Course teacher(s)
Sabina GOLA (Coordinator)ECTS credits
5
Language(s) of instruction
Italian
Course content
In this course, students will continue to develop their knowledge of basic morphology and will learn new syntactic structures: compound nouns, augmentatives, pejoratives, diminutives and hypocoristics, comparatives, adverbs, relative pronouns, connectors, the simple past, the subjunctive, the gerund, negative sentences, hypothetical sentences, passive constructions, impersonal constructions, and sequence of tenses. They will learn to use these new structures both orally and in writing. Conversation topics will be proposed during the course (e.g. culture and society, symbols and stereotypes, new technologies, travel, etc.), with the aim, among other things, of enriching and diversifying students’ vocabulary.
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
The ROMA-B-275 course aims to consolidate and deepen the knowledge acquired in ROMA-B-120, introduce new linguistic structures, and broaden students’ vocabulary, so that they can express themselves, both orally and in writing, on a wide range of topics using more complex language structures. The development of practical skills and competences useful in everyday life will continue to play an important role, but emphasis will also be placed on the expressive resources of spoken and written Italian and on general cultural knowledge relating to Italian culture and society. The objective is to reach level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in the five language skills: reading, listening, speaking, writing and interaction.
Prerequisites and Corequisites
Required and Corequired knowledge and skills
Students must have completed ROMA-B-120 or have at least an A2 level of the CEFR (for Erasmus students).
Required and corequired courses
Teaching methods and learning activities
5 ECTS: Theory: 2; Practical exercises: 2; Independent work: 1
- Lectures (study of grammar from a normative perspective)
- Guided exercises in morphology and syntax, reading and writing activities, practical exercises and independent work
- Oral language practice
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
- MultiGram https://multigram.ulb.ac.be/
- M. Dardano - P. Trifone, Grammatica italiana con nozioni di linguistica, Bologna, Zanichelli, 1995
- L. Serianni, Grammatica italiana. Italiano comune e lingua letteraria, UTET, 1989
- Dizionario italiano multimediale e multilingue d'Ortografia e di Pronunzia (DOP) https://www.dizionario.rai.it/
- Vocabolario Treccani https://www.treccani.it/
Course notes
- Syllabus
- Université virtuelle
Contribution to the teaching profile
Development of effective communicative competence in Italian, both spoken and written.
Other information
Additional information
Language exchanges are planned with students from Italian universities or other CIVIS universities: https://civis.eu/fr
Contacts
Sabina Gola
Sabina.Gola@ulb.be
Campus
Solbosch
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- written examination
- Continuous assessment
- Oral examination
- Oral presentation
written examination
Continuous assessment
Oral examination
- Out-of-session examination
- Open question with long development
Oral presentation
Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)
Assessment
- Compulsory group oral presentation: 20%
- Written examination: 60%
- Grammar exercises and written composition: 30%
- Questions on the literary texts read in class: 30%, assessed through continuous assessment
- Individual oral examination: 20%
- Questions on the literary texts read in class and on one text to be read independently
Language(s) of evaluation
- Italian