Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

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Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

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2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2024/2025

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activated in the A.Y. 2024/2025
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Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
3rd foreign language - B1 level
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Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°

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Teaching code

4S00914

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-FIL-LET/12 - ITALIAN LINGUISTICS

Period

I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 25, 2023 al Dec 22, 2023.

Courses Single

Authorized

Learning objectives

Aim of the course is transmitting fundamental knowledge on Italian language and its variability: oral and written Language, specific scientific Languages, different textual typologies. Textual competence and abilities on writing will be improved by practice of analysis and production. Student will be able to recognize variability of Italian Language in time, space, medium, context and register, also in relation to learning of foreigner languages; moreover, student will be able to analyze texts in Italian Language and assing them to different textual typologies.

Prerequisites and basic notions

An advanced knowledge of the Italian language and its grammatical and syntactic structures is required.

Program

The course is divided into a theoretical and a practical part, aimed at strengthening the writing skills of the students.
1. Elements of Italian linguistics: standard Italian and the varieties of Italian; written Italian and spoken Italian; linguistic pragmatics; sectoral languages; the specific registers of the sectoral languages.
2. Writing in Italian at the university: elements of textual linguistics; coherence and cohesion; the text types; syntactic structures and lexical resources suitable for the single types of text.
3. Elements of Italian grammar: the uses of the verb; the connectives; punctuation.
4. Exercises of analysis and textual production: the summary; e-mails.
Materials prepared or selected by the teacher will be made available on the Moodle platform (e.g. slides, exercises, bibliographic additions). These materials are an integral part of the exam program, for both attending and non-attending students.
NB: students of Italian language courses are bound to their professorship, assigned based on the initial of their surname (A-E, F-O, or P-Z). It is not possible to switch from one chair to another and you are required to take the exam with the assigned professor.

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Didactic methods

Classroom lessons (in-person mode) and individual exercises, on a voluntary basis. Working students can contact the teacher at the start of the course and agree on a number of exercises to deliver, which will be returned with corrections. Teaching support methods: The supplementary and support teaching materials will be uploaded to the teaching Moodle platform. Male and female students are still invited to contact the teacher via email or during office hours. Students who find themselves in the position of having to make up for missed lessons must contact the teacher.

Learning assessment procedures

The exam will take place in written form. It will be divided into three parts: 1. structured section, with questions relating to topics of a theoretical nature; 2. practical exercises to complete (on the uses of the verb, connectives and punctuation); 3. production of short written texts, belonging to the types covered in class. There is no differentiated test for non-attending students. Exam duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Evaluation criteria

The exam aims to verify the acquisition of some fundamental notions of Italian linguistics and evaluate the writing skills of students according to the criteria of formal correctness, effectiveness, relevance, correspondence to the context.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The result will be expressed in thirty points. These will be distributed proportionally to the typology of the questions.

Exam language

italiano

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