IT11320 - USING ITALIAN

Module Identifier

IT11320

Module Title

USING ITALIAN

Academic Year

2006/2007

Co-ordinator

Giovanni Fanton

Semester

Intended for use in future years

Next year offered

N/A

Next semester offered

N/A

Pre-Requisite

GCSE Italian, IT11220 or experience/knowledge deemed comparable.

Mutually Exclusive

IT10120, IT10210, IT10740

Course delivery

Other

44 Hours. Contact Hours. (Total of 4 hours per week of Lectures/Seminars/Tutorials/Practicals)

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment Length/Details	Proportion
Semester Exam	1.5 Hours written exam	40%
Semester Assessment	.3 Hours Oral Examination: 20 minute oral test.	20%
Semester Assessment	Continuous Assessment: Italian oral/aural tests and participation.	20%
Semester Assessment	Assignment: 6 written Italian assignments.	20%

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

Students will have attained the Second level of the CILS (Certificate of Italian as a Foreign Language) issued by the University for Foreign Students at Siena -Italy- (The Department acts already as a centre for this examination)

Students will have acquired knowledge about the language in general as well as a grasp of the most important linguistic structures of the Italian language; they will have further developed their communicative skills

Students will have become familiar with the cultural context in which those structures are used.

Brief description

Builds upon the basic knowledge of vocabulary and grammar acquired by students who have followed IT11220 or taken Italian to GCSE, CILS1 or equivalent and covers lessons 12-24 of uno (CUP).

On completion of the module students will have acquired a basic knowledge of the language in general as well as a grasp of the basic structures of the Italian language and cultural context in which those structures are used.

Preparation for CILS Certificate II.

Reading Lists

Books
** Should Be Purchased
Uno: Libro degli esercizi e sintesi di grammatica Cambridge University Press
Uno: Libro dello studente Cambridge University Press

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 4