IJ1A035 Applied Linguistics I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Valeria De Tommaso, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Kateřina Garajová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kateřina Garajová, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
IJIA005 Practical Italian II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Practical language seminar; activities focused on communication. The lessons are based on original texts and audio files, oral and written exercises. The students will be asked to take part actively to the lessons.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the students will able to -identify information in short dialogues and written texts, -apply their knowledge of Italian Language in short and simple dialogues, -write short texts, above all descriptive and narrative texts. -Exit Level of Language: B1
Syllabus
  • Grammatical structures: -Present tense of regular and irregular verbs, -past tenses (imperfetto e passato prossimo), future simple, imperative, present conditional -personal pronouns -connectives, -simple sentences and compound sentences. Topics: -study and work, -holidays and free time, -food and restaurants, -town, public transport, -family, jobs and everyday life.
Literature
    required literature
  • Pinocchiova dobrodružství A1/A2, dvojjazyčná kniha pro začátečníky, Edika 2016.
    recommended literature
  • BALÌ, Maria and Luciana ZIGLIO. Nuovo espresso 3 : corso di italiano : libro dello studente e esercizi : B1. Firenze: ALMA, 2015, 263 stran. ISBN 9788861823389. info
  • LA GRASSA, Matteo. L'italiano all'università : corso di lingua per studenti stranieri. Roma: Edilingua, 2013, 235 s. ISBN 9789606930683. info
Teaching methods
Class activities by means of authentic texts and videos/recordings. Students are required to be actively involved in class activities and practical analysis of a specific text.
Assessment methods
In order to successfully end the course students should: -prepare and do all exercises -actively take part to the lessons -read the dual-language book "Pinocchiova dobrodruzstvi", -write three written short texts (about 100-120 words each) -pass the written exam. Once enrolled in the course, attendance is highly compulsory (min. 75%).
Language of instruction
Italian
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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