Italian : Grammar In Practice

Teacher(s)

Béghin Laurent;

Language

Italian

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

On completing this Unit students should be able to: 1. Recognise these basic Italian grammatical mechanisms in any form of text/speech; 2.Apply these mechanisms both in the spoken and the written language as well as in exercises similar to those undertaken in class.

Content

Module 1: morphology of articles, nouns and adjectives; the verb: present indicative (including reflexive verbs), perfect and future tenses. Introduction to Italian phonetics. Module 2: pronouns; comparatives and superlatives; the verb: the imperfect (indicative), conditional, present and imperfect subjunctives; introduction to compound sentences.
Further details can be found on the distance learning platform.

Teaching methods

Lectures and in-class exercises.

Evaluation methods

Written and oral continuous assessment represents 25 % of the final mark for each Module, which conclude with a written exam. Module 1 has a value of 2 credits; Module 2 has a value of 3 credits.

Bibliography

- DARDANONE Maurizio, TRIFONE Pietro, Grammatica italiana con nozioni di linguistica, Bologna, Zanichelli, 1995.
- ULYSSE Georges, L'italien de A à Z, Paris, Hatier, 1994.
- VALLÉ Annette, Guide de grammaire italienne avec exercices, Bruxelles, De Boeck, 1998.
- Site du Dizionario di ortografia e di pronunzia (www.dizionario.rai.it)

Faculty or entity

TIMB