69271 - Language Mediation between English and Italian (Second Language) (CL1)

Academic Year 2016/2017

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Intercultural and Linguistic Mediation (cod. 8059)

Learning outcomes

The student knows the basic strategies of language mediation and is able to use them in basic communication situations.

Course contents

This Mediazione module teaches the bases of linguistic mediation through the use of simulations of interpreter-mediated exchanges between English native speakers and Italian native speakers in daily contexts (restaurant, hotel accommodation, travel and transport). This course also introduces the practice of sight translation both from and into English.

Teaching methods

Each topic will be introduced with a presentation and the students will be actively involved in role play simulations and sight translation exercises.

Assessment methods

This module will be assessed in the final exam through the active involvement of a student in the mediation of a bilingual exchange and a sight translation test. Students' skills will also be tested during the semester.

The final mark for the Mediazione module will then be averaged out (at 50%) against the mark of the Language and culture module.

Teaching tools

Networked PC, beamer, photocopies. Texts will mainly be presented in digital or paper format and regularly uploaded on Moodle.

Office hours

See the website of Irene Frosi