ITA2080 - Italian Studies 8

Leader: Roberta Mandis

Offered

Clayton Second semester 2007 (Day)

Synopsis

Consolidation and extension of work begun in ITA2070.

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this unit the students will have progressed in all four language skills:

1. Listening: they will be able to understand authentic spoken Italian from songs, films, plays, TV news.
2. Reading: they will be able to comprehend a range of authentic (although slightly edited) non-specialist Italian written texts (such as short stories and magazine articles) and specialist Italian written texts (such as news reports and advertisements).
3. Speaking: they will be able to interact in correct Italian in a range of specific situations (telephone messages; sales techniques; fairly simple debates).
4. Writing: they will be able to produce a range of coherent, short (approx. 300-word) descriptive, argumentative or persuasive texts in correct and appropriate Italian.

In the cultural component students should gain an understanding of the interrelationships between the literary production and the ideology of the period covered. Students should also have familiarised themselves with textual analysis and different types of narrative constructs.

Assessment

Mid-semester Specialized Culture Assignment 1 (1000 words) in English or in Italian: 15%
End-of-semester Specialized Culture Assignment 2 (1000 words) in English or in Italian:15%
Continuous assessment (class work, vocab and grammar tests and homework) homework exercises): Equivalent of 1000 words in English: 30%
Aural/oral work: Equivalent of 500 words in English: 15%
+ Examination Equivalent of 1000 words in English: 25%

Contact hours

4 hours (1 hour culture lecture and 3 hours language workshops) per week

Prerequisites

ITA2070 or equivalent language competence