French to Italian - intercomprehension and notions of linguistics

Teacher(s)

Maeder Costantino;

Language

Italian

Prerequisites

Good command of French and a foreign language studied at secondary level 

Main themes

Students are introduced to the intercomprehension of Romance languages, which is based on their close kinship. From the very first lecture, they will read and understand texts at levels C1 and C2. They will learn to recognise the conversion rules that enable them to switch from French to Italian. 
After the introductory phase, students will read and study linguistic texts written in Italian. 

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	Identify the characteristics of the Italian language
2	Understand Italian texts passively at C2 level
3	Apply intercomprehension strategies
4	Analyse the morphology of lexemes
5	Make linguistic inferences from the context concerning locutions, conversion rules, syntactic structure, etc.
6	Read and understand linguistic texts.
This learning unit contributes to the development and command of the following skills and learning outcomes of the ELAL programmes:  2.6; 6.4; 6.5; 6.6

Content

The student is introduced to the intercomprehension of the Romance languages, which is based on their close kinship. From the very first class session, students are asked to read and comprehend texts at C1 and C2 levels. They will learn to recognize conversion rules that allow moving from French to Italian.
After the introductory phase, the student will read and study linguistic texts written in Italian.
In the second quarter, the student will be introduced to Italian linguistics. In Q2, the course will be taught in Italian. The student will use the reading skills acquired in Q1 to study linguistic texts.

 

Evaluation methods

Ongoing examinations: three in the first semester, two during the second term.
Third term: written exam

Online resources

Site Teams
Exerciseurs

Teaching materials

• CAPIRE
• sélection d'articles de journaux et de textes linguistiques (TEAMS)

Faculty or entity

> ELAL