Italian Proficiency I

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1015572ANR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

1st and 2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

Italian

Faculty

Academic Language Centre

Department

Academic Center for Language Education

Educational team

Dorinda Dekeyser
Voorzitter ACTO (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

78 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
48 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

Practical introduction to Italian aimed both at the acquisition of communication skills and at the knowledge of vocabulary and grammar. The learning process starts with the study of text, audio or video-fragments on everyday life situations and consists of seminar exercises on precise aspects of communication and grammatical problems. The vocabulary component largely coincides with the home study of a basic vocabulary on the most common aspects of everyday life.

Course material

Handbook (Required) : Al Dente 1, M. Birello, S. Bonafaccia, A. Petri, A. Vilagrasa, Casa delle Lingue, 9788416657728
Handbook (Required) : Al Dente 2, M. Birello, S. Bonafaccia, F. Bosc, G. Licastro, A. Vilagrasa, Casa delle Lingue, 9788416657759
Handbook (Required) : Le prime 3000 parole, Roberto Tartaglione, Firenze: Alma Edizioni, 9788861825154, 2018
Handbook (Required) : Al Dente 3, M. Birello, S. Bonafaccia, F. Bosc, G. Licastro, A. Vilagrasa, Casa delle Lingue, 9788416943302

Additional info

None.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Students can understand audio-visual messages ant texts with regard to the studied domains and react appropriately in short interventions and texts. To this end, they use current expressions and a proper vocabulary. They are able to make short sentences and to apply the studied grammar without making obvious mistakes.

Target level: B1 of the Common European Framework for Languages.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 20% of the final mark.
Written Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Practical Exam determines 30% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

mondeling with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

schriftelijk with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Within the Practical Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

permanente evaluatie with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

First examination period

Written exam (50%): assessment of reading, listening and writing skills as well as of grammatical skills.

Oral exam (20%): assessment of speaking skills.

Assessment throughout the semester (30%): the knowledge of the basic vocabulary is assessed by means of a series of tests (15%). Students with an average score of at least 18/30 are exempted from the vocabulary test during the final exam or during the second examination period. There is an interim exam during the session in January which counts for 15.

Second examination period

The assessment system is identical to the one used during the first examination period, except for the vocabulary component, which is assessed by means of a single test during the written exam.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context