Course detail
Italian for Intermediate Students
FAST-BYI3Acad. year: 2012/2013
Grammar: degrees of adjectives and adverbs, pluperfect, reduction of clauses, "ne", "ci"
Vocabulary: description of place, health and disease, healthy lifestyle, human body
About Italy: Italian cities; Italian art and culture
Language of instruction
Mode of study
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Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
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Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Grammar and vocabulary is practised in an ineractive way, with emphasis on conversation. Development of communication and listening skills using interactive audio-visual technologies.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course curriculum
2. U8: object pronouns in passato prossimo (I).
3. U8: object pronouns with modal verbs; types of shops, typical Italian products.
4. U9: reflexive verbs; shopping- size, colour, payement.
5. U9: reflexive verbs in passato prossimo; clothes.
6. U9: impersonal form; Italian fashion.
7. U10: personal pronouns; TV
8. U10: personal pronouns in passato prossimo (II); expressing wishes.
9. U10: imperative, pronouns in imperative; orientation in a city, Italian TV and press.
10. U11: present conditional form; at the concert.
11. U11: past conditional form; expressing an opinion.
12. U11: if-clause, expressing future in past; music, Italian music.
13. revision U8-U11.
Work placements
Aims
Reading skills, translating texts with intermediate difficulty, communication and writing skills about everyday topics.
Levels A1, A2 of Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's
branch VS , 2 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
- Programme B-P-C-GK Bachelor's
branch G , 2 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
- Programme B-P-C-ST Bachelor's
branch VS , 2 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
- Programme B-K-C-GK Bachelor's
branch G , 2 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
Type of course unit
Exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
2.Irregular degrees of adjectives; comparison of countries and cultures
3.Pluperfect; review of past tenses; The most interesting holiday
4. "ne", "ci" and their position in compound tenses; nature
5. "ne", "ci" and their position in imperative mood; Italian cuisine, recipes
6. Adverbs; healthy lifestyle
7. Degrees of adverbs; health and disease
8. Reduction of clauses purpose; human body
9.Italian cities and art
10. Reduction of subordinate clauses of time; resume of my favorite book
11. Reiew of grammar
12. Conversation on reviewed topics
13. Credits