Italian phonetics 1.S3.EP.EI.4

Course objectives
- making students aware of the differences between the Italian phonetic systems
- making students familiar with the most important phonetic phenomena;
- teaching correct articulation of sounds, stressing words and proper use of the intonation patterns of the Italian language
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Course content
1. Introduction to the course
2. Introduction to phonetics: graphic and sound implementation of the language
3. Phonemes and graphemes in Italian
4. Consonants: combinatorial variants (the letter H followed by the letters C - G)
5. Consonants: combinatorial variants (letter Q)
6. Vowels: articulation A, E, I, O, U with the letters C - G.
7. Italian accent and now-time accent
8. Intonation
9. Consonants: combinatorial variants (L - GL, N - GN)
11. Consonants: combinatorial variants (S - SC)
12. Double consonants and differences between deaf and voiced sounds
13. Dictation exercises
14. Dictation test
15. Test analysis and evaluation
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:
classroom pronunication tasks, presentation, discussion, individual work, group work, ICT tools/MSTeams

Field of study

English Philology

Student workload

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties: total number of ECTS: 1 0,5 ECTS – 15 hours: class participation (50% univesity site'50% online) 0,5 ECTS – 10 hours: preparation + 5 hours: consultations

Study level

BA level studies

Education profile

full time studies academic profile

Type of course

elective courses
foreign languages

The semester in which the subject is carried out

semester 3

Mode

(in Polish) Mieszany: realizowany zdalnie i w sali

Requirements

English and Italian elective module Italian language and culture

Course coordinators

Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf
Gabriele La Rosa

Learning outcomes

learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019

Knowledge
1. Student knows terminology and the rules of Italian phonetics and phonology (m-W-1/P6S_WG)

Skills
2. Student can pronounce Italian words accurately (k_U10/P6S_UK;m-U-2/P6S_UK)

Social competences
3. Student is ready to prioritize the implementation of various tasks related to studying and manage time regadring deadlines (k_K01/P6S_KK)

Assessment criteria

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:

1. Final test - 30% of the final grade (outcome 1,2)
2. Written assignment - 20% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3)
3. Speaking - 40% of the final grade (outcome 1,2)
4. Active classroom participation - 10% of the final grade (outcome 1,2)

Pass at 60% of the final grade

Bibliography

Reading list
A. obligatory reading (to get a credit):
A.1. used in class
D. Piotti, G. De Savorgnani, E. Carrara, Universitalia 2.0, Livello A1/A2, Alma, Firenze 2018

A.2. used for self-study
Materials online provided by the teacher

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 1.S3.EP.EI.4 in USOSweb