L'italiano in contatto: contesti multilingui

3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1023807ANR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

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

Taught in

Italian

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Stefano De Pascale
Dirk Vanden Berghe (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
12 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

This course offers a basic introduction to endogenous multilingualism in Italy and an outline of the cultural implications, which historically arose from this situation. Recently emerged exogenous Italian multilingualism will also be illustrated. Brief survey of the modes of dissemination of Italian outside Italy.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Dispense e testi "L'italiano in contatto: contesti plurilingui", Stefano De Pascale - Dirk Vanden Berghe, 2025

Additional info

Not applicable.

Learning Outcomes

General Competences

The students acquire an initial knowledge (diatopic variety, external language history, neo-plurilinguism) and understanding (interrelationships) of the variation and variants of Italian. At the same time, in lectures and exercises, they can recognise and describe basic linguistic concepts and phenomena and explain the appearance of these phenomena in Italian language.

Grading

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

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

Mondeling examen with a relative weight of 70 which comprises 70% of the final mark.

Note: Mondeling examen taalkunde.

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

Andere examen with a relative weight of 30 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

Note: Medewerking tijdens de colleges en specifieke taak.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Weekly attendance in lectures is essential to understand the discussions. Preparation and cooperation during lectures will be evaluated by the lecturer.

Students must pass on all partial assessments in order to pass the entire section of study.
The final result for a student who does not complete all parts is "absent".
The results of parts for which students have passed may be carried over to the next term, but not to the next academic year.

Generative AI may not be used to generate output related to the evaluation task.
For the oral examination, students will be given written preparation time.

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