Third Foreign Language – Italian III.

Teachers

Included in study programs

Teaching results

Knowledge:
- developed knowledge of pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar, as well as of topics of everyday life at the A2.1 level.
- to understand and reproduce basic knowledge about the civilisation of the target language at A2.1 level.
Competences:
- to understand phrases and the most common vocabulary in relation to topics that concern him/her directly (e.g., basic information about himself/herself and his/her family, shopping, local area, job).
- to understand the meaning of short, clear and simple messages and announcements.
- to read short, simple texts.
- to identify particular predictable information in simple everyday texts such as advertisements, brochures and timetables.
- to understand short, simple personal letters or e-mail messages.
Skills:
- to communicate in simple and common situations requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar topics and activities.
- to handle short social contacts.
- to simply describe one’s family, living conditions, one’s education and work.
- to produce a brief and simple written text on the topics studied.

Indicative content

 Shopping. Italian marketplaces. Present perfect tense.
 Italian cuisine. Traditional italian dishes.
 Description of experiences. Past perfect continuous.
 Italian fashion. Expressing an opinion.
 Visiting a doctor. Imperative.
 Holidays and traditions. Passive voice.

Support literature

Required:
1. MARIN, Telis, RUGGIERI, Lorenza, MAGNELLI, Sandro . Nuovissimo progetto italiano
1.a. 2019. Roma: Edilingua. 175 p. ISBN 978-88-99358-48-8
Optional:
1. La GRASSA, Matteo. Italiano al´universita´ I. 2011. Roma: Edilingua. 236 p. ISBN
9789606930683

Requirements to complete the course

Interim evaluation: 40 %
Final evaluation: 60 %

Student workload

Total study load (in hours):
Full-time study: 130 hours. Of which:
52 hours – attendance at seminars
30 hours – preparation for seminars and for the interim evaluation
48 hours – preparation for the final exam

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Italian

Date of approval: 09.02.2023

Date of the latest change: 16.05.2022