2020-2021 / LANG1942-1

(Advanced) Italian 5

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in economics : general (120 ECTS)3 crédits 
 Master in management (120 ECTS)3 crédits 
 Master in business engineering (120 ECTS)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Christine Hanon

Language(s) of instruction

Italian language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Getting further in everyday and business Italian. Main focus on oral skills 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

acquiring business Italian 
Perfecting oral expression and comprehension
Getting further in the knowledge of Italy's geopolitical and economic realities
Developing proficiency in all working like situations 

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

niveau B1

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

in-person teaching 
oral comprehension (CDs, DVDs etc)
oral exercices: role plays (job interviews, company gossip etc.)
debates, discussions and defending opinions, namely on the basis of articles from La Repubblica and Le Monde Diplomatique as training for advanced oral expression on socio-economic and political issues 
 
Individual homework Preparing debates, readings 

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

in-person teaching 

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Recommended or required readings

newspaper articles 
a film by Francesca Comencini: "Mi piace lavorare" (I like working) on moral harassment at work
L'italiano al lavoro, certificato di conoscenza dell'Italiano commerciale, livello avanzato, Università di Perugia, manual and CD preparing for the certificate
Alexandro BARICCO, Next, Feltrinelli Editore ("Booklet on globalisation and the future")

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

written exam: 40%.
oral exam (coninuous assessment and June exam): 60%
evaluation requirement: reaching B2 or possibly C1 by the end of Master 2
Relative weighting of the individual evaluation: 100%

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Part of the course can be replaced by a fieldtrip in Italy. Milan, Palermo etc. in collaboration with universities : lectures, company visits, enquiries among natives.  Students are to write a report on their return. 

Contacts

christine.hanon@ulg.ac.be