Undergraduate - UnitATS2223 - Italian intermediate 1

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Italian Studies
Offered	Clayton First semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Alessandra Manca

Notes

Previously coded ITA2030

Synopsis

The subject will consist of two sections: Level 3 Language and Culture.

Language: practical language acquisition through oral practice and the use of contemporary written, aural and audiovisual materials representing selected situations and registers; consolidation and extension of grammatical knowledge through revision
Culture: a brief introduction to key aspects of Italian history, society and culture.

Outcomes

Language: Ability to interact in most everyday social situations with reasonable confidence and fluency. Limited ability to vary the tone and register of the oral and written texts they produce. Ability to read simply-structured literary texts or articles in periodicals. Be able to use monolingual as well as bilingual dictionaries. In the cultural component students should gain an understanding of the interrelationships between the literary production and the ideology of the period covered.

Assessment

Written work: 30%
Class work/tests/exercises: 40%
Exam: 30%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Alessandra Manca

Contact hours

Two 2-hour language and culture workshops per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Italian studies

Prerequisites

ATS1222 or intermediate language competence

Prohibitions

ATS1225