Themes: Words on the go, Discovering others, knowing yourself: travel literature Grammar: Indefinite adjectives and pronouns, The impersonal form, Conditional: the form and use, Relative pronouns: which, Some functions of the present gerund, Use of prepositions Route 5 Astrophysics and neuroscience Themes: What remains to be discovered, I am your mirror Grammar: The simple future: the form and use, the particle ne, direct and indirect pronouns Route 6 History of culture and history of gender Themes: Universitas studiorum: the origins of universities Grammar: The past tense, the perfect past tense, Use of tenses in the past tense (imperfect, perfect past tense and perfect past perfect)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
- Attendace
- 24 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 12 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Course Credit
- 12 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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This is the second semester of a four-semester course for students with a pre-intermediate level of Italian. The course concentrates on practicing all the communication forms: speaking, listening, reading and writing.
Student can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. Can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
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Prerequisites
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Student can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam, Student performance, Written exam
Attendance - maximum 2 absences. Absence is no excuse for not being prepared in the following lesson. Active participation. Completion of all the assignments. Final written test. To obtain the credit, the students must fulfill all the requirements not later than by the end of the examination period of the semester they registered for this course.
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Recommended literature
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Danila Piotti, Giulia de Savorgnani, Elena Carrara. UniversItalia 2.0. Firenze: Alma Edizioni.
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Jarmila Janešová. Italština pro samouky.
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La Grassa, M., Delitala, M., & Quercioll, F. (2013). L'italiano all'universitá 2: corso di lingua per studenti stranieri : B1, B2. Roma: Edilingua.
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Nocchi, S. (2022). Nuova grammatica pratica della lingua italiana. Alma Edizioni: Firenze.
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Roberto Tartaglione, Angelica Benincasa. (2015). Grammatica della lingua italiana per stranieri di base. Alma Edizioni Firenze.
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