Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
General overview
Learning basic communication
Basic vocabulary
Verbal tenses: regular and irregular present tense (indicative)
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Course objective:
Reaching A1+ level by the end of the semester.
At the end of this course, students will be able to communicate using simple language and will be able to use appropriately the basic structures of Italian.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
No pre-requisite
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
In-person teaching:
- Interactive presentation of each situation, in order to improve the written and the oral comprehension.
- Oral exercices, situational learning and role plays, in order to improve the written and the oral expression.
- Grammatical explanations.
Individual homework:
- Exercices, verbal tenses, grammar structures and lexicon.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- LOL@
Further information:
Book: D. Piotti, G. de Savorgnani, E. Carrara, Universitalia 2.0, Vol. 1, Alma Edizioni, Firenze, 2019.
N.B.: Purchase of the manual is compulsory.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions ) AND oral exam
Further information:
Written and oral exam (3h) based on grammar (20%), reading comprehension (20%), listening (20%), writing (20%) and speaking (20%).
IMPORTANT - Students who fail in three out of five skills (mark below 10/20) will automatically receive a mark of 7/20, even if the average calculation is higher.
Students who obtain a mark higher than 10/20 in the oral examination will be exempt from the oral examination in the August session and will retain the mark obtained in June. However, if the student fails the examination in August, they will have to retake the oral examination the following year.
N.B.: Decimals will be rounded by default between 0 and 5, by excess between 6 and 9.
Example: average of 12.5 > 12 // average of 12.6 > 13
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Language courses: FRENCH.
Contacts
alex.bardascino@uliege.be