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Type D and Type F activities
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Laurea in Lingue e culture per il turismo e il commercio internazionale - Enrollment from 2025/2026Type D and Type F Credits (CFUs D and F)
As part of the academic plans for each degree program, students must earn a specified number of credits from the Type D and F (CFUs D and F) categories.
CFUs D (student's choice activities)
CFUs D can be earned through various activities, including:
- Elective courses: non-mandatory courses within your plan of study, subject to the approval of the Chair of the Teaching Committee the course cannot be selected independently.
- Accredited activities: activities accredited by the Teaching Committee
- Language Proficiency: acquiring proficiency in languages different from or additional to the required ones.
- Internships or apprenticeships: practical work experience in relevant fields
- TALCs (Transversal Skills): skills gained through specific university programs.
The total number of CFUs D is calculated over the entire degree period (two or three years) and is not tied to a single academic year.
Transversal skills
Explore the learning pathways promoted by the University's Teaching and Learning Center for currently enrolled students that aim to develop transversal skills
Please note: TALC courses are only recognized as CFUs D.
Contamination Lab
The Contamination Lab Verona (CLab Verona) is an experiential learning program focused on innovation and business culture. It offers students the opportunity to collaborate in teams across different programmes and disciplines to solve challenges posed private companies and institutions. Completing this pathway earns students 6 CFUs D. Learn more about the CLab challenges here.
Important Notes:
- To be eligible for any credit-bearing learning activities, including electives, students must be enrolled in the academic year during which the activities are offered.
- GRADUATING SENIORS: Students who plan to graduate in the November or March/April sessions are advised NOT to undertake extracurricular activities in a new academic year (in which they are not enrolled), as these graduation sessions correspond to the previous academic year. Activities completed during an academic year in which students is not enrolled will not be credited with CFUs.
CFUs F (other training activities)
CFUs F typically relate to skills in computing and languages, internships and apprenticeships, and other educational activities accredited by the Teaching Committee.
The degree program in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce recognizes the following:
- 3 CFUs for a third language (B1 level)
- 3 CFUs for computer skills
- 6 CFUs for a mandatory internship.
Computer skills can be acquired by:
- Passing the test in the University's computer labs.
- Attending and passing the final exams for courses offered by schools and centres accredited by AICA (Italian Association for Computer Science and Automatic Computing) or courses recognized by the Province and Region. Applications for the recognition of previously acquired computer skills are reviewed by the Commission for the Recognition of Computer Skills.
Internship are designed to provide students with direct, practical knowledge and experience relevant to their field of study, helping them acquire specific professional skills.
To discover all the teaching activities accredited by the foreign teaching college click here
German language 3 (2024/2025)
Teaching code
4S002924
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
9
Language
German
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/14 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - GERMAN
Period
II semestre (Area Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Feb 17, 2025 al May 24, 2025.
Courses Single
Authorized
Learning objectives
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
- apply the basic concepts of phonology to the system of German;
- recognize the most important phonological processes of German;
- describe the most important differences between the phonological systems of German and Italian;
- carry out the phonetic transcription of Standard German words;
- demonstrate awareness of regional and stylistic variation of pronunciation;
- demonstrate to have the German language skills that correspond to the C1 level of the CEFR.
Prerequisites and basic notions
- Prerequisites for attending the course: knowledge and skills related to German linguistics acquired in previous years of university education and German language skills which are good enough for understanding lessons taught in German.
- Prerequisites for taking the exam: German-language certificate on C1 level (CEFR), issued either by the CLA (Centro Linguistico di Ateneo) or by any other authorized testing center. Students taking this exam must have completed the language and literature exams of the first and second year.
- Erasmus students may ask their questions at any time directly to the lecturer.
Program
Introduction to the phonetics and phonology of German
This course features four thematic units. In (1) "Phonetics" the foundations of acoustic and, most of all, articulatory phonetics will be introduced, the correlations between writing and pronunciation will be discussed and phonetic transcriptions of standard German words are trained. German and Italian sound systems will be compared. (2) "Segmental phonology" illustrates basic concepts of the phonological system and focuses then on the rules which operate between the underlying structure with the phonological representations of the words and their phonetic realization on the surface structure (final devoicing, r-vocalization etc.). (3) "Prosodic phonology" is dedicated to phonological constituents and syllable structure. In (4) "Diatopic and diaphasic variation" the variation of colloquial standard German due to the geographic origins of the speakers and the speech situation are considered.
Note: this course is taught in German.
Bibliography
Didactic methods
Classes with theoretical content and practical exercises. For "non frequentanti" and for catching up in case of not attended lessons teaching materials are available on the Moodle platform. All students are invited to ask any kind of question during the office hours of the lecturer.
Learning assessment procedures
Written exam (90 minutes, identical for "frequentanti" e "non frequentanti"). The exam consists of a theoretical part (questions regarding basic concepts) and a practical part which comprises phonetic transcription, analysis of phonological processes and syllable structure analysis of German words, in contrast to Italian, additionally the classification and discussion of non-standard variants.
Evaluation criteria
Extent of the demonstrated skills; clarity and (terminological) accuracy of the answers.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
The final grade of the exam will be the average of the grade of the written exam and the grade obtained in the CLA C1 test. The grades of the CLA C1 test (or of another recognized language certificate) will be converted into the Italian 30-scheme according to the current conversion table.
Exam language
Deutsch
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