Undergraduate Course: Italian 1 (ELCI08001)

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 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate)	Credits	40
Home subject area	European Languages and Cultures - Italian	Other subject area	None
Course website	None	Taught in Gaelic?	No
Course description	Tuition in written and spoken Italian. Study of contemporary Italy; modern history, culture and literature. Language classes are streamed according to competence in Italian (from beginners to post-'A' level). Considerable private study is required in order to profit from this intensive course.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	A pass in at least one classical or modern foreign language at SCE Higher or Advanced GCE or equivalent evidence of linguistic proficiency.
Additional Costs	Language textbooks: For beginners to Intermediate level: Salve! by Carla Larese Riga, Heinle, Cengage learning, International edition 2009 (Ł 37.99) For advanced students (A level/ Advanced Higher +) Nuovo qui Italia piů. Corso di lingua italiana per stranieri (livello intermedio B2-C1) by Mazzetti / Manili / Bagianti (approx Ł 35)

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Delivery period: 2012/13 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1)						WebCT enabled: Yes		Quota: None
Location	Activity	Description	Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Central	Lecture	Cultural Studies	1-22				16:10 - 17:00
Central	Tutorial	Oral activities	1-22				11:10 - 12:00 or 12:10 - 13:00 or 13:10 - 13:50 or 14:00 - 14:50 or 15:00 - 15:50	or 11:10 - 12:00 or 12:10 - 13:00
Central	Seminar	Five Cultural Studies Seminars to be held in Semester 1 weeks 6 & 10 and in Semester 2 weeks 5, 8 & 10	6,10,16,19,21			11:10 - 12:00 or 12:10 - 13:00 or 13:10 - 13:50
Central	Tutorial	Language: grammar and vocabulary	1-22	16:10 - 17:00 or 15:00 - 15:50
Central	Tutorial	Language: grammar and vocabulary	1-22		16:10 - 17:00 or 15:00 - 15:50
First Class	First class information not currently available
Additional information	The language tutorials on Monday & Tuesday 4-5pm are for Beginners and Intermediate students only. Alternative language tutorials for beginners only are available on Monday & Tuesday 3-4pm. Advanced class language tutorials will be time-tabled separately in week 1. The Lecture on Thursday 4-5 is for all students.
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			3:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)			3:00

Delivery period: 2012/13 Full Year, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)						WebCT enabled: No		Quota: None
Location	Activity	Description	Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
No Classes have been defined for this Course
First Class	First class information not currently available
Additional information	The language tutorials on Monday & Tuesday 4-5pm are for Beginners and Intermediate students only. Alternative language tutorials for beginners only are available on Monday & Tuesday 3-4pm. Advanced class language tutorials will be time-tabled separately in week 1. The Lecture on Thursday 4-5 is for all students.
No Exam Information

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Introduction to various aspects of Italian cultural expression. Thorough grounding in both written and spoken language, equally intensive for both complete beginners and post A-level students.

Assessment Information
Continuous assessment plus examination. No exemption available.

Special Arrangements
None

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