3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1023807ANR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester
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
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Department
Linguistics and Literary Studies
Educational team
Dirk Vanden Berghe (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Lecture
12 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

This course offers a basic introduction to endogenous multilingualism in Italy and an outline of the cultural implications, which historically arose from this situation. Recently emerged exogenous Italian multilingualism will also be illustrated. Brief survey of the modes of dissemination of Italian outside Italy.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Dispense e testi "L'italiano in contatto: contesti plurilingui", Dirk Vanden Berghe, 2023
Additional info

Not applicable.

Learning Outcomes

General Competences

The students acquire an initial knowledge (diatopic variety, external language history, neo-plurilinguism) and understanding (interrelationships) of the variation and variants of Italian. At the same time, in lectures and exercises, they can recognise and describe basic linguistic concepts and phenomena and explain the appearance of these phenomena in Italian language.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 80% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 20% of the final mark.

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

  • Oral exam with a relative weight of 80 which comprises 80% of the final mark.

    Note: Oral exam on linguistics.

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

  • Other exam with a relative weight of 20 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

    Note: Collaboration in classes and assignment.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Weekly attendance in lectures is essential to understand the discussions. Preparation and cooperation during lectures will be evaluated by the lecturer.

Students must pass on all partial assessments in order to pass the entire section of study.
The final result for a student who does not complete all parts is "absent".
The results of parts for which students have passed may be carried over to the next term, but not to the next academic year.
For the oral examination, students will be given written preparation time.
 
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

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: French-Italian (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-Italian (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Spanish-Italian (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Italian-German (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: English-Italian (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: Dutch-Italian
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: English-Italian
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: German-Italian
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: French-Italian
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: Italian-Spanish
Bridging Programme Master of Arts in Linguistics and Literary Studies: Default track (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Teaching in Languages: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)