Overview

The unit consist of two sections: Intermediate 1 Language (50%)  and Culture (50%): Language: this unit extends the basic language skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing - through the use of contemporary written, aural and audio-visual materials representing selected situations and registers, and aspects of Italian history and culture. … For more content click the Read More button below. Culture: an introduction to key aspects of medieval Italian history, society and culture and their connections to the present. In particular this unit introduces you to major medieval writers and artists, with a focus on the development of the Italian language, and on issues of gender, politics and social mobility.

Offerings

S1-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS
SSB-01-PRATO-ON-BLK

Requisites

Prerequisite

Rules

Enrolment Rule

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Dr Barbara Pezzotti
Andrea Pagani

Unit Coordinator(s)

Andrea Pagani
Dr Barbara Pezzotti

Notes

  • If this is your language entry point, this unit requires a language entry level test.
  • This unit is taught either in intensive mode or across standard teaching periods. For intensive mode teaching dates, please refer to the non-standard dates website for the census date and information regarding financial penalties.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1.

interact in most everyday social situations with some confidence and fluency;

2.

produce oral and written texts with varied tone and register;

3.

read simply-structured literary texts and articles in periodicals;

4.

use monolingual as well as bilingual dictionaries;

5.

discuss medieval Italy and its cultural output in the European context as well as its legacy today.

Teaching approach

Active learning

Assessment summary

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment

1 - Quiz/Quizzes
2 - Quiz/Quizzes
3 - In class test/s
4 - Essay
5 - In class test/s
6 - Oral test/assessment
7 - In-class test
8 - Essay
9 - Oral Test/Assessment

Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities

Lectures
Tutorials

Workload requirements

Workload

Availability in areas of study

European languages (Italian studies)