Rhedir gan School of Arts, Culture and Language

10.000 Credydau neu 5.000 Credyd ECTS

Semester2

Trefnydd: Mr Ruben Chapela-Orri

1. To consolidate and expand on the contents delivered in the intermediate level of the language.
2. To enable students to develop more advanced oral skills.

This module runs during the second semester and is aimed at students with some prior knowledge of Italian. The course is based on a communicative approach and helps students to enhance all the key language skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening. After each of the contact hours, students are expected to spend at least 30 minutes of self-study to revise and consolidate what they have learned in class.

The textbook for this course is Foundations Italian 2, Palgrave Foundations Series Languages, by Mara Benetti, Cristina Testi, Caterina Varchetta (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) (ISBN 0-333-92235-2). By the end of this course students will approach level B1 Threshold as defined by the Common European Framework, Language Assessment Scales. Students are expected to cover chapters 6-10 of their textbook.

trothwy

40-49%: For the award of credit, students should demonstrate a satisfactory comprehension of the various grammatical areas studied and an ability to implement them in specific situations at a basic level.

dda

50-69%: For the award of higher grades, students should demonstrate a solid comprehension of the various grammatical areas studied and an ability to implement them in specific situations.

rhagorol

70+%: For the award of the highest grade, students should demonstrate a detailed comprehension of the various grammatical areas studied and an ability to implement them confidently in specific situations.

1. Topics and functions - Talking about oneself and others: family; daily routine; preferences; likes/dislikes; hobbies and free time both in the present and in the past - Giving and understanding information about age, weight, height, appearance - Comparisons - Applying for jobs - Making plans

2. Grammar - Present and past tenses - Relative clauses - Future tense - Reflexive verbs - Modal verbs - Comparisons - Direct and indirect object pronouns - Order of pronouns - Imperative - The conditional - The passive

Math	Enw	Disgrifiad	Pwysau
	EXAM WK5		30.00
	EXAM WK10		70.00

		Oriau
Private study		80
Seminar	2 contact hours per week x 10 weeks.	20

• Literacy - Proficiency in reading and writing through a variety of media
• 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
• Argument - Able to put forward, debate and justify an opinion or a course of action, with an individual or in a wider group setting