units

ATS2232

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 27 April 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Arts
Organisational UnitItalian Studies
OfferedPrato Summer semester B 2014 (On-campus block of classes)
Coordinator(s)Dr Patrizia Sambuco

Notes

This is an international study program that requires an application to be enrolled - see the Arts Prato page for further information http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/prato/
Previously coded ITA2904

Synopsis

This unit aims to consolidate and to extend language skills acquired in the intermediate 1 level. In the cultural component students will study a range of literary texts and films significant within the socio-historical and literary Italian context but also relevant within the local Tuscan context

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the unit, students should be able to:

  1. interact in most everyday social situations with confidence and fluency in their use of the Italian language;
  2. vary the tone and register of the oral and written texts they produce;
  3. read simply-structured literary texts or articles in newspapers and periodicals;
  4. use monolingual as well as bilingual dictionaries;
  5. understand the development of a range of literary texts and films, and
  6. understand important aspects of Italian social and cultural history.

Assessment

Culture assignments: 20%
Langugae assignments: 20%
Continuous assessment: 20%
Examination: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Patrizia Sambuco

Workload requirements

4 contact hours per day for four days per week over 3 weeks

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

Italian studies

Prohibitions

ATS2223 or their equivalent