Module LZI-1004:
Italian for Beginners II
Module Facts
Run by School of Arts, Culture and Language
20.000 Credits or 10.000 ECTS Credits
Semester 2
Organiser: Mr Gareth White
Overall aims and purpose
- To enhance students' basic understanding of the Italian language, and to develop a more complex understanding of grammatical structures.
- To enable students to translate short texts into English and produce more advanced pieces of writing in Italian , such as short essays and letters.
- To enable students to develop intermediate oral skills, and become confident with Italian phonology.
- To enable students to read and understand intermediate texts in Italian and to enhance their vocabulary acquisition.
- To enable students to understand and respond to more complex spoken information in French in both formal and informal registers.
Students on this module will be working towards achieving B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
Course content
This module is aimed at all first year students who have completed Italian for Beginners 1. The module aims to develop the basic oral, aural and written communicative skills acquired in semester 1 in order to bring students up to and beyond a level of proficiency equivalent to 'A' level. Students apply the grammatical principles learned in semester 1 to extended pieces of writing and also focus on more complex grammatical structures. Aural communicative skills are developed through audio and video tape comprehension exercises and students are required to make individual presentations on more sophisticated topics.
Key Texts (Same as LZI-1003 in Semester 1)
New Italian Espresso, Alma Edizioni, Textbook + DVD, (2014). New Italian Espresso, Workbook (2014)
Webpages: www.rainews.it www.repubblica.it
Any other learning resources: Lingu exercises
Assessment Criteria
excellent
70+%: An excellent knowledge of vocabulary and grammar and a limited ability to translate and paraphrase the prescribed range of texts. Excellent oral and aural competence.
threshold
40-49%: A limited knowledge of vocabulary and grammar and a limited ability to translate and paraphrase the prescribed range of texts. Basic oral and aural competence.
good
50-69%: A good knowledge of vocabulary and grammar and a good ability to translate and paraphrase the prescribed range of texts. Good oral and aural competence.
Learning outcomes
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Listening: obtain straightforward information and opinions expressed in both formal and informal registers; progress to being able to elicit information in both formal and informal registers in the TL ( = target language).
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Speaking: discuss topics of general interest in a straightforward manner, use formal and informal registers appropriately; progress to being able to discuss topics of broader current interest; give short presentations in the TL on topics of general interest.
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Writing: seek and provide straightforward information and opinions on everyday topics in the TL with a reasonable degree of accuracy in both formal and informal registers; write short letters.
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Reading: obtain information from a variety of straightforward written sources, including simple journalistic texts; progress to being able to obtain information form a wider variety of written texts.
Assessment Methods
Type | Name | Description | Weight |
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Homework Assignment | 20.00 | ||
Grammar Test | 20.00 | ||
Oral Exam | 20.00 | ||
Written Exam | 40.00 |
Teaching and Learning Strategy
Hours | ||
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Lecture | Seminars - 4 hours per week for 11 weeks (3 classes on written skills, 1 on oral/aural skills). |
44 |
Private study | Private study enables consolidation of vocabulary acquisition, grammatical structures as well as oral/aural techniques. On top of regular homework exercises, the Self-Study Portfolio provides a structured approach to private study. |
156 |
Transferable skills
- Literacy - Proficiency in reading and writing through a variety of media
- Computer Literacy - Proficiency in using a varied range of computer software
- Inter-personal - Able to question, actively listen, examine given answers and interact sentistevely with others
- Presentation - Able to clearly present information and explanations to an audience. Through the written or oral mode of communication accurately and concisely.
- Teamwork - Able to constructively cooperate with others on a common task, and/or be part of a day-to-day working team
- Self-awareness & Reflectivity - Having an awareness of your own strengths, weaknesses, aims and objectives. Able to regularly review, evaluate and reflect upon the performance of yourself and others
Pre- and Co-requisite Modules
Pre-requisites:
Courses including this module
Compulsory in courses:
- NR43: BA Accounting/Italian year 1 (BA/AIT)
- NR33: BA Banking/Italian year 1 (BA/BIT)
- N2R3: BA Business Management and Italian year 1 (BA/BMI)
- N1R3: BA Business Studies with Italian year 1 (BA/BSIT)
- NR1H: BA Business Studies and Italian year 1 (BA/BUSSI)
- T112: BA Chinese & French with Italian year 1 (BA/CHFI)
- T115: BA Chinese & German with Italian year 1 (BA/CHGI)
- T117: BA Chinese & Italian with French year 1 (BA/CHIF)
- T118: BA Chinese & Italian with German year 1 (BA/CHIG)
- T119: BA Chinese & Italian with Spanish year 1 (BA/CHIS)
- T106: BA Chinese and Italian year 1 (BA/CHIT)
- T122: BA Chinese & Spanish with Italian year 1 (BA/CHSI)
- MR95: BA Criminology&Criml Just/Italian year 1 (BA/CRIT)
- WR93: BA Italian and Creative Studies year 1 (BA/CSTITAL)
- LR13: BA Economics/Italian year 1 (BA/ECIT)
- 09V3: BA English Literature and Italian year 1 (BA/ELI)
- QR3H: BA English Language and Italian year 1 (BA/ELIT)
- R901: BA French & German with Italian year 1 (BA/FGI4)
- R916: BA French, German & Italian year 1 (BA/FGI4#)
- R920: French, German and Italian with International Experience year 1 (BA/FGI4IE)
- RR13: BA French/Italian(4 years) year 1 (BA/FI)
- R1R3: BA French with Italian year 1 (BA/FI4)
- R918: BA French & Italian with German year 1 (BA/FIG4)
- R919: BA French & Italian with Spanish year 1 (BA/FIS4)
- R917: BA French, Italian & Spanish year 1 (BA/FIS4#)
- P0R3: BA Film Studies and Italian year 1 (BA/FSI)
- R915: BA French & Spanish with Italian year 1 (BA/FSI4)
- RR23: BA German/Italian year 1 (BA/GI)
- R2R3: BA German with Italian year 1 (BA/GI4)
- R921: BA German & Italian with French year 1 (BA/GIF4)
- R924: BA German & Italian with Spanish year 1 (BA/GIS4)
- R925: BA German, Italian & Spanish year 1 (BA/GIS4#)
- R923: BA German & Spanish with Italian year 1 (BA/GSI4)
- RV31: BA History/Italian year 1 (BA/HIT)
- RV32: BA History and Italian (with International Experience) year 1 (BA/HITIE)
- R926: BA Italian & Spanish with French year 1 (BA/ISF4)
- R927: BA Italian & Spanish with German year 1 (BA/ISG4)
- QR53: BA Italian/Cymraeg year 1 (BA/ITCY)
- QR13: BA Italian/Linguistics year 1 (BA/ITL)
- CR6H: BA Italian/Sports Science year 1 (BA/ITSSC)
- N5R3: BA Marketing with Italian year 1 (BA/MKITAL)
- NR53: BA Marketing and Italian (4 year) year 1 (BA/MKTITAL)
- P3R3: BA Media Studies with Italian year 1 (BA/MSIT)
- WR33: BA Music/Italian year 1 (BA/MUIT)
- VVR3: BA Philosophy and Religion and Italian year 1 (BA/PRI)
- RR43: BA Spanish/Italian year 1 (BA/SI)
- R4R3: BA Spanish with Italian year 1 (BA/SPI)
- NBR3: BSc Business Management with Italian year 1 (BSC/BMI)
- M118: LLB Law with Italian (European Experience) year 1 (LLB/LITE)
Optional in courses:
- R101: BA French year 1 (BA/F4)
- R102: BA French with International Experience year 1 (BA/FIE)
- R2N2: BA German with Business Management year 1 (BA/GBM)
- R2NC: BA German with Business Studies year 1 (BA/GBS)
- T109: BA German with Chinese year 1 (BA/GCH)
- R200: BA German year 1 (BA/GER)
- R2W8: BA German with Creative Writing year 1 (BA/GERCW)
- R2N1: BA German with Marketing year 1 (BA/GERMKT)
- R2R1: BA German with French year 1 (BA/GERWFR)
- R2W6: BA German with Film Studies year 1 (BA/GFS)
- R2R3: BA German with Italian year 1 (BA/GI4)
- R2P5: BA German with Journalism year 1 (BA/GJO)
- R2P4: BA German with Media Studies year 1 (BA/GMST)
- R2C8: BA German with Psychology year 1 (BA/GPSY)
- RR24: BA German/Spanish (4 years) year 1 (BA/GS)
- R2R4: BA German with Spanish year 1 (BA/GS4)
- 8Y64: BA German and Spanish (with International Experience) year 1 (BA/GSIE)
- R4N2: BA Spanish with Business Management year 1 (BA/SBM)
- 8M74: BA Spanish with Creative Writing (with International Exp) year 1 (BA/SCIE)
- R400: BA Spanish year 1 (BA/SP4)
- R4N1: BA Spanish with Business Studies year 1 (BA/SPBS)
- T110: BA Spanish with Chinese year 1 (BA/SPCH)
- R4W8: BA Spanish with Creative Writing year 1 (BA/SPCW)
- R4R1: BA Spanish with French year 1 (BA/SPFR)
- R4R2: BA Spanish with German year 1 (BA/SPG)
- R4R3: BA Spanish with Italian year 1 (BA/SPI)
- R4P5: BA Spanish with Journalism year 1 (BA/SPJO)
- R4N5: BA Spanish with Marketing year 1 (BA/SPMKT)
- R4P3: BA Spanish with Media Studies year 1 (BA/SPMS)
- M100: LLB Law year 1 (LLB/L)
- M11B: LLB Law (4 year with Incorporated Foundation) year 1 (LLB/L1)
- M102: LLB Law (International Experience) year 1 (LLB/LI)
- M10P: LLB Law with Placement Year year 1 (LLB/LP)