IJ1B007 Seminar of Italian language II (A)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Valeria De Tommaso, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Egle Mocciaro, Dottore di Ricerca (lecturer)
Mgr. Kristýna Lorenzová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Valeria De Tommaso, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Valeria De Tommaso, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 14:00–15:40 G22, except Mon 17. 11. to Sun 23. 11.
Prerequisites
IJIA015 Practical Italian IV || IJ1B002 Practical Italian Ex. II || IJ1A004 Practical Italian IV
IJ1A004
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The aim of this course is to put the student into contact with the main text types (description, narration, exposition, instruction, argumentation) following E. Werlich's distinction. The course is aimed at developing an articulate awareness of the main themes of sentence syntax (simple and complex) and its relationship to textuality.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the students will be able to - identify the different text types and genres; - write different kind of text types; - use appropriate syntax and lexis.
Syllabus
The course is structured into in-person lessons and online activities on the ELF platform. The in-person lessons involve workshop-style activities: analysis, production, and correction of short written texts, including translation products. Online activities: students will find all instructions, guidelines, and exercises in the "Italiano scritto" course on ELF. Students have access to video tutorials and more than 50 activities focused on reading, analysis, and writing. Materials: articles and supplementary materials provided before and during the lessons. Programme activities, i.e., lectures that are common to the whole programme, are also to be included in the course content. On these occasions, other activities (including regular classes) will be suspended. Activities already on the calendar: - 30.09 (all day, room 343) and 01.10 (morning, dean's meeting room, to be confirmed) Conference "Developing new languages in migration contexts - 13 October 16:00-18:00 and Tuesday 14 October 16:00-18:00 (dean's meeting room), prof. Matteo Di Figlia (University of Palermo), Seminars on ‘Il fascismo italiano: 1919-1943’ (Teaching materials will be provided prior to the seminars) The full calendar of activities will be communicated at the beginning of the semester.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • SERIANNI, Luca. Italiani scritti. Nuova ed. Bologna: Mulino, 2007, 200 s. ISBN 9788815119100. info
  • CIGNETTI, Luca and Simone FORNARA. Il piacere di scrivere : guida all'italiano del terzo millennio. Edited by Luca Serianni. Ia edizione. Roma: Carocci editore, 2014, 331 stran. ISBN 9788843073559. info
  • PALERMO, Massimo. Linguistica testuale dell'italiano. Bologna: Mulino, 2013, 280 s. ISBN 9788815241696. info
    not specified
  • Umberto Eco, Dire quasi la stessa cosa, Bompiani 2003
Teaching methods
The study and working materials will include articles from contemporary Italian national press, books, and video interviews. Through in-class reading and discussion, these materials will serve as a means to introduce and explain typical expressions and structures found in descriptive, argumentative, narrative, and expository texts (particularly journalistic ones), with the aim of developing summarization skills (with a focus on summary writing) and paraphrasing.
Assessment methods
Active and cohoperative attendance is mandatory (at least 75%). The student has to complete the ELF online course before the semester finishes (at least two weeks before the end of the semester). Final written text (2 hours).
Language of instruction
Italian
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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