ITA-90006 - Module Specification
Language Centre
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

Italian 5 or equivalent (e.g. GCSE grade 7-9/A-A*, AS-level grade lower than 6/B, CEFR level A2+)

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

This course is designed for students with a prior knowledge of Italian (Italian 5 or equivalent, e.g. GCSE grade 7-9/A-A*) and it will develop intermediate communication skills in Italian in everyday situations such as leisure activities, social media, socialising, relating past experiences, or talking about the future.
The core skills listening, speaking, reading and writing will be expanded and communicative competence and awareness of grammar will be developed. Teaching will be based around a series of material that will be supplemented by a range of online and audiovisual activities available on the KLE. There will be a variety of tasks and exercises during each class, such as discussion and role play, listening comprehension and reading; and there will be further study opportunities via KLE that will enable your self-study skills and research for some of the module tasks.
The language level of this module corresponds to A2+ work leading to Level B1 in the European Common Framework for Languages (CEFR).

The module aims to improve students' fluency in the language and to consolidate previous grammatical knowledge as well as introduce some of the more problematic aspects of Italian grammar; to enable students to develop general language learning skills; and to offer insights into cultural specificity of Italian speaking world.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Understand the main point in clear speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, studies, leisure, etc.: 1,3
Interpret, summarise and extract key information from written texts that consist mainly of personal, everyday or job-related language: 1,2
Interact in routine tasks requiring direct exchange of information on topics that are familiar, of personal interest, pertinent to everyday life, or job related: 3
Write coherent texts on topics which are familiar, of personal interest or work related (e.g. messages, personal e-mail, etc.): 1,2
Recognise and use different linguistic structures in the target language and compare them to the English language: 1,2,3
Recognise and act upon cultural differences and demonstrate awareness of register, style and different language varieties: 1,2,3

Study hours

22 hours of contact time in class.
40 hours assessment preparation and completion.
88 hours guided independent study.

School Rules

Admission to the module must be confirmed through completion of a language level self-assessment form.
Students can only take one Italian language module per semester.

Description of Module Assessment