Cellular and Molecular Biology

ITALIAN FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS BEGINNER LEVEL

ITALIAN FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS BEGINNER LEVEL

Academic year 2023/2024

• ITALIAN FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS BEGINNER LEVEL (LIN0592)
  Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature straniere e Culture moderne

Sommario del corso

• Course objectives
• Results of learning outcomes
• Program
• Course delivery
• Learning assessment methods
• Suggested readings and bibliography
• Teaching tools
• Course card

Course objectives

The course is meant to welcome the international students and help them feel at ease in the Italian cultural and linguistic context.  The course is organized by the University Language Center (CLA-UniTO) for the international students of the degree courses taught in English.

Results of learning outcomes

Students are expected to:

• develop communication skills in Italian in order to feel at ease with everyday life in Italy at a beginner level
• learn the main vocabulary, morpho-syntactic structures and phonological features of Italian at a beginner level (CEFR A1)

acquire basic intercultural skills

Program

CEFR A1-level syllabus (see pdf attached)

Course delivery

Classes are in presence only at CLA-UNITO (Palazzo Nuovo or Campus Luigi Einaudi). Part of the course is delivered in e-learning through the Moodle platform.

It is a 60-hour blended course: 40 hours of in-presence classes plus 20 hours of autonomous learning on the Moodle platform. Cultural activities and extra meetings with Italian intern students will be part of the course as well.

Learning assessment methods

For the attending students (at least 70% of classes attended):

• partial assessment during the classes
• oral exam: a self presentation, a description of pictures and a dialogue

For the non-attending students (less than 70% of classes attended):

• written exam: a computer-based test based on the A1-level language skills in Italian according to the CEFR. Students must pass the written part in order to take the oral exam.

oral exam:  a self presentation, a description of pictures and a dialogue

For the attending students (at least 70% of classes attended):

• The learning material will be provided by the teacher according to the topics dealt with during the classes. Specific exercises and materials will be made available through e-learning platforms

For the non-attending students (less than 70% of classes attended)

• one handbook to be chosen between: Nuovo espresso A1 (Alma edizioni) or Nuovo contatto A1 (Loescher).

one grammar book to be chosen between:Gramm.it (Bonacci) or Via della grammatica (Edilingua)

• Teaching material
• Exams and finals
• Class schedule
• Go to Moodle
• Register for the course
• Enrolled students
• Invia email agli studenti registrati
• Export table