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.

Study Plan

A.A. 2024/2025 A.A. 2023/2024 A.A. 2022/2023 A.A. 2021/2022 A.A. 2020/2021 A.A. 2019/2020 A.A. 2018/2019 A.A. 2017/2018 A.A. 2016/2017 A.A. 2015/2016 A.A. 2014/2015 A.A. 2013/2014 A.A. 2012/2013 A.A. 2011/2012 A.A. 2010/2011 A.A. 2009/2010

This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.
If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:

Laurea magistrale in Lingue per la comunicazione turistica e commerciale - 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 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1ST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/07
9
B
L-LIN/21
2nd FOREIGN LANGUAGE
9
B
L-OR/21
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/07
9
B
L-LIN/21
6
B
IUS/04
9
B
SECS-P/08
6
B
SECS-P/07
6
C
SECS-P/12

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1ST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
6
B
L-LIN/21
6
B
L-LIN/12
6
B
L-LIN/04
6
B
L-LIN/14
6
B
L-LIN/07
6
B
INF/01
6
C
SECS-P/11
9
B
SECS-P/08
6
B
SECS-P/07
Final exam
15
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
12
D
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Further linguistic skills
6
F
L-LIN/09
3
F
-
3
F
-
3
F
-
3
F
-
3
F
-
3
F
-
3
F
-
3
F
-
3
F
-
3
F
-
3
F
-
3
F
-
3
F
-
3
F
-
3
F
-
3
F
-
3
F
-
3
F
-
3
F
-
3
F
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Project work/stage
9
F
-

Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)

TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.

A Basic activities
B Characterizing activities
C Related or complementary activities
D Activities to be chosen by the student
E Final examination
F Other training activities
S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

Varieties of German 2: tourism and commerce  (2022/2023)

Teaching code

4S006138

Academic staff

Sibilla Cantarini, Sabrina Bertollo

Coordinator

Sibilla Cantarini

Credits

6

Language

German de

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/14 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - GERMAN

Period

II semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Feb 13, 2023 al May 27, 2023.

Lessons timetable MoodleMoodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

The course has as its general aim that of introducing the students to the understanding and the production of written texts in the tourist, economic, and commercial fields. On successful completion of this course, students should be able to: - distinguish between texts and pseudotexts; - characterize specialized texts on the basis of their lexical and syntactic features; - describe the main features of argumentative texts; - characterize the most important argumentative moves and rules in texts belonging to different text classes; - analyze texts (also in writing, i.e. Hausarbeiten) concerning the tourist, economic, and commercial field, and present them orally.

Prerequisites and basic notions

To take the exam, students must have passed Varietäten des Deutschen 1.

Program

"Understanding popular texts in the tourist, economic, and commercial fields"
A text is not simply an extended structure of syntactic units such as words, groups, clauses, and textual units, a text is a communicative language event in a context that is marked by completion. Starting from this perspective some basic concepts of the classical argumentation theory and text linguistics, such as the seven standards of textuality, (cohesion, coherence, intentionality, acceptability, informativity, situationality, intertextuality) and the three regulative principles (efficiency, effectiveness, appropriateness), will be introduced in the first part of the course. Furthermore some classifications of texts according to their function, and characteristic features of argumentative texts will be described in the first part of the course, whereas in the second part written texts in the economic, commercial, and tourist fields will be analyzed.
In general, the program for attending students and non-attending students is the same. However, students not attending the course should contact the Professor in a timely manner, to get a detailed explanation of the program and the examination methods.
Course language: German.
Bibliographic references (instructions on the textbooks to be purchased are given during lectures)
Beaugrande, Robert-A. de / Dressler, Wolfgang U. (1981), Einführung in die Textlinguistik, Tübingen, Niemeyer.
Brinker, Klaus (2010), Linguistische Textanalyse. Eine Einführung in Grundbegriffe und Methoden, Berlin, Schmidt.
Cantarini, Sibilla (2012), „Grundkategorien der Argumentationstheorie: der theoretische Ansatz von Sorin Stati”. In: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Philologia, LVII, 3, 189-205.
Cantarini, Sibilla (2015), „L’anaphore dans l’allemand économique“. In: P. Frassi, G. Tallarico (Hrsg.), Autrement dit : définir, reformuler, gloser. Hommage à Pierluigi Ligas, Paris, hermann, 109-129.
Cantarini, Sibilla / Brunello, Fabio (2018), Bildung und Verwendung von Neologismen in der deutschen Wirtschaftssprache der Gegenwart, Milano, EDUCatt.
Kienpointner, Manfred (1992), Alltagslogik: Struktur und Funktion von Argumentationsmustern, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, frommann-holzboog.
Kienpointner, Manfred (1996), Vernünftig argumentieren, Reinbeck bei Hamburg, Rowohlt.
Stati, Sorin (2002), Principi di analisi argomentativa. Retorica, logica, linguistica. Bologna, Pàtron.
Taino, Piergiulio (2005), „Fugenelemente in der deutschen Wirtschaftssprache“. In: C. Di Meola, A. Hornung, L. Rega (Hrsg.), Perspektiven Eins, Roma, Istituto Italiano di Studi Germanici, 103-114.

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

Teaching method: frontal teaching, in small groups, flipped classroom.

Learning assessment procedures

The examination is both written (term paper) and oral (PowerPoint presentation). Since it is expected that attending students will have to give a PowerPoint presentation (Referat) and write a short paper at the end of the course, students who do not attend classes regularly will have to agree on the content of a paper with the university teacher of each module.

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

- Design, planning, and organisation of the (oral or written) text;
- cohesion and textual coherence;
- lexical richness and mastery;
- grammatical correctness;
- breadth and accuracy of knowledge and secondary literature;
- critical and personal judgments.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Students attending the course: paper = 1/2 of the final grade, PowerPoint presentation = 1/2 of the final grade. Students not attending the course (regularly): paper 1 = 1/2 of the final grade, paper 2 = 1/2 of the final grade.

Exam language

Tedesco/Deutsch/German