Undergraduate Course: Foundation Italian Language 1 (ELCI07008)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | A course for beginners with no previous knowledge of Italian, designed to give absolute beginners a basic, working knowledge of spoken and written Italian. The course is not suitable for students with previous knowledge of Italian.
All students take all elements of assessment, including the examination.
There is an identical course (Foundation Italian Language 1 - ELCI07007) which runs in the first semester.
On successful completion of the course students will have the option of taking Foundation Italian Language 2 ELCI07005 or ELCI07006 (both 20 credits), which follows on from Foundation Italian Language 1. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | Students MUST NOT also be taking
Foundation Italian Language 1 (ELCI07007)
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Other requirements | No previous knowledge of Italian is required. |
| Additional Costs | A course book
A bilingual dictionary |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 84 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 21,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 20,
Formative Assessment Hours 2,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
151 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework 50% (two in class assessments and a homework assignment)
Degree exam 50% (A two-hour written paper)
All students take all elements of assessment, including the examination. |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Foundation Italian Language 1 | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Foundation Italian Language 1 | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
| At the end of the course learners who performed successfully will be able to communicate at an elementary level (A1) in the target language in situations of daily routine. The acquisition of a basic language competence and a vocabulary of 600/700 words should be expected to allow the oral and written production of simple phrases, and to understand short passages where the context is clear and identified.
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.llc.ed.ac.uk/open-languages |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
This course is open to all students as a credit bearing course, or over and above their full credit load, as a non credit bearing course. DELC students may only take this course if it over and above their full credit load, as a non credit bearing course. |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
IMPORTANT: Students must attend pairs of classes. See Web Timetable 2014/2015.
Please note: this course will not appear on students' personalised timetable. Group Sign-up sheets will be available on LEARN during induction week. Groups have a limited quota, if a group reaches capacity, you will need to choose another.
Students joining the course after the first class meeting with timetable restrictions on which group they can join must contact the course secretary before enrolling to confirm availability in the required group.
The first class meeting will be the second class of the first week in the normal teaching room at the normal teaching time for each group.
Please note that it is not possible to audit this course. |
| Keywords | OLFITAL1SEM2 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Mara Kirkwood
Tel: (0131 6)51 3752
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Helene Thomsen
Tel: (0131 6)50 6949
Email: |
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