85639 - ITALIAN LANGUAGE PASS/FAIL TEST B1

Contenuti

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:

• identify, understand and interpret the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.

• 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.

• understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency everyday or job-related language.

• understand and identify descriptions of events, feelings and wishes in personal letters.

• 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).

Testi/Bibliografia

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:

• Materials open to all users (Materiali didattici ad accesso libero – select Italiano L2)

Metodi didattici

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.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Pass/Fail (idoneità) test structure:

It is a written test consisting of 3 parts:

• Language use/vocabulary section with multiple choice questions and fill in the blanks.

• Reading comprehension section with multiple choice questions

• 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.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Videoprojector, slides, e-learning Platform.

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Giovanna Coccaro