Italian language 4

The students upgrade their knowledge of the Modern Italian language on all levels, from the phonological level to the textual-syntactic level and develop their communication skills in Italian.

The students who have previously obtained approx. the A2 level of language competence can take part in the course.

Through dealing with everyday topics (film, music, art, leisure activities), the students learn the tenses (the past perfect) and moods (the optative and the conditional) and the syntax of the Italian language (subordination, coordination).
The students develop their listening, speaking, writing and reading skills by working on appropriate textual models and by using appropriate audiovisual aids.

Knowledge and understanding:
The students acquire the knowledge and the ability to communicate in a foreign language: the comprehension of texts, expressing and explaining notions, facts, thoughts and opinions; they learn how to compose texts in appropriate communicative situations; they are able to discuss tpics related to their professional fields; they understand and accept cultural differences between the Slovene and Italian nations.

• Matteo La Grassa: L'Italiano all'Università 1 in 2, Edilingua Catalogue Catalogue
• M. Dardano, P. Trifone, La nuova grammatica della lingua italiana. Zanichelli, Bologna, 1997
• R. Lesina, Il manuale di stile: Guida alla redazione di documenti, relazioni, articoli, manuali, tesi di laurea. Zanichelli, Bologna, 1986 Catalogue
• M. T. Serafini, Come si scrive. Bompiani, Milano, 1992 Catalogue
• Other study materials provided or recommended during the lectures and tutorials (mono- and bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, brochures), excerpts from Italian literary and non-literary authentic texts.

Successfully passing the preliminary test after the first period of lectures. Successfully passing the written and oral examinations at the end of the period of lectures.

Ennio Francavilla is Italian language lecturer at UNG and tenured teacher of Italian, Latin, History and Geography at high-school “Giosuè Carducci-Dante Alighieri” of Trieste.

EDUCATION

• Second level degree in “Lettere” (Humanities) released by Università degli Studi di Trieste ;
• Teaching Aptitude in Latin and Greek at public high schools of Spain released by Ministerio de la Cultura de Espana;
• Teaching Aptitude in Latin, Greek, Italian, History and Geography at public middle and high schools released by Italian Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

“Italiano o Itanglese?” in on-line revue “Revista de Italiano“ (n.6/2014) edited by Italian Department of Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (http://www.epublicacoes.uerj.br/index.php/revistaitalianouerj/article/view/21065);

“Sulla lingua globalizzata: per un possibile approccio al tema della giustizia linguistica” in on-line journal Agoravox (12/01/2015)
(http://www.agoravox.it/Sulla-Lingua-Globalizzata-per-un.html).

MONOGRAPHS

Travel guide book “Ecuador e Galapagos” (texts and photos) edited by Polaris Editore, Faenza (2006, 2a ed. 2013).

CONTRIBUTIONS AT THE CONFERENCES

“La precarizzazione della scuola” (Trieste, Convegno “Il futuro compromesso”, CESP- Centro studi per la scuola pubblica, 22/2/2010).

“Il russo nell'italiano/l'italiano nel russo” at languages school"Язык для Успеха" (28/3/2015, Cheboksary, Russia).