Italian Proficiency II

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1023603BNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced 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

Students must have taken 'Lingua Italiana I’, before they can enroll in this course. 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

Continuation of the learning process in Italian language based on the simultaneous acquisition of communication skills, vocabulary and grammar. The learning process starts from the study of text, audio or video-fragments, which focus more on cultural and societal topics in comparison with Lingua italiana II. These materials are elaborated upon by means of targeted communication and grammar exercises, in particular on the use of tenses and the construction of compound sentences.

Course material

Handbook (Required) : Al Dente 3, M. Birello, S. Bonafaccia, F. Bosc, G. Licastro, A. Vilagrasa, Casa delle Lingue, 9788416943302
Handbook (Required) : Le prime 3000 parole, R. Tartaglione, Alma Edizioni, 9788861825154, 2018
Handbook (Required) : Nuovo Magari C1/C2, A. De Giuli, C.Guastalla, C. M. Naddeo, Alma Edizioni, 9788861822856

Additional info

Learning Outcomes

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Assessment

First examination period

Written exam (60%): assessment of reading, listening and writing skills as well as of grammatical skills, vocabulary and knowledge of idiomatic expressions.

Oral exam (40%): assessment of reading and speaking skills. The oral exam is an individual assignment on an Italian contemporary topic.

Second examination period

The assessment is identical to the one used during the first examination period.

Students are able to understand non-specialised texts and audio-visual messages in connection with the studied domains and cultural topics without great effort. They are capable of summarising these documents in simple words and of expressing their opinion in short, yet coherent talks or texts by using current expressions and an appropriate vocabulary. Students are also capable of putting the studied grammar into practice in diverse contexts without making obvious mistakes.

Target level: B1 of the Common European Framework for Languages for the oral skills/C1 for reading, writing and listening.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 40% of the final mark.
Written Exam determines 60% of the final mark.

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

Mondeling examen with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 40% of the final mark. This is a mid-term test.

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

WrittenExam with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 60% of the final mark. This is a mid-term test.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Assessment

First examination period

Continuous assessment (30%): vocabulary tests (Le prime 3000 parole italiane), exercises, presentations, writing assignments throughout the year.

Written exam (50%): this component consists of the following sub-components: reading and writing skills, mastery of grammar, vocabulary and idiomatic expressions.

Oral exam (20%): this component tests the student's speaking skills. The student brings a presentation of a topical theme from the Italian press in recent months and prepares a discussion around it.

Students who fail one or more sub-components receive the mark for the study component with the lowest result.

Students who fail each of the separate assessment components will receive 'absent' as their final mark for the course unit as a whole.

A student who has not (yet) passed 'Lingua 1' is strongly advised to contact the teaching team of the 'Lingua 2' course before enrolling in this course.

Passing 'Lingua II' does not imply that the student has acquired the unique learning outcomes for 'Lingua I'.

Second examination period

The assessment is identical to the one used during the first examination period, except that students not exempted from the assessment throughout the semester will take the vocabulary test (30%) together with 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