LANGUAGE SCIENCES AND CULTURAL STUDIES FOR SPECIAL NEEDS

Professor: Michele DALOISO
Academic discipline: Didattica delle lingue moderne (L-LIN/02)
Field: Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity: Related/supplementary

20 hours
of face-to-face activities

4 credits

hub: PARMA

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lectures timetable

exam calls

Integrated course unit module: ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS

Learning objectives

At the end of the course the 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 language competence level in Italian. Only students who have passed the exams of Italian Language for Foreign Students I and II can attend Italian Language for Foreign Students III.

Course unit content

The course leads foreign students to the acquisition of linguistic and communicative competences in Italian as an L2 of an intermediate or upper-intermediate type, according to the entrance level of students. In particular the course aims to develop linguistic structures, strategies and skills used in the 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

The course is delivered online

Assessment methods and criteria

Written Exam.

The student has to complete all the activities of the online materials.

The comprehension activities are: multiple choice, true/false, and open questions; charts, diagrams, grids, maps and summaries to be filled; titles selection, and cloze activity.

The student will be also tested on the use of language through blanks activity, multiple choice, matching activity, vocabulary activities focused upon synonyms, antonyms, etc. Moreover, activities test the use of connectives and punctuation.

There are also different activities to improve the writing in Italian language.

Other information

Only students who have passed the exams of Italian Language for Foreign Students I and II can attend Italian Language for Foreign Students III.
The course is supported by self-access material provided on-line 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
T. +39 0521 033707

Quality assurance office

Education manager:
Dott.ssa Giuditta Diroma
T. +39 0521 032355
Office E. linguistics@unipr.it
Manager E. giuditta.diroma@unipr.it

President of the degree course

Prof. Michele Daloiso
E. michele.daloiso@unipr.it

Faculty advisor

Prof.ssa Nicoletta Cabassi
E. nicoletta.cabassi@unipr.it

Career guidance delegate

Prof.ssa Nicoletta Cabassi
E. nicoletta.cabassi@unipr.it

Tutor Professors

Prof. Michele Daloiso
E. michele.daloiso@unipr.it

Prof. Marco Mezzadri
E. marco.mezzadri@unipr.it

Prof.ssa Micol Beseghi
E. micol.beseghi@unipr.it

Erasmus delegates

Prof.ssa Micol Beseghi (Referente)
E. micol.beseghi@unipr.it
Prof. Corrado Confalonieri (Docente a supporto)
E. corrado.confalonieri@unipr.it

Quality assurance manager

Prof.ssa Simonetta Anna Valenti
E. simonettaanna.valenti@unipr.it

Internships

Prof.ssa Chiara Denti
E. chiara.denti@unipr.it

Tutor students

Elena Lebedeva
E. elena.lebedeva@studenti.unipr.it

Polina Kurokhtina
E. polina.kurokhtina@studenti.unipr.it

ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS 3 cod. 1006583