Italian Language, Written and Oral (MLI2001)

Staff	Mrs Alice Farris - Convenor
Credit Value	30
ECTS Value	15
NQF Level	5
Pre-requisites	MLI1001 'Italian Language' (or equivalent)
Co-requisites	None
Duration of Module	Term 1: 11 weeks; Term 2: 11 weeks;

Module aims

This module aims to consolidate the skills acquired during the previous year, and to improve and extend your command of modern Italian, written and spoken. Emphasis will be on the consolidation and expansion of the Italian
language through grammar, reading comprehension, translation into Italian and composition.

ILO: Module-specific skills

1. Apply a broad range of grammatical features of Italian to a variety of linguistic tasks
2. Translate passages from a variety of authentic written sources from English into Italian.
3. Deal competently with intermediate comprehension passages
4. Write compositions in Italian.
5. Give a short oral presentation in Italian on a defined topic to a small group of listeners and to engage in discussion and debate on the topic presented.

ILO: Discipline-specific skills

6. Understand styles and registers of written and spoken Italian.
7. Understand and use in class discussion a broad range of linguistic terms, to identify and develop strategies to improve linguistic accuracy.
8. Use a bilingual or Learners' monolingual dictionary to glean information about meaning, usage and register.

ILO: Personal and key skills

9. Communicate competently in a foreign language.
10. Express and discuss views in front of a group of listeners.

Syllabus plan

The syllabus plan will follow the textbook and be supplemented by additional from other sources.

Ritratti (Unità 2 )
Lezione 1: Ritratto di un uomo banale p.46-47, ripasso tempi verbali del passato (focus sul passato remoto)
Compiti per Lezione 2: Lettura testo La provincia italiana p.49
Lezione 2: Ritratto della provincia italiana: lavoro sul testo, a coppie es 5b; es 5d sulle metafore. Discussione: es 5c: confronto con l'Inghilterra.
Compiti per Lezione 1 week 5: Ascolto intervista traccia 10 (disponibile su ELE)
Orale: Lavoro su articolo preparato a casa
Compiti per Orale week 5 : in coppie preparate una presentazione su un dialetto o una lingua diversa dall'inglese che conoscete o vi piacerebbe parlare
Grammar: Passato remoto vs passato prossimo vs imperfetto
Attività extra: articolo su Zanardi alle Olimpiadi di Rio: http://www.repubblica.it/sport/2016/09/07/news/paralimpiadi_alex_zanardi-147308178/ ; es.9 p.7 (eserciziario in fondo al libro) sui tempi verbali del passato.

Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
66	234	0

Details of learning activities and teaching methods

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching	44	Language classes
Scheduled Learning and Teaching	22	Oral classes
Guided Independent Study	234	Private study

Formative assessment

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
6 formative tasks covering some or all of the following areas: grammar, writing, listening, reading, speaking, translation.	Variable	1-4, 6-8	Written and oral

Summative assessment (% of credit)

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
50	25	25

Details of summative assessment

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Portfolio	50	As described on the ELE page	1-4, 6,7,9	Written and oral
Oral Exam	25	15 minutes	5, 9, 10	Written and oral
Written Exam	25	1 hour	1-4, 6,7,9	Written and oral

Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Portfolio	Portfolio	1-4, 6,7,9	Referral/Deferral period
Oral Exam	Oral Exam	5, 9, 10	Referral/Deferral period
Written Exam	Written Exam	1-4, 6,7,9	Referral/Deferral period

Re-assessment notes

Deferral – if you miss an assessment for certificated reasons judged acceptable by the Mitigation Committee, you will normally be either deferred in the assessment or an extension may be granted. The mark given for a re-assessment taken as a result of deferral will not be capped and will be treated as it would be if it were your first attempt at the assessment.

Referral – if you have failed the module overall (i.e. a final overall module mark of less than 40%) you will be required to submit a further assessment as necessary. The mark given for a re-assessment taken as a result of referral will be capped at 40%.

You will only be required to retake any failed assessments. Marks for any passed assessments will be carried forward. If you have failed any assessments but managed to pass the module overall, you will not be allowed to retake the failed assessments.

Indicative learning resources - Basic reading

Recommended Texts:

Da Capo, Lazzarino and Monneti (Heinle, 2006)
J Colaneri, V Luciani, 501 Italian Verbs (2nd edition) (Barron's)

Recommended dictionaries:

Collins Sansoni Italian Dictionary, ed. V. Macchi (Collins); Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary (Oxford UP);
Dizionario della lingua italiana, ed. G.Cusatelli (Garzanti)

Module has an active ELE page?

Yes

Indicative learning resources - Web based and electronic resources

ELE: https://vle.exeter.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=11053
Foreign Language Centre; materials recommended in library

Available as distance learning?

Origin date

2010

Last revision date

08/09/2022

Key words search

Italian language