UZIJB608 From songs to language: practical course in italian

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lorenza Fonzari Bloomfield (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Dagmar Holoubková
Timetable
Thu 11:40–13:15 G12
Prerequisites
the course is open to everyone but the level is more appropriate for first or second-year students
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
Course objectives
In this course famous Italian song texts will be analyzed and used to develop better skills in Italian.
Syllabus
  • The songs will be analyzed through listening and reading exercises. The text language will be analyzed too, in all its elements (vocabulary, syntax, grammar). During the semester the students will be evaluated according to their response and finally they will have to present their own material, which will include a song, and appropriate exercises developed from the song text. Creativity and imagination will be essential components to obtaining the course credits.
Literature
  • Vocabolario della lingua italiana (Variant.) : Lo Zingarelli, 2001 : vocabolario della lingua italiana : Lo Zingarelli gigante vocabolario della lingua italiana. info
  • DEVOTO, Giacomo and Gian Carlo OLI. Dizionario della lingua italiana. Edited by Luca Serianni - Maurizio Trifone. 1. ed. Firenze: Le Monnier, 2004, xii, 3188. ISBN 8800510884. info
  • BIANCHINI, Edoardo. Italiano straniero :piccolo repertorio storico dei barbarismi e dei significati che mutano nella lingua italiana. Perugia: Edizioni Guerra, 1998, 180 s. ISBN 88-7715-321-0. info
  • La grammatica della lingua italiana. Edited by Federico Roncoroni - Marcello Sensini. Milano: Oscar Mondadori, 1997, 725 s. ISBN 88-04-46647-2. info
  • SCIARONE, A. Giuseppe. Vocabolario fondamentale della lingua italiana. Perugia: Guerra Edizioni, 1995, 260 s. ISBN 88-7715-200-1. info
  • ZINGARELLI, Nicola. Lo Zingarelli gigante vocabolario della lingua italiana : Vocabolario della lingua italiana (Variant.). Edited by Miro Dogliotti - Luigi Rosiello. Bologna: Zanichelli, 1993, 2144 s. :. ISBN 88-08-14318-X. info
Assessment methods
The course finishes with a zapocet. To obtain it, students must have the following pre-requisites: 1.Attendance of at least 75% of the course 2.Oral presentation about an Italian singer, and one of the songs by this singer. The song will be analysed through various appropriate exercises.
Language of instruction
Italian
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008.
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