Master
2026/2027
Italian 1
Type:
Elective course (Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication)
Delivered by:
School of Foreign Languages
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
1 year, 2-4 module
Online hours:
20
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
9
Contact hours:
192
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course “Italian 1” aims to solve the following tasks: development of speech (pragmatic) competence aimed at developing and improving communication skills in four types of speech activity (speaking, listening, reading and writing); the ability to plan one's speech behavior adequately owns a communicative case; 2) development and improvement of linguistic competence aimed at systematization of learned material; mastering of language means (phonetic, spelling, lexical, grammatical) based on authentic material; development of skills in operating with language units for communicative purposes; 3) development and improvement of sociocultural (sociolinguistic) competence aimed at increasing the amount of knowledge and improving the skills necessary to use the language in situations of communication with representatives of another culture, the ability to look for ways out of situations of communication failure due to sociocultural interference in communication. As the course is for those who start learning Italian, the syllabus is in English for your convenience. However, the course will be taught fully in Italian, with the consideration of your level, because there are both local and international students who do not share a common first language.
Learning Objectives
- Development of foreign-language communicative competence at the basic level, corresponding to A2 of the international Italian language exam CILS, and implying the student’s readiness and ability to communicate in Italian in everyday situations in any communicative context and to engage in academic communication in the simplest communicative situations.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Understands ideas, fragments and sentences of spoken and written texts in Italian, including those typical for academic communication
- Produces simple, short spoken and written texts in Italian, expresses ideas clearly, mainly using simple sentences
- Takes part in simple conversations in Italian, including those typical for academic communication
Course Contents
- Topic 1. Introduction. Introducing yourself and others
- Topic 2. Work, studies and hobbies
- Topic 3. My home, my family, my holidays
- Topic 4. I had a great time
Assessment Elements
- ParicipationThis assessment element comprehensively evaluates the student’s readiness for the class, including completion of homework, engagement in the learning process, and language activity (initiative in answers, participation in dialogues), as well as the quality of all work completed in class.
- Current assessmentThis assessment element is designed to test the student’s system of linguistic knowledge (phonetics, vocabulary, grammar), as well as the development of language skills and communicative abilities. The results of current assessment allow the student to receive timely feedback and serve as a basis for adjusting the individual learning path. Current assessment may include phonetic, lexical, and grammar tests, listening and reading tasks, as well as tasks for producing oral texts (for example, monologue, dialogue, presentation) and written texts (for example, letter, paragraph, essay).
- Milestone assessmentThis assessment element is designed to comprehensively check the level of development of the student’s communicative skills and serves as an indicator of their progress in learning the foreign language. The milestone assessment is conducted in class after the core body of language material has been covered, once per module.
- Final written workThis assessment element comprehensively evaluates the level of the student’s lexical and grammatical skills, listening and reading skills, and the ability to conduct effective written communication in a foreign language in various speech situations.
- Oral examThis assessment element evaluates the student’s ability to communicate effectively orally in a foreign language in various speech situations, including with support from a written text.
Interim Assessment
- 2026/2027 3rd module0.15 * Paricipation + 0.25 * Oral exam + 0.25 * Current assessment + 0.2 * Final written work + 0.15 * Milestone assessment
- 2026/2027 4th module0.2 * Final written work + 0.25 * Oral exam + 0.15 * Paricipation + 0.25 * Current assessment + 0.15 * Milestone assessment
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Nuovo Espresso 1 : A1 : esercizi supplementari, Ziglio, L., 2015
- Nuovo progetto italiano : corso multimediale di lingua e civilta italiana, Marin, T., 2017
- Побегайло, И. В. Grammatica italiana esercitazioni : учебное пособие / И. В. Побегайло. — Воронеж : ВГУ, 2016. — 36 с. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/165283 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.