ATS2223 · Italian intermediate 1

Overview

The unit consist of two sections: Intermediate 1 Language (50%) and Culture (50%): • Language: this unit extends the basic language skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing - through the use of contemporary written, aural and audio-visual materials representing selected situations and registers, and aspects of Italian history and culture. You will consolidate and extend your grammatical knowledge and vocabulary at level A2 of the European Language Framework. • Culture: an introduction to key aspects of medieval Italian history, society and culture and their connections to the present. In particular this unit introduces you to major medieval writers and artists, with a focus on the development of the Italian language, and on issues of gender, politics and social mobility.

Areas of study: European languages (Italian studies)

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. interact in most everyday social situations with some confidence and fluency;
2. produce oral and written texts with varied tone and register;
3. read simply-structured literary texts and articles in periodicals;
4. use monolingual as well as bilingual dictionaries;
5. discuss medieval Italy and its cultural output in the European context as well as its legacy today.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.