87705 - Italian Language and Culture Seminar (2) (LM)

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures, Linguistics (cod. 9220)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the seminar, the student improves the knowledge of the Italian grammar. The student obtains the necessary linguistic abilities to understand and to analyze complex texts, as literary texts and related to the specialistic bibliographies about disciplinary area of the courses. The student is able to create texts in order to expose complex contents

Course contents

The seminar is structured in the following activities:

- analysis of the academic Italian language through the study of literary texts and essays

- introduction to the reading of main bibliography of the courses in the first year of IS

- production of "professional" writings(curriculum vitae; self-presentation; letter of reference; institutional e-mail; presentation of cultural projects)

- comment and analysis of books, movies, shows and art exhibition

- improvement of the oral exposure for the presentation of projects in cultural area

Readings/Bibliography

Lidia Costamagna, Bianca Servadio, Marina Falcinelli, Cristina Montilli, La mia classe. Corso di lingua italiana per stranieri livello A1-A2, Le Monnier

Teaching methods

Lectures and workshops on different kind of texts.

Discussions about cultural topics.

Assessment methods

Students are required to prepare each week the suggested material, which will be distributed during the first meeting, so to contribute to class discussion.

Teaching tools

Audio and video aids may be used in support of lectures.


Office hours

See the website of Riccardo Gasperina Geroni