Italian I

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Objectives

The student should be able to divide a phonetic sequence into lexical units, and to recognise simple, commonly used words and phrases. The student should be able to use a basic repertoire of words and phrases related to personal aspects and circumstances, with limited control of some basic grammatical structures, and to produce brief oral statements and simple written texts.

The student should be able to understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; to introduce him/herself to others; to ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has; and to interact with others in a simple way, provided they speak slowly and clearly and are willing to help in understanding.

Program

Basic Italian phonetics.

Noun and adjective morphology.

Articles.

The present indicative. Regular verbs.

Modal verbs. Potere – Dovere – Volere.

Common irregular verbs.

The simple prepositions.

Articles + Prepositions.

Teaching Methodologies

The class is taught using written educational materials (textbooks, grammar books, dictionaries), actual texts (newspaper articles, magazines, websites, etc.) and learning activities (games, simulations, debates, songs, videos).

Bibliography

CIULLI C. – PROIETTI A.L., Da zero a cento. Test di (auto) valutazione sulla lingua italiana, 2005, Firenze, Alma Edizioni.

DARDANO. M. – TRIFONE, P., Grammatica italiana (com nozioni di linguística), 1988 – 10ª , Bologna, Zanichelli.

KATERINOV, K., BORIOSI M.C., La língua italiana per stranieri, 1985 (5ª), Perugia, Edizioni Guerra.

MANELLA, C. Si! (L’italiano in mano). Manuale e corso pratico di italiano per stranieri, 2005, Firenze, Progetto Lingua.

MEA, G. Gramática Prática de Italiano para Lusófonos, 2010, Porto, Porto Editora.

Code

0103069

ECTS Credits

6

Classes

  • Teóricas - 30 hours
  • Teórico-Práticas - 30 hours