MEDMgr22 Practical Italian IV

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Magdaléna Nahálková (lecturer)
Mgr. Valeria De Tommaso, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. Egle Mocciaro, Dottore di Ricerca
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
MEDMgr21 Practical Italian III
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
The aim of this course is to develop written and oral abilities by means of original texts and materials at level B2 of language according to CEFR.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the students will be able to -talk about past events and historical events -understand connections among verb tenses in a text -express opinions, feelings, douts, awkwardness, hopes -give instructions, orders, support -understand and use figures of speech Structures: -direct and indirect relative pronouns -past tenses (of Indicativo and Congiuntivo) -subjunctive - indefinite adjectives and pronouns - the impersonal form - hypothetical period of unreality - direct and indirect speech - implicit verb forms (infinitive, participle, gerund)
Syllabus
  • Conversation, grammar exercises and focus on communicative skills. The course is taught by using a communicative teaching approach with the use of original texts and other material in order to make students learn Italian language in use. Lexical areas: interests and hobbies, superstitions, coffee, character and mood, nicknames, travel, manias and habits.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • RUGGIERI, Lorenza. La grammatica vien leggendo! Testi letterari e attività per scoprire la lingua. Prima edizione. Milano: Edilingua, 2014. 94 stran. ISBN 9788898433087
    not specified
  • MANCINI, Daniela and Tommaso MARANI. Il congiuntivo : grammatica - esercizi - curiosità. Prima edizione. Firenze: ALMA, 2015, 160 stran. ISBN 9788861823723. info
  • LA GRASSA, Matteo. L'italiano all'università : corso di lingua per studenti stranieri. Roma: Edilingua, 2013, 235 s. ISBN 9789606930683. info
  • NOCCHI, Susanna. Grammatica pratica della lingua italiana : esercizi, test, giochi. Edited by Ciro Massimo Naddeo. Firenze: Alma, 2002, 254 s. ISBN 9788886440349. info
Teaching methods
Class activities: reading of selected passages from the narrative of contemporary Italian writers (Mauresing, De Crescenzo, Sciascia, Terzani, Calvino, Camilleri, Tabucchi, Fruttero and Lucentini), listening to audio connected to the read text, linguistic analysis at a lexical, morphological and textual level, in-depth study of grammatical structures, reuse of the lexicon and structures through couple and group activities. The materials are made available in IS.
Assessment methods
The final evaluation will consist of an average of the following parameters: 1) class attendance (min.75%), 2) active participation in class, 3) reading of an entire book by an Italian author (preferably contemporary) followed by the video presentation shared with / in class (10-15 min.: author, formal characteristics of the book, plot, linguistic and stylistic analysis, choice and reading of a short representative piece), 4) written test.
Language of instruction
Italian
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020.
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