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ITAL1010 - First Year Italian Language
Course code: ITAL1010.
Course unit value: 1.0 cu.
This is a mandatory course for all students studying Italian in any Modern Languages and Modern Languages Plus combination, as well as for those taking single honours Italian. Students are tested during Registration Week and streamed into groups (advanced and non-advanced). Teaching focuses on the development of integrated skills (written and oral production and reception) and on the appropriate use of language functions.
The aim is to bring all students to post-A level standards of communicative competence in Italian in its linguistic, sociolinguistic and pragmatic aspects. In addition, it is envisaged that the component ‘Introduction to the study of Italian’ will give basic study skills to all first year students and also encourage them from the very beginning of their university studies to take responsibility for their learning.
Assessment: one oral examination (25%) and one unseen three-hour written examination (75%) consisting of the following three questions:
Advanced Group:
- Essay (approximately 200 words)
- Translation into Italian
- Translation into English
Non-advanced Groups:
- Essay (approximately 200 words)
- Grammar test
- Translation into English
Tutors: various.
Preparatory reading and set texts:
You will be placed in a language group appropriate to your level of Italian at the start of term.
Essay/Oral
- Beginners (Groups A-C): Matteo La Grassa, L'italiano all'universita', Edilingua
- Intermediate (Groups D):T. Marin – S. Magnelli, Nuovo Progetto Italiano 2 (B1-B2), Edilingua
- Advanced (Group E):T. Marin – S. Magnelli, Nuovo Progetto Italiano 3 (B2-C1), Edilingua
Grammar/Translation (Beginners and Intermediate students only)
- Mina Ricci, Via della grammatica (A1-B2), Edilingua – English edition
All students must own a bilingual dictionary. We recommend Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary English-Italian Italian-English, Milan, Paravia Bruno Mondadori Editori, 2001 (or a later edition).
