Module LZI-3030:
Italian Language 2
Module Facts
Run by School of Arts, Culture and Language
30.000 Credits or 15.000 ECTS Credits
Semester 1 & 2
Organiser: Dr Silvia Bergamini
Overall aims and purpose
- To consolidate key areas of advanced grammar.
- To further develop advanced test translation skills into and out of the target language.
- To develop oral and aural skills to a high standard through exposure to a wide range of audio visual material.
- To promote appropriate use of style and register in written and oral work.
- To develop and refine advanced skills in structured formal essay writing and paraphrasing tasks.
Students on this module will be working towards achieving C1/C2 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
Course content
This 30 credit module running throughout the year promotes appropriate use of style and register in all written and oral work and ensures that students can deal with variations in register and idiomatic expression in a confident and accurate manner. Through exposure to selected texts, complex grammatical structures and audiovisual materials, students acquire reading, writing, aural and oral skills which match the required standard of final year linguists.
Webpages: www.rainews.it www.repubblica.it
Any other learning resources: Writing classes dossier; Translation classes dossier.
Assessment Criteria
threshold
40-49%: A limited knowledge of vocabulary and grammar and a limited ability to translate and paraphrase the prescribed range of texts. In translation, poor ability to retain the original meaning of the text and to reproduce the author’s style. Basic oral/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. In translation, good ability to retain the original meaning of the text and to reproduce the author’s style. Good oral/aural competence.
excellent
70+%: An excellent knowledge of vocabulary and grammar and an excellent ability to translate and paraphrase the prescribed range of texts. In translation, excellent ability to retain the original meaning of the text and to reproduce the author’s style. Excellent oral/aural competence.
Learning outcomes
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Demonstrate in essay and translation work a sophisticated command of both Italian and English/Welsh that is alive to the rhetorical range of both languages.
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Display an ability in oral work to present in fluent Italian arguments that could be followed by native speakers of Italian with comparative ease.
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Demonstrate an ability to communicate fluently and accurately in the TL
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To understand and process complex texts and audiovisual materials varying in style, tone and register and comment on these texts in a concise and fluent manner.
Assessment Methods
Type | Name | Description | Weight |
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Listening Comprehension | 13.33 | ||
Essay (500 words) | 13.34 | ||
Article summary / paraphrase | 13.33 | ||
Translation Exam | 30.00 | ||
Oral Exam | 30.00 |
Teaching and Learning Strategy
Hours | ||
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Private study | 1 x 1 hour translation class per week for 11 weeks per semester 1 x 1 hour applied language skills class per week for 11 weeks per semester 1 x 1 hour conversation class per week for 11 weeks per semester |
234 |
Seminar | 1 x 1 hour translation class per week for 11 weeks per semester 1 x 1 hour applied language skills class per week for 11 weeks per semester 1 x 1 hour conversation class per week for 11 weeks per semester |
66 |
Transferable skills
- Information retrieval - Able to access different and multiple sources of information
- 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
- Argument - Able to put forward, debate and justify an opinion or a course of action, with an individual or in a wider group setting
- 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
Resources
Resource implications for students
Webpages: www.rainews.it www.repubblica.it Any other learning resources: Writing classes dossier; Translation classes dossier.
Pre- and Co-requisite Modules
Pre-requisites:
Courses including this module
Compulsory in courses:
- NR43: BA Accounting/Italian year 4 (BA/AIT)
- NR33: BA Banking/Italian year 4 (BA/BIT)
- N2R3: BA Business Management and Italian year 4 (BA/BMI)
- N1R3: BA Business Studies with Italian year 4 (BA/BSIT)
- NR1H: BA Business Studies and Italian year 4 (BA/BUSSI)
- T106: BA Chinese and Italian year 4 (BA/CHIT)
- MR95: BA Criminology&Criml Just/Italian year 4 (BA/CRIT)
- WR93: BA Italian and Creative Studies year 4 (BA/CSTITAL)
- LR13: BA Economics/Italian year 4 (BA/ECIT)
- 09V3: BA English Literature and Italian year 4 (BA/ELI)
- QR3H: BA English Language and Italian year 4 (BA/ELIT)
- RR13: BA French/Italian(4 years) year 4 (BA/FI)
- R1R3: BA French with Italian year 4 (BA/FI4)
- P0R3: BA Film Studies and Italian year 4 (BA/FSI)
- RR23: BA German/Italian year 4 (BA/GI)
- R2R3: BA German with Italian year 4 (BA/GI4)
- RV31: BA History/Italian year 4 (BA/HIT)
- RV32: BA History and Italian (with International Experience) year 3 (BA/HITIE)
- QR53: BA Italian/Cymraeg year 4 (BA/ITCY)
- QR13: BA Italian/Linguistics year 4 (BA/ITL)
- CR6H: BA Italian/Sports Science year 4 (BA/ITSSC)
- N5R3: BA Marketing with Italian year 4 (BA/MKITAL)
- NR53: BA Marketing and Italian (4 year) year 4 (BA/MKTITAL)
- P3R3: BA Media Studies with Italian year 3 (BA/MSIT)
- WR33: BA Music/Italian year 4 (BA/MUIT)
- VVR3: BA Philosophy and Religion and Italian year 4 (BA/PRI)
- RR43: BA Spanish/Italian year 4 (BA/SI)
- R4R3: BA Spanish with Italian year 4 (BA/SPI)
- NBR3: BSc Business Management with Italian year 4 (BSC/BMI)
- M118: LLB Law with Italian (European Experience) year 4 (LLB/LITE)