73967 - Italian as a Second Language

Learning outcomes

The student whose native language is not Italian - is able to understand texts of a certain complexity, as well as longer speeches - is able to communicate with sufficient fluency and spontaneity to interact naturally with native speakers and to express him/herself clearly and articulately on a wide range of topics of interest - is able to present an argument in an organized way, using the main textual connectors appropriately and to write clear and articulate texts on a wide range of topics of interest.

Course contents

The Italian as second language course will have a semester duration and will be held with the same program in both semesters of the academic year to allow foreign students arriving with exchange projects to attend the course. The overall objective is to help students acquire a B2 level. Therefore, an initial B1 level of linguistic competence is required.

The course will be organized as follows:

· Two weekly meetings held by Dr. Greta Zanoni;

· A weekly meeting with Dr. Teresa Quarta (Lettorato)

The course is communicative as it aims to develop mainly oral skills, without neglecting written comprehension. In this course grammatical topics are functional to the communication activities. During the course various general topics will be addressed, to broaden the necessary vocabulary and develop the skills of interaction. Some of the themes may concern: society, environment, travel in Italy, current events, food and wine and culture.

Teaching methods

Lessons Dr. Zanoni:

- comprehension of oral excerpts taken from television and radio recordings, television fiction, films, web recordings

- reading and comprehension of written texts

- group / pair oral interactions

- short oral presentations

Lettorato Dr. Teresa Quarta: oral production exercises and interaction

Assessment methods

he exam includes a written and an oral test, on which information will be provided in class.

1. Written test (text comprehension and written production) is carried out during the last week of the course (consult the Virtuale platform);

2. Oral exam: debate in pairs on a previously given topic.

Students must have passed the written test in order to access the oral exam. For the written test, the use of the dictionary is not allowed.

 

Students with specific learning difficulties (SpLD) or with disabilities that can affect their ability to attend courses are invited to contact the University service for students with disabilities and SLD at the earliest opportunity -- ideally before the start of the course: https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students. The University service will suggest possible adjustments to the course work and/or exam, which must then be submitted to the course leader so they can assess their feasibility, in line with the learning objectives of the course. Please note that adjustments to the exam must be requested at least two weeks in advance.

Teaching tools

Textbooks, grammars, written and oral materials provided by the teacher.

Use of resources on the Moodle e-learning platform of the university http://moodle.sslmit.unibo.it/login/index.php with a page dedicated to the course.

The login password will be provided during the first lesson.

Office hours

See the website of Greta Zanoni