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ATS2231 - Intensive intermediate Italian 1 (in country)

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Organisational Unit

Coordinator(s)

Offered

Summer semester B 2016 (On-campus block of classes)

Notes

This unit is an international study programinternational study program (http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/study-overseas/) at PratoPrato (http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/prato/) that requires an application to be enrolled and may incur additional cost.
The unit may be offered as part of the Summer Arts ProgramSummer Arts Program (http://www.monash.edu/students/courses/arts/summer-program.html).

Synopsis

This unit aims to consolidate and to extend language skills acquired in levels 1 and 2 Italian. In the cultural component students will study a range of texts in Italian and their historical and social context.

Outcomes

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

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

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60%
Exam: 40%

Workload requirements

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. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Additional requirements
This unit is taught intensively at Prato

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Samuele Grassi

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

Italian studies
Arts enrichment units

Prohibitions

ATS2223 or their equivalent