Undergraduate Course: Foundation Italian Language 2 (ELCI07006)

Course Outline
School	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This course offers a post-elementary syllabus, and is mainly intended for students who have successfully completed Foundation Italian Language 1 (ELCI07007) or have reached an equivalent standard (Standard Grade/GCSE).
Course description	Foundation Italian Language 2 is the follow-up to the 40 hour Foundation Italian Language 1 course. Students who have successfully completed Foundation Italian 1 or have an equivalent knowledge (e.g GCSE or Standard Grade) in the language will be ideally suited for this course. This course is not suitable for students who have Highers, A-Level, or knowledge above CEFR level A1. At the end of the course students should have reached approximately CEFR level A2/1. Students wishing to continue learning Italian will be eligible to join Italian 1 ELCI08001 in the next academic year.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed Foundation Italian Language 1 (ELCI07007)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	If not taken Foundation Italian 1: Italian at Standard Grade (SCE)/GCSE or equivalent evidence of proficiency.
Additional Costs	A course book approximately A bilingual dictionary

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	Entry to any language course above introductory level is subject to a language test by the relevant subject area on arrival and at the discretion of the course organiser.
High Demand Course?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 40
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 154 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Class work 50% (2 assessments) Degree exam 50% (a two-hour written examination)
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	Foundation Italian Language 2		2:00
Resit Exam Diet (April/May Sem 1 resits only)	Foundation Italian Language 2		2:00

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 40
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 20, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 154 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Class work 50% (2 assessments) Degree exam 50% (a two-hour written examination)
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)	Foundation Italian Language 2		2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)	Foundation Italian Language 2		2:00

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: At the end of the course successful learners will be able to acquire a vocabulary of approximately 1000 Italian words; to use correctly the present, future and past tenses of the indicative, as well as some conditional and imperative forms of common regular, irregular and reflexive verbs. to communicate at a post- elementary level (A1/2) in daily routine situations; to interact in a simple but coherent language, using complete sentences, and with mistakes that only occasionally compromise the meaning.

Reading List
None

Additional Information
Course URL	http://www.llc.ed.ac.uk/open-languages
Graduate Attributes and Skills	Not entered
Special Arrangements	This course is open to all students as a credit bearing course, or over and above their full credit load, as a non credit bearing course. Please note that auditing this course is not allowed. You must be enrolled as CE (Class and Assessment including centrally arranged exam). DELC students may only take this course if it over and above their full credit load, as a non credit bearing course. Visiting Students may only take this course for credits.
Additional Class Delivery Information	IMPORTANT: Students must attend pairs of classes. See Web Timetable. Please note: this course will not appear on students' personalised timetable. Group Sign-up sheets will be available on LEARN after the first class meeting. Groups have a limited quota, if a group reaches capacity, you will need to choose another. Students joining the course after the first class meeting with timetable restrictions on which group they can join must contact the course secretary before enrolling to confirm availability in the required group. The first class meeting will be the second class of week 1 in the normal teaching room at the normal teaching time for each group.
Keywords	OLFITAL2SEM2

Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Luana Babini Tel: (0131 6)51 1360 Email: l.babini@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Mr David Lonergan Tel: (0131 6)50 6949 Email: David.Lonergan@ed.ac.uk