- Docente: Marco Prandoni
- Credits: 9
- SSD: L-LIN/16
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Languages, Markets and Cultures of Asia and Mediterranean Africa (cod. 6603)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Foreign Languages and Literature (cod. 6602)
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from Sep 26, 2025 to Nov 25, 2025
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course students will have gained a basic knowledge of the language and the culture of the Low Countries.
Course contents
a) Introduction (in Italian) to the Dutch Studies. History of the Dutch language. Cultural history of the Low Countries.
b) Linguistic activities with the following themes: Identity (name, occupation, family), Space (house and home, nation, origin), Time (counting, chronology, narrative /Tense and time), Things and processes (eating and drinking, buying and selling, booking and ordering, presenting; taste, preference and habits). Phonology and Morphology: vowels, consonants and diphthongs; syllables, compounds. Grammar: the main clause, the verbal group, time and aspect, modality, nouns and adjectives. Pronouns, prepositions and adverbs.
Readings/Bibliography
a) R. Willemyns, Dutch. Biography of a Language, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013; W. Daniëls, Talking Dutch, Ons Erfdeel vzw, 2005.
b) D. Ross, E. Koenraads, Grammatica neerlandese di base, Hoepli, Milano 2007.
D. Ross, L. Berghout, M. Mertens, R. Dagnino, Mooi zo! Corso di lingua neerlandese, Hoepli, Milano 2017.
Teaching methods
Students will participate actively with oral presentations.
Assessment methods
a) Oral presentation. Oral exam.
b) Written and spoken language test.
Teaching tools
Students with SLDs or temporary or permanent disabilities can contact the relevant university office and the teachers.
Office hours
See the website of Marco Prandoni
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.