HUMANITIES | University of Parma

Professor: Marco MEZZADRI
Academic discipline: Didattica delle lingue moderne (L-LIN/02)
Field: Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity: A scelta dello studente

110 hours
of face-to-face activities

4 credits

hub: PARMA

course unit
in ITALIAN

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exam calls

Course unit partition: Italian Language for Foreign Students 2

Learning objectives

At the end of the course, students will have acquired and will be able to use linguistic and cultural structures, skills and strategies in oral and written interaction in Italian language for academic purposes.

Prerequisites

A2+ or B1 competence level in Italian.

Course unit content

The course leads foreign students to the acquisition of linguistic and communicative competences in Italian as an L2 at a pre-intermediate and an intermediate level, according to the entrance level of students. In particular the course aims to develop linguistic structures, strategies and skills used in oral and written comprehension and communication in Italian Language for academic purposes. The syllabus is drawn upon the levels as in the Commom European Framework of References for Languages modified in order to cover skills and language structures found in the academic language.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Textbooks will be chosen after testing students on arrival in Parma according to their language competences.

Teaching methods

Lectures; interaction in couples or/and groups; workshops. This will be applied also to online classes.
Classes will provided in two ways:
1 blended
2 online only, for students who are not in Parma at the moment or who cannot attend face-to-face classes.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written Exam. It lasts 2 hours and is divided in three sections. The first session is an oral comprehension with possible activities chosen among: multiple choice or true/false, open questions, charts, diagrams and/or summaries to be filled in with single words, titles selection. The second part includes the comprehension of two different kinds of text. The first text demands the insertion of titles, paragraphs and/or whole text as well as the completion of a chart. Second text: a close activity. The third part is testing the use of language using a fill into the blanks activity, multiple choice, matching activity, vocabulary activities focused upon synonyms, antonyms, etc. Activities testing the use of connectives and punctuation. The forth part is focused on the writing of a text based upon images, charts, diagrams, lists of information, etc.

Other information

The extensive course is supported by self-access material provided online which allow students to acquire language competences for academic purposes under the teachers' supervision. This will be done using the distance learning platform of the University of Parma.

2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student registry office

E. segreteria.corsiumanistici@unipr.it

Quality assurance office

Education manager:
Dott.ssa Valentina Galeotti
T. +39 0521 034133
Manager E. valentina.galeotti@unipr.it
Office E. dusic.lettere@unipr.it

President of the degree course

Prof. Marco Gentile
E. marco.gentile@unipr.it

Faculty advisor

Prof. Nicola Catelli
E. nicola.catelli@unipr.it

Prof.ssa Margherita Centenari
E. margherita.centenari@unipr.it

Prof. Simone Gibertini
E. simone.gibertini@unipr.it

Career guidance delegate

Prof. Carlo Alberto Gemignani
E. carloalberto.gemignani@unipr.it

Referenti per piani di studio e convalide

Prof. Carlo Varotti | Studenti A-L
E. carlo.varotti@unipr.it

Prof. Paolo Rinoldi | Studenti M-Z
E. paolo.rinoldi@unipr.it

Erasmus delegates

Prof.ssa Cristina Carusi | Erasmus+ SMT
E. cristina.carusi@unipr.it

Prof. Luca Iori | Erasmus+ SMS
E. luca.iori@unipr.it

Quality assurance manager

Prof.ssa Paola Volpini
E. paola.volpini@unipr.it

Internships

Prof.ssa Giulia Raboni
E. giulia.raboni@unipr.it

Tutor students

Dott.ssa Benedetta Bocchi
E. benedetta.bocchi@studenti.unipr.it

Dott. Roberto De Frate
E. roberto.delfrate@unipr.it

Dott. Alberto Negri
E. alberto.negri1@studenti.unipr.it

ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS 2 Course unit partition: Primo Semestre