Italian Proficiency I

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1015572ANR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

1st and 2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Enrolling for Lingua italiana I means that you simultaneously take 'Grammatica e linguistica Italiana' or have successfully passed ‘Grammatica e linguistica Italiana’. If you are enrolled in a preparatory programme you can register this course without restrictions.

Taught in

Italian

Faculty

Academic Language Centre

Department

Academic Center for Language Education

Educational team

Dorinda Dekeyser
Voorzitter ACTO (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

78 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
102 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

Practical introduction to Italian aimed both at the acquisition of communication skills and at the knowledge of vocabulary and grammar. The learning process starts with the study of text, audio or video-fragments on everyday life situations and consists of seminar exercises on precise aspects of communication and grammatical problems. The vocabulary component largely coincides with the home study of a basic vocabulary on the most common aspects of everyday life.

Course material

Handbook (Required) : Dai!1, S. Bacci, M. Birello, S. Bonafaccia, M. Costa, A. Vilagrasa, C. Zambiasi, Casa delle Lingue, 9788419273314, 2023
Handbook (Recommended) : Dai! 2, S. Bacci, M. Birello, S. Bonafaccia, M. Costa, A. Vilagrasa, C. Zambiasi, Casa delle Lingue, 9788419273949, 2023
Handbook (Required) : Le prime 3000 parole, Roberto Tartaglione, Firenze: Alma Edizioni, 9788861825154, 2018
Handbook (Recommended) : Dai! 3, S. Bacci, M. Birello, S. Bonafaccia, M. Costa, A. Vilagrasa, C. Zambiasi, Casa delle Lingue, 9788419273956, 2023
Handbook (Required) : Al Dente 2
Handbook (Required) : Al Dente 3

Additional info

None.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Students can understand audio-visual messages ant texts with regard to the studied domains and react appropriately in short interventions and texts. To this end, they use current expressions and a proper vocabulary. They are able to make short sentences and to apply the studied grammar without making obvious mistakes.

Target level: B1 of the Common European Framework for Languages.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 30% of the final mark.
Written Exam determines 70% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

mondeling with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

schriftelijk with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 70% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

During the January session, students will take a written examination that counts for 5% of the total grade of the written examination.

First examination period

Continuous evaluation (30%): consists of vocabulary tests (Le prime 3000 parole italiane), the January exam and assignments (presentations, preparation of exercises, etc.) throughout the year.

Written exam (50%): the written exam consists of the vocabulary, writing, reading and idiomatic expressions sub-components.

Oral exam (20%): assessment of speaking skills.

A student who fails one or more subcomponents will achieve the grade of the subcomponent with the lowest result for the study component.

A student who fails one or more subcomponents in the first session may choose to carry over the passed subcomponents to the second session instead of having to participate again in the evaluation for these subcomponent(s) in the second examination session.

The score of a subcomponent cannot be carried over to a subsequent academic year.

Students who do not participate in each of the separate evaluation components will receive 'absent' as the final mark for the programme component as a whole.

Second examination period

The assessment system is identical to the one used during the first examination period, without the continuous evaluation. The written examination counts for 70% of the overall mark, the oral examination for 30%. Students who failed the vocabulary tests will take this section as part of the written exam.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context