Undergraduate Course: Introductory Italian Language (ELCI07002)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | European Languages and Cultures - Italian |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | A course for beginners with no previous knowledge of the language, designed to introduce the Italian Language to non specialist students.
All students take all elements of assessment, including the examination.
There is an identical course (Introductory Italian Language - ELCI07001) which runs in the first semester.
On successful completion of the course students will have the option of taking Intermediate Italian Language ELCI07004 (20 credits) in semester 2, which follows on from Introductory Italian Language. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | No students on programmes owned by DELC will be admitted to these courses. |
| Additional Costs | - Textbook:
That¿s Allegro 1 - Students textbook and workbook + CD Audio
An Italian course for English speakers. Elementary Level (A1)(available at Blackwell¿s bookshop).
- A bilingual dictionary is required (e.g. pocket English Italian, Collins).
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| A course designed to give beginners a grasp of the language at an elementary level. Students will progressively develop basic reading, writing, listening and speaking skills and acquire a basic range of linguistic structures as well as vocabulary of approximately 600 words. |
Assessment Information
Coursework
Two assessments will be held in weeks 7 and 10. Homework, oral proficiency and class contribution will be accounted as well. The weighting for coursework (counting for the 50% of the final mark) is as follow:
Assessment 1: Written test = 15%
Assessment 2 : Listening Comprehension test = 20%
Homework and class contribution = 15%
Degree exam = 50%
All students have to sit a 2 hour written exam. The final pass mark is 40%.
All students take all elements of assessment, including the examination. |
Special Arrangements
| This course is open to all students. DELC students may only take this course if it is over and above their full credit load, as in a non credit bearing course. |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Mara Kirkwood
Tel: (0131 6)51 3752
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Course secretary | Miss Eleanor Humphrey
Tel: (0131 6)50 6949
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