- Docente: Giovanna Coccaro
- Credits: 6
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics of Tourism (cod. 8847)
Learning outcomes
The course is aimed at students with a general interest in Italian with, preferably, A1/A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages ( CEFR).
B1 (intermediate) language learners will be able to:
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identify, understand and interpret the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.
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understand the main point of radio or TV programs on current affairs or topics of personal or professional interest when the delivery is relatively slow and clear.
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understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency everyday or job-related language.
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understand and identify descriptions of events, feelings and wishes in personal letters.
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deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken.
Course contents
This blended course aims at the preparation needed to reach the level of competence B1 provided for passing the language proficiency test.
Programma della Prova di Idoneità di Italiano B1
1. Grammar
uses and functions of the definite and indefinite articles
irregular noun forms
forms and usage of the adjectives buono and bello
dimonstrative adjectives: questo/quello
possessive adjectives and pronouns
adverbs of manner, time, place, quantity
indefinites (indefinites adjectives/indefinite pronouns)
personal pronouns (stressed and unstressed forms)
direct and indirect object pronouns
direct object pronouns with past participle (es. li ha comprati, l’ha vista, le ha fatte)
double object pronouns
particles ci and ne
relative pronouns (chi, che, cui, il quale/la quale ecc.)
comparatives and superlatives (relative and absolute) regular and irregular
present indicative tense of regular and irregular verbs
passato prossimo: use of auxiliaries, past participle agreement and irregular past participles
imperfect (imperfetto): forms and use
use of imperfetto and passato prossimo when talking about past events
past perfect (trapassato prossimo): forms and use
choice of auxiliary verb in compound tenses of modal verbs (dovere/volere/potere)
simple future and future perfect tense: forms and use
conditional present and past: forms and uses
imperative (informal and formal)
subjunctive: present (forms and use)
construction di + infinitive vs che + subjunctive (es. spero di trovare vs spero che troviate)
passive voice: with essere, with venire, passive si
simple and compound prepositions
prepositions with places and time
use of prepositions with the most frequent aspectual verbs: cominciare/iniziare a, stare per, finire/smettere di, continuare a…
coordinating conjunctions: (sia…sia, anche, ma/però/tuttavia; inoltre, né…né; o/oppure; altrimenti, invece, cioè, infatti, perciò, così, quindi/dunque, insomma; non solo…ma anche)
subordinating conjonctions: (causal: poiché, perché, visto che, dal momento che, siccome; final: affinché, perché; temporal: mentre, quando, dopo che, appena, fino a che; concessive: benché, sebbene, malgrado, nonostante, anche se).
2. Vocabulary
Everyday life (shopping, transport, food and drink, fashion, music, cinema, family, relationships, free-time activities,hobbies, money)
The world around us (climate, pollution, wildlife, travelling and holidays)
Working and Studying (ambitions, student life, exams, internet).
Readings/Bibliography
Textbook and exercice book:
•Bozzone-Costa, Ghezzi, Piantoni, Nuovo Contatto B1, Loescher Editore 2015
•Nocchi S., New Italian Grammar in practice (A1-B2), Alma Edizioni, Firenze, 2015
Recommended additional material:
•La Cifra, L., Italian grammar in use, Hoepli Editore 2017
•Mezzadri, M. CD-ROM: Italian Interactive Grammar Edizioni Guerra, Perugia 2009
•Collins Italian Dictionary, 2nd edition, HarperCollins 2005
•Vocabolario della lingua italiana, Ed. Zanichelli.
Online learning resources
The CLA Website E-CLA - sedi della Romagna provides the following resources:
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Materials open to all users (Materiali didattici ad accesso libero – select Italiano L2)
Teaching methods
This is a blended course with in-class lessons (24 hours) and self-learning activities (24 hours). Students will be offered guidance in self-study and will have access to Unibo’s e-learning platform.
A communicative approach is used. Although all four skills (speaking, reading, listening and writing) are practised, there is a main emphasis on reading and listening.
Assessment methods
Pass/Fail (idoneità) test structure:
It is a written test consisting of 3 parts:
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Language use/vocabulary section with multiple choice questions and fill in the blanks.
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Reading comprehension section with multiple choice questions
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Listening comprehension section with multiple choice questions
The pass threshold for the test is set at 60% and the maximum time allowed to finish all sections of the test is 90 minutes.
Teaching tools
Videoprojector, slides, e-learning Platform.
Office hours
See the website of Giovanna Coccaro