Communicative Competence Development of Language C - Italian, level 4 3200-L3-KKKCW4

obligatory courses

Students become acquainted with the language used within the professional domain and Italian companies’ activities. The course does not include translation tasks, its main objective is to present communicative professional language at the medium difficulty level as far as the terminology is concerned.

The student is expected to:

Knowledge:

• have the Italian language knowledge at C1 level, know the linguistic structure as a system, understands its specificity (K1_W01);

• know morphosyntactic structures, understands oral statements at C1 level; knows word definitions and synonyms within the professional domain (K1_W01);

• have a grounded knowledge of lexical and grammar issues indicated in the course description (K1_W02);

• know and understand elements of the Italian culture, understand the role of language in the intercultural and cultural communication, understand cultural differences between Poland and Italy, mostly within the professional language use, have a good knowledge of the Italian reality and socioeconomic conditions in Italy (K1_W10).

Skills:

• have the Italian language knowledge at C1 level according to CEFR, also in typical professional situations which require the knowledge of techniques, strategies and different communication channels (K1_U07, K1_U10);

• analyze in a critical way texts as cultural products, search for authentic specialized texts in Italian, prepare their analysis, evaluation and selection; develop professional skills in Italian (K1_U01);

• be able to develop skills in the Italian language on their own, according to the teacher’s indications; know how to assess the usefulness of particular sources of information, e.g. web dictionaries, corpora, articles etc. (K1_U03);

• identify characteristic cultural elements and interpret in a proper way phenomena regarding the professional Italian language use, react properly in every communicative situation, mostly within professional environment, considering cultural context and using customary expressions (K1_U05);

• prepare speeches in Italian on a given theme, using properly selected source materials (K1_U09), prepare to a job interview, carry out and participate in discussion

Socio-cultural competencies:

• be ready to cooperate and work in a group, assuming various roles and respecting rules of good communication in Italian (K1_K01);

• be ready to specify priorities and plan activities which serve to realize particular linguistic, communicative and professional objectives; understand the need of self-study and continuous upgrading of qualifications (K1_K03);

• be ready to identify and solve properly communication dilemmas in Italian and Polish, mostly within the professional domain which result from the asymmetry of both linguistic systems and cultural differences (K1_K04);

Methods of assessment of students’ work:

- assessment of the active participation in the classes,

- classroom presentations,

- homework,

- mid-term tests,

-final exam in the form proposed by the lecturer.

Assessment criteria:

The final grade is the average of grades obtained for completing individual course modules. At the end, the teachers of individual KKK components give a grade, taking into account the 50% to 50% rule, i.e. half = work per semester on the basis of partial grades + half = grade from the final test (exam). The exam is about every KKK component.

The progress assessment and the final exam grade are established in accordance with the following scale:

• more than 90% – 5

• 85%-89% – 4+

• 80%-84% – 4

• 70%-79% – 3+

• 60%-69% – 3

Rules of cooperation of teachers and students:

• three unjustified absences are allowed;

• students are allowed to notify the fact of not being prepared for the classes two times in each semester.

The student needs to receive pass marks for all of the modules in order to complete the course.

Semester I:

Barile G., (a cura di), Economia aziendale, DeAgostini, Novara, 2010.

Cherubini N., Convergenze – iperlibro di italiano per affari B2-C2, Bonacci, Roma, 2012.

Farneti G., Economia d’azienda, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2007.

+ own materials

Semester II:

Paola Marmini e Giosi Vicentini, Passeggiate Italiane. Lezioni d’italiano, livello intermedio, Bonacci editore, Roma

Katerin Katerinov, Boriosi Katerinov, La lingua italiana per stranieri. Corso elementare e intermedio, Edizioni Guerra, Perugia

Maria Morris, Czasowniki włoskie, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 1999

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

• Description of 3200-L3-KKKCW4 in USOSweb