- Docente: Nicola Bonazzi
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Primary Teacher Education (cod. 5711)
Course contents
The OFA course is designed to complement the Italian Literature and Language programs for the first and subsequent years.
The course, taught by Dr. Stefania Rocco, aims to develop the ability to understand and produce academic texts of various types and specialties, with particular attention to the linguistic and discursive aspects of the resulting papers. Special attention will be given to the acquisition of skills related to the construction of summary and argumentative texts.
General Course Content
1. Differences between written and spoken Italian.
2. Varieties and registers of contemporary Italian.
3. The construction of written texts: text and paragraph; punctuation; connectives and discourse organization markers; grammatical insights.
4. Writing techniques: formal emails, summaries, and argumentative essays.
Students who decide to attend the workshops must:
- register for the workshop on Almaesami starting in December 2025;
- show up for the first lesson and inform the instructor of their intention to attend;
- guarantee attendance of at least 70% of the workshop hours.
Participation in the OFA support workshops is strongly recommended for all those who have received one or two credits.
N.B.: Students who have incurred an OFA debt must first pass the OFA course exam in order to take Professor Bonazzi's Italian Literature and Language exam
Readings/Bibliography
The materials used for both in-person and homework lessons and exercises will be posted on Virtuale. All students must study I. Fratter's textbook, Elementi di Lingua Italiana: Teoria ed Esercizi per il Ricupazione dell'OFA (Elements of the Italian Language: Theory and Exercises for the Recovery of OFA), StreetLib, 2024.
Teaching methods
The course consists of 24 hours of lectures and workshops, as well as independent study and the production of various text types. Three workshops will also be held in which students will produce specific texts. Non-attending students are encouraged to attend these sessions, as the work completed in the workshop exempts them from the written assignment for the final exam.
The study material will include the screening and discussion of various linguistic and textual worksheets; specialist articles on the program topics; and the textbook Elementi di Lingua Italiana: Teoria ed Esercizi per il Ricupazione dell'OFA, by Ivana Fratter (2024).
Only students who have completed the assigned assignments will be admitted to the final exam. Therefore, even non-attending students are encouraged to attend at least three workshop sessions.
Assessment methods
For attending students: assessment of learning will be through a multiple-choice test and open-ended questions based on the syllabus and the I. Fratter textbook. For non-attending students: assessment of learning will be through a multiple-choice test and open-ended questions based on the syllabus and the I. Fratter textbook. The final exam will include additional written production tasks. The first exams for passing the OFA will be held immediately after the support workshop ends. The assessment consists of a pass/fail decision. The Italian OFA support workshop is integrated with the Italian Literature and Language course, so only students who pass the OFA will be able to take the Italian Literature and Language exam led by Professor Nicola Bonazzi.
Teaching tools
Presentations of factsheets, PowerPoint presentations, materials, and specialized articles; workshops for the production of written texts.
Links to further information
https://corsi.unibo.it/magistralecu/ScienzeFormazionePrimaria/come-assolvere-ofa
Office hours
See the website of Nicola Bonazzi
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.