Undergraduate Course: Foundation Italian Language 1 (ELCI07007)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | A course for beginners with no previous knowledge of Italian, designed to give complete beginners a basic, working knowledge of spoken and written Italian.
1. Auditing (Class Only) is not allowed. All students must take all elements of assessment, including the examination.
2. Students will be assigned a group and each group has two classes a week. You must be able to attend both classes in order to take the course.
3. Students with previous knowledge of the language are not permitted and may be asked to withdraw from the course.
This course runs in semester 1 and semester 2.
On successful completion of the course students will be eligible to take Foundation Italian 2.
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| Course description |
A course for COMPLETE BEGINNERS with no previous knowledge of Italian, designed to give them a basic, working knowledge of spoken and written Italian.
This course runs in Semester 1 and Semester 2.
On successful completion of the course students will be eligible to take Foundation Italian 2.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | No previous knowledge of Italian is required. |
| Additional Costs | Course book
A bilingual dictionary |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2021/22, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 94 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 21,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 20,
Formative Assessment Hours 2,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
151 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework 100%
Creative Writing Task 10%
Overall Participation 10%
Grammar test 25%
Listening Comprehension Test 20%
Oral Presentation 10%
Grammar Test 25% |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
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| Academic year 2021/22, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 62 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
(
Lecture Hours 21,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Formative Assessment Hours 2,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
151 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework 100%
Creative Writing Task 10%
Overall Participation 10%
Grammar test 25%
Listening Comprehension Test 20%
Oral Presentation 10%
Grammar Test 25% |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- communicate in Italian at approximately level A1/1+ of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
- draw on a vocabulary of 600/700 words to speak on personal topics
- use that vocabulary to write using simple phrases
- comprehend short listening passages where the context is clear
- formulate answers to linked comprehension questions
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Reading List
Spazio Italia. Corso di italiano per stranieri. Livello: A1, Loescher, 2015.
The textbook is available, at a small discount, from our local BLACKWELL'S Bookshop , 53-62 South Bridge Edinburgh , or you can find it on the publisher's website (Loescher), or on Amazon.
Please check the links below:
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/readinglists/displaylist.jsp?fm_course=40640
https://www.loescher.it/dettaglio/opera/o_3348/spazio-italia?search&st=cat#configurazione
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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.
DELC students may only take this course if it is over and above their full credit load, as a non credit bearing course. Visiting Students may only take this course for credits.
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| Keywords | OLFITAL1SEM1&2 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Michela Prevedello
Tel: (0131 6)51 1360
Email: Michela.Prevedello@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Gillian Paterson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3646
Email: Gillian.Paterson@ed.ac.uk |
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