Undergraduate Course: Italian 1 (ELCI08001)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | Tuition in written and spoken Italian. Study of contemporary Italy; modern history, culture and literature. Language classes are streamed according to competence in Italian (from beginners to post-'A' level). Considerable private study is required in order to profit from this intensive course.
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| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | A pass in at least one classical or modern foreign language at SCE Higher or Advanced GCE or equivalent evidence of linguistic proficiency.
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| Additional Costs | Language textbooks:
For beginners to Intermediate level:
Ciao! by Carla Larese Riga, Heinle, Cengage learning,International(7th) Edition (£33.99)
For advanced students (A level/ Advanced Higher +)
Nuovo qui Italia pił. Corso di lingua italiana per stranieri (livello intermedio B2-C1) by Mazzetti / Manili / Bagianti (approx £ 35) |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 85 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 75,
Summative Assessment Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
294 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Continuous assessment plus examination. No exemption available. |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 3:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 3:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
Introduction to various aspects of Italian cultural expression.
Thorough grounding in both written and spoken language, equally intensive for both complete beginners and post A-level students.
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Reading List
Cultural Studies reading list:
P. Bondanella, Italian Cinema: From Neorealism to the Present (1983)
M. Liehm, Passion and Defiance: Film in Italy from 1942 to the Present (1984)
D. Kimbell, Italian Opera Cambridge University Press, 1991
W. Weaver, The golden century of Italian Opera, from Rossini to Puccini (1980)
Giovanni Boccaccio, Decameron, ed. By J. Usher, Oxford World Classics, 1993
G.Tomasi di Lampedusa, Il Gattopardo (1958, tr. The Leopard)
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | DELC Italian 1 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Mara Kirkwood
Tel: (0131 6)51 3752
Email: M.Mari-Kirkwood@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Fiona Jack
Tel: (0131 6)50 3635
Email: f.jack@ed.ac.uk |
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