MED32 Practical Italian IV

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/3/0. 6 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Giorgio Cadorini, Dottore in Lettere, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Giorgio Cadorini, Dottore in Lettere, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 12:00–13:40 A24, Tue 8:00–9:40 A22
Prerequisites
MED31 Practical Italian III
MED31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to deepen the knowledge of Italian and to develop the vocabulary, communicative and grammar competencies (level B1 CEFR).
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- understand explained vocabulary;
- use the vocabulary in spoken and written language;
- explain and apply grammar discussed in seminars;
- apply the acquired competencies in the final exam: use grammar rules acquired during the seminar I - IV and speak about an issue concerning Italian history, geography and culture.
Syllabus
  • I + II WEEK
  • Skills. How to: give instructions; collaborate; request information.
  • Lexicon. Do-it-yourself and moving.
  • Grammar. Combined pronouns, indefinite pronouns and adjectives; verbal prefixation.
  • (Bellissimo 2, unit 8)
  • III + IV WEEK
  • Skills. How to: understand the instructions, give step-by-step instructions.
  • Lexicon. Sustainable development, cooking.
  • Grammar. Structures that demand subordinate clauses with the subjunctive, the impersonal SI, the partitive NE.
  • (Bellissimo 2, unit 9)
  • V ~ + VI WEEK
  • Skills. How to: describe objects; make and propose hypotheses.
  • Lexicon. Adjectives that can be used in descriptions.
  • Grammar. Periphrastic expressions of the incoative phase of the action; other cases of subordinate clauses in the subjunctive; causal connectives.
  • (Bellissimo 2, 10 unit)
  • VII + VIII WEEK
  • Skills. How to: tell past events; describe moods; compare data.
  • Lexicon. Families of today; adverbs of time.
  • Grammar. Aspects of the concordance of the tenses; relative pronouns; causal subordinates.
  • (Bellissimo 2, unit 11)
  • IX + X WEEK
  • Skills. To advise or discourage; to clarify; to report other people's speeches.
  • Lexicon. Care for the body and the psyche.
  • Grammar. Hypothetical phrases with the apodosis to the future.
  • (Bellissimo 2, unit 12)
  • XI + XII WEEK
  • Skills. How to express emotions and react with empathy.
  • Lexicon. Emotions and empathy.
  • Grammar. Choice of the auxiliary in the compound tenses of servile verbs; use of the anterior future; CI and LO in anaphora.
  • (Bellissimo 2, unit 13)
  • XIII WEEK: exam preparation.
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  • REVIEW. Each week, part of the exercises carried out by the students at home will be devoted to the revision of the morphology. In case students find it difficult to do some, the teacher will create space to repeat the topic in class.
Literature
    required literature
  • BALLARIN, Elena et aliae. Bellissimo! : Corso di lingua italiana : 2 : Libro dello studente con eserciziario. Recanati: ELI, 2016. ISBN 978-88-536-1892-4. info
    recommended literature
  • HAMPLOVÁ, Sylva. Mluvnice italštiny. Voznice: Leda, 2004. ISBN 80-7335-041-6. info
  • MEZZADRI, Marco. Grammatica essenziale della lingua italiana con esercizi : testo di grammatica per studenti stranieri dal livello elementare all'intermedio. II edizione. Perugia: Guerra Edizioni, 2000, 223 stran. ISBN 8877154543. info
    not specified
  • ZINGARELLI, Nicola. Lo Zingarelli, 2003 : vocabolario della lingua italiana. Bologna: Zanichelli, 2002, 2176 s. ISBN 8808052192. info
Teaching methods
The student has to deliver 3 essays (ca. 100 to 200 words) and 3 traductions (ca. 120 to 180 words) in Italian during the semester. He will also present in class one of the topics planned for the end of year exam. Attendance and participation in the course is required.
Assessment methods
Written and oral examination online (in the written part successful for almost 70 %) aimed at testing the language skills according to the A2/B1 level of the Common European reference frame.
Language of instruction
Italian
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Nemohou zapisovat posluchači oboru italština.
Teacher's information
The course employs the IS e-learning platform:

https://is.muni.cz/el/phil/jaro2021/MED32/index.qwarp.

Lessons take place on the Zoom platform with the cameras on:
https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/4930594242.

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The written exam consists of a grammar test. This is an example from past years.

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The topics that can be drawn by lot for the oral exam are the following (students prepare them independently during the semester).

1) A city or region of the Italian linguistic area:

* geography;

* history;

* culture.

2) Traveling:

* the lands you prefer;

* how do you like to travel;

* better alone or in company?

3) Free time:

* how you pass it;

* what are the alternatives?

4) Mass media (newspapers, radio, television, Internet):

* the pros and cons;

* which ones do you use and why?

5) Theater and cinema:

* a show or movie you have watched (direction, actors, theme, etc.);

* show business during the pandemic.

6) Studying or working?

* What are you studying?

* Will you need it for the job you would like to do?)

7) Projects for the summer:

* what are you going to do?

8) The art of feeling good:

* how to keep fit;

* what to do for your psyche;

* what to do about your body.

9) Music:

* play and sing;

* your musical tastes;

* Italian music.

10) Living in the city or in the countryside?

* The pros and cons;

* possible lifestyles.

11) Ecology:

* behaviors in everyday life;

* global warming;

* sustainable development;

* can a city respect the environment?

12) Novels and comics:

* famous writers and cartoonists from the Italian area;

* read on paper and digital data storage devices (pros and cons);

* what does the reading give you?

13) We live in an era of great migrations:

* who emigrates and why;

* who stays and why;

* emigrate for a while and emigrate forever;

* Italian emigration;

* immigration to Italy.

14) We live with someone:

* living with the family and outside;

* live in two different locations;

* sharing an apartment;

* live together as a couple or live apart.

15) movies and serials:

* pros and cons of the two formats;

* at the cinema and at home;

* alone and in company.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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