SYLLABI (COURSE DESCRIPTION)
Academic year 2020 / 2021
| Italian for Academic Purposes 1 | |
|---|---|
| Name | Italian for Academic Purposes 1 |
| ECTS credits | 2 |
| Teachers | Arijela Fabrio, PhD, Senior Lecturer |
| Hours | Practical foreign language exercises 30 |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Goal | Acquiring and developing reading techniques, developing abstract writing skills, developing speaking skills on academic and professional topics and learning academic and professional vocabulary. |
| Teaching methods | Encouraging students to communicate orally based on the analyzed text. Use of graphic material as a means of encouraging conversation in a foreign language. Listening to and understanding foreign speakers by using audio-visual materials. Encouraging independent discussion on a given topic in a foreign language. |
| Assessment methods | Homework, speaking activities, reading texts, writing an abstract, class participation, mid-term and end-term exam |
| Learning outcomes | 1. Use elementary rules of writing, reading and pronunciation in the Italian language. 2. Use simple phrases and sentences in basic communication in Italian. 3. Understand simple texts while reading (mainly composed from the independent clauses and most frequently used vocabulary). 4. Derive basic information from the listening materials. 5. Identify and describe specific elements in a language. |
| Week by week schedule | 1. General information about the course. Dictionaries. Italian alphabet. 2. Italian pronunciation and spelling. Italian orthography. 3. Text from the course book, listening activities. Grammatical gender. Definite and indefinite article. Auxiliary verbs essere and avere. Introducing basic vocabulary. Guidelines for the first homework. 4. Text from the course book, listening activities. Nouns and adjectives, numbers. New vocabulary. Homework correction and discussion. 5. Present Tense - regular verbs. Text from the course book, listening activities. Noun declension. New vocabulary. Exercises. Homework correction and discussion. 6. Text from the course book, listening activities. Present Tense - irregular verbs. New vocabulary. Exercises. Introducing prepositions. Homework correction and discussion. 7. Text from the course book, listening activities. Modal verbs. Grammar and vocabulary revision - group work. Homework correction and discussion. 8. Text from the course book, listening activities. Present Tense revision. Reading comprehension. Prepositions. Additional reading material. Homework correction and discussion. 9. Text from the course book, listening activities. Reflexive verbs. Dialogue activities. Homework correction and discussion. 10. Text from the course book, listening activities. Perfect Tense. Exercises. New vocabulary related to every-day situations. Homework correction and discussion. 11. Text from the course book, listening activities. Revision o tenses. Reading comprehension and vocabulary. Homework correction and discussion. 12. Text from the course book, listening activities. Imperfect Tense. Exercises and activities. Using pictures to encourage conversation. Homework correction and discussion. 13. Text from the course book, listening activities. Prepositions. Short translation activities. Homework correction and discussion. 14. Text from the course book, listening activities. Dialogue activities. Short translation activities. Homework correction and discussion. 15. Homework correction. Short translation activities. Revision and mid-term exam preparation. |
| Required reading | 1. Loredana Chiappini, Nuccia de Filippo: Un giorno in Italia 1, 2002., Bonacci editore, Roma 2. Janfrancesco, E.: Parla e scrivi, 2002, Cendali editore 3. Susanna Nocchi: Grammatica pratica della lingua italiana, 2006., Alma edizioni, Firenze 4. Bertoni, Nocchi: Le parole italiane, Alma edizioni, 2003., Firenze 5. Barreca, Cogliandro, Murgia: Palestra italiana, 2003., Bonacci editore, Roma 6. Bailini, Consonno: I verbi italiani, 2004., Alma edizioni, Firenze |
| Additional reading | 1. dr. Jernej, J.: Konverzacijska talijanska gramatika, 1982., Školska knjiga 2. Amato, C.: Mondo Italiano, Bonacci editore, 1999., Roma 3. Enciclopedia Garzanti Universale, Aldo Garzanti Editore, 1998. 4. Articles from journals and Internet |
| Italian for Academic Purposes 2 | |
|---|---|
| Name | Italian for Academic Purposes 2 |
| ECTS credits | 2 |
| Teachers | Arijela Fabrio, PhD, Senior Lecturer |
| Hours | Practical foreign language exercises 30 |
| Prerequisites | To enrol course it is necessary to pass course Italian for Academic Purposes 1 |
| Goal | Acquiring and developing reading techniques, developing abstract writing skills, developing speaking skills on academic and professional topics and learning academic and professional vocabulary. |
| Teaching methods | Encouraging students to communicate orally based on the analyzed text. Use of graphic material as a means of encouraging conversation in a foreign language. Listening to and understanding foreign speakers by using audio-visual materials. Encouraging independent discussion on a given topic in a foreign language. |
| Assessment methods | Homework, speaking activities, reading texts, writing an abstract, class participation, mid-term and end-term exam |
| Learning outcomes | 1. Make simple questions and answers about past events and future plans. 2. Derive basic information from authentic listening materials. 3. Choose key elements from a short text. 4. Find basic information in electronic media or press materials. 5. Prepare and give an oral presentation on a selected topic. |
| Week by week schedule | 1. First semester revision. Guidelines for homework. Guidelines for oral presentations. 2. Future Tense. Listening to the audio material. New vocabulary, Exercises and activities. Homework correction and discussion. Oral presentation. 3. Reading a text from the course book, listening to the audio material. New vocabulary. Grammar revision. Group work: conversation. Homework correction and discussion. Oral presentation. 4. Reading a text from the course book, listening to the audio material. Learning new vocabulary. Group work: working on a text. Homework correction. Oral presentation. 5. Reading a text from the course book, listening to the audio material. Revision of prepositions. Group work: discussing a short text.. Homework correction and discussion. Oral presentation. 6. Future Tense, activities. Text analysis, discussion. Keywords,, abstract. Homework correction. Oral presentation. 7. Reading a text from the course book, listening to the audio material. Extending vocabulary through text analysis. Homework correction and discussion. Oral presentation. 8. Reading a text from the course book, listening to the audio material. Revision of tenses. Reading comprehension, extending vocabulary. Homework correction and discussion. Oral presentation. 9. Reading a text from the course book, listening to audio material. Plusquamperfect. Exercises and activities. Homework correction and discussion. Oral presentation. 10. Additional reading material. Extending vocabulary. Grammar revision. Homework: preparing a text, presenting the text. 11. Presenting and discussing texts. Reading a text from the course book. Activities from the course book. Short translation activity. Homework correction and discussion. Oral presentation. 12. Presenting and discussing texts. Reading a text from the course book. Activities from the course book. Short translation activity. Homework correction and discussion. Oral presentation. 13. Presenting and discussing texts. Reading a text from the course book. Activities from the course book. Homework correction and discussion. Oral presentation. 14. Short translation activity. Presenting and discussing texts. End-term exam preparation. Oral presentation. 15. Revision and end-term exam preparation. Oral presentation. |
| Required reading | 1. Loredana Chiappini, Nuccia de Filippo: Un giorno in Italia 1, 2002., Bonacci editore, Roma 2. Janfrancesco, E.: Parla e scrivi, 2002, Cendali editore 3. Susanna Nocchi: Grammatica pratica della lingua italiana, 2006., Alma edizioni, Firenze 4. Bertoni, Nocchi: Le parole italiane, Alma edizioni, 2003., Firenze 5. Barreca, Cogliandro, Murgia: Palestra italiana, 2003., Bonacci editore, Roma 6. Bailini, Consonno: I verbi italiani, 2004., Alma edizioni, Firenze 7. Janfrancesco, E.: Parla e scrivi, 2002, Cendali editore 8. Susanna Nocchi: Grammatica pratica della lingua italiana, 2006., Alma edizioni, Firenze 9. Bertoni, Nocchi: Le parole italiane, Alma edizioni, 2003., Firenze 10. Barreca, Cogliandro, Murgia: Palestra italiana, 2003., Bonacci editore, Roma 11. Bailini, Consonno: I verbi italiani, 2004., Alma edizioni, Firenze |
| Additional reading | 1. dr. Jernej, J.: Konverzacijska talijanska gramatika, 1982., Školska knjiga 2. Amato, C.: Mondo Italiano, Bonacci editore, 1999., Roma 3. Enciclopedia Garzanti Universale, Aldo Garzanti Editore, 1998. 4. Articles from journals and Internet |
| Italian for Academic Purposes 3 | |
|---|---|
| Name | Italian for Academic Purposes 3 |
| ECTS credits | 2 |
| Teachers | Arijela Fabrio, PhD, Senior Lecturer |
| Hours | Practical foreign language exercises 30 |
| Prerequisites | To enrol course it is necessary to pass course Italian for Academic Purposes 2 |
| Goal | Acquiring and developing reading techniques, developing abstract writing skills, developing speaking skills on academic and professional topics and learning academic and professional vocabulary. |
| Teaching methods | Encouraging students to communicate orally based on the analyzed text. Use of graphic material as a means of encouraging conversation in a foreign language. Listening to and understanding foreign speakers by using audio-visual materials. Encouraging independent discussion on a given topic in a foreign language. |
| Assessment methods | Homework, speaking activities, reading texts, writing an abstract, class participation, mid-term and end-term exam |
| Learning outcomes | 1. Use reading techniques for specific/scientific literature in the Italian language. 2. Identify usual methods of structuring a specific/scientific text from overall organization of a text to organizing paragraphs. 3. Use sentence structures in academic discourse. 4. Summarize and present the content of a listening material. 5. Write the summary of a specific/scientific text. |
| Week by week schedule | 1. General information about the course. Dictionaries. Short homework. 2. Assessing students through reading comprehension and grammar. Test di controllo. 3. Text from the course book, listening activities. Direct pronouns, activities and exercises. Guidelines for the first homework. 4. Text from the course book, listening activities. Revision of direct pronouns in texts. Homework correction and discussion. Additional text for extending vocabulary and grammar practice. 5. Text from the course book, listening activities. Direct pronouns in the past tense. Learning new vocabulary, activities and exercises. Dialogue activities. Homework correction and discussion. 6. Text from the course book, listening activities. Practicing grammar, learning new vocabulary, exercises and activities. Conversation activities. Homework correction and discussion. 7. Text from the course book, listening activities. Indirect pronouns, reading a short text, extending vocabulary. Homework correction and discussion. 8. Text from the course book, listening activities. Homework correction and discussion. 9. Additional reading materials, revision, group work: contrasting views. Homework correction and discussion. 10. Revision of prepositions. Text analysis, identifying main ideas and making conclusions. Organization of the text, title, introduction, notes, illustrations, paragraph order, subtitles, keywords. Reading and analyzing a short text for homework. 11. Indirect and direct pronouns. Paragraph analysis. Short translation activities. Abstract writing. Analyzing a paragraph for homework. 12. Homework correction, analysis and discussion. Additional reading material for grammar practice. Preposition exercises. 13. Group work: abstract writing. Short translation and dialogue presentation. 14. Homework analysis, group work: abstract writing. Conversation activities. 15. Revision and mid-term exam preparation. |
| Required reading | 1. Loredana Chiappini, Nuccia de Filippo: Un giorno in Italia 1, 2002., Bonacci editore, Roma 2. Janfrancesco, E.: Parla e scrivi, 2002, Cendali editore 3. Susanna Nocchi: Grammatica pratica della lingua italiana, 2006., Alma edizioni, Firenze 4. Bertoni, Nocchi: Le parole italiane, Alma edizioni, 2003., Firenze 5. Barreca, Cogliandro, Murgia: Palestra italiana, 2003., Bonacci editore, Roma 6. Bailini, Consonno: I verbi italiani, 2004., Alma edizioni, Firenze |
| Additional reading | 1. dr. Jernej, J.: Konverzacijska talijanska gramatika, 1982., Školska knjiga 2. Amato, C.: Mondo Italiano, Bonacci editore, 1999., Roma 3. Enciclopedia Garzanti Universale, Aldo Garzanti Editore, 1998. 4. Articles from journals and Internet |
| Italian for Academic Purposes 4 | |
|---|---|
| Name | Italian for Academic Purposes 4 |
| ECTS credits | 2 |
| Teachers | Arijela Fabrio, PhD, Senior Lecturer |
| Hours | Practical foreign language exercises 30 |
| Prerequisites | To enrol course it is necessary to pass course Italian for Academic Purposes 3 |
| Goal | Acquiring and developing reading techniques, developing abstract writing skills, developing speaking skills on academic and professional topics and learning academic and professional vocabulary. |
| Teaching methods | Encouraging students to communicate orally based on the analyzed text. Use of graphic material as a means of encouraging conversation in a foreign language. Listening to and understanding foreign speakers by using audio-visual materials. Encouraging independent discussion on a given topic in a foreign language. |
| Assessment methods | Homework, speaking activities, reading texts, writing an abstract, class participation, mid-term and end-term exam |
| Learning outcomes | 1. Discuss specific topics supported by arguments in the Italian language 2. Give a presentation on specific topic. 3. Write the summary of a specific text in Italian 4. Make an outline and write an essay on a specific topic. |
| Week by week schedule | 1. Revision: short text. Discussion through dialogues. Presenting a text. 2. Text from the course book, listening activities. Pronoun ci. Learning new vocabulary, exercises and activities. Homework correction and discussion. Presenting a text. 3. Text from the course book, new vocabulary, exercises, activities. Using new vocabulary. Homework correction and discussion. Revision. Presenting a text. 4. Text from the course book, listening activities. Other meaning od the pronoun ci. Learning new vocabulary. Writing a comment on a short text. Presenting a text. 5. Short text analysis. Identifying the main idea, summarizing the main idea, keywords in a paragraph. Grammar analysis in the text. Homework correction and discussion. Presenting a text. 6. Revision. Homework analysis and discussion. Group work: summary writing. Presenting a text. 7. Text from the course book, listening activities. Pronoun ne. Exercises and activities in the unit, learning new vocabulary. Presenting a text. 8. Working on a text: reading comprehension, extending vocabulary and speaking activities. Sequence of tenses. Homework correction. Presenting a text. 9. Text from the course book, listening activities. Passive. Exercises. Homework correction and discussion. Presenting a text. 10. Additional reading material for grammar and vocabulary revision. Discussion. Guidelines for oral presentations. Homework 11. Revision. Homework. Presenting a text. Discussion about delivered presentations. 12. Text from the course book, other meaning of the pronoun ne. Revision of prepositions, comparison of adjectives. Homework. Presenting a text. Discussion. 13. Text from the course book, relative pronouns che,cui, quale in the text. Short translation and grammar revision. Homework correction. Presenting a text. 14. Relative pronouns che,cui, quale in a text, exercises and activities. Revision and end-term exam preparation. Presenting a text. 15. Student oral presentation. Discussion. Revision and end-term exam preparation. Presenting a text. |
| Required reading | 1. Loredana Chiappini, Nuccia de Filippo: Un giorno in Italia 1, 2002., Bonacci editore, Roma 2. Janfrancesco, E.: Parla e scrivi, 2002, Cendali editore 3. Susanna Nocchi: Grammatica pratica della lingua italiana, 2006., Alma edizioni, Firenze 4. Bertoni, Nocchi: Le parole italiane, Alma edizioni, 2003., Firenze 5. Barreca, Cogliandro, Murgia: Palestra italiana, 2003., Bonacci editore, Roma 6. Bailini, Consonno: I verbi italiani, 2004., Alma edizioni, Firenze |
| Additional reading | 1. dr. Jernej, J.: Konverzacijska talijanska gramatika, 1982., Školska knjiga 2. Amato, C.: Mondo Italiano, Bonacci editore, 1999., Roma 3. Enciclopedia Garzanti Universale, Aldo Garzanti Editore, 1998. 4. Articles from journals and Internet |