Saint-Louis University - Bruxelles
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MHIT1111 - Italian : Grammar In Practice



Credits : 5

Lecturer :
Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , first and second term, 60 hours of exercises.

Language of instruction :
Italian

Learning activities :
MHIT1111A - [1 Q. • 30 Ex. • Pond. : 30] Laurent Béghin
MHIT1111B - [2 Q. • 30 Ex. • Pond. : 70] Laurent Béghin

Learning outcomes :
On completing this Unit students should be able to: 1. Recognise these basic Italian grammatical mechanisms in any form of text/speech; 2.Apply these mechanisms both in the spoken and the written language as well as in exercises similar to those undertaken in class.

Prerequisites :
None

Co-requisites :
None

Course contents :
Module 1: morphology of articles, nouns and adjectives; the verb: present indicative (including reflexive verbs), perfect and future tenses. Introduction to Italian phonetics. Module 2: pronouns; comparatives and superlatives; the verb: the imperfect (indicative), conditional, present and imperfect subjunctives; introduction to compound sentences.
Further details can be found on the distance learning platform.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Lectures and in-class exercises.


Assessment methods and criteria :
Written and oral continuous assessment represents 25 % of the final mark for each Module, which conclude with a written exam. Module 1 has a value of 2 credits; Module 2 has a value of 3 credits.


Recommended or required reading :
- ARDANONE Maurizio, TRIFONE Pietro, Grammatica italiana con nozioni di linguistica, Bologna, Zanichelli, 1995.
- ULYSSE Georges, L'italien de A à Z, Paris, Hatier, 1994.
- VALLÉ Annette, Guide de grammaire italienne avec exercices, Bruxelles, De Boeck, 1998.
- Site du Dizionario di ortografia e di pronunzia (www.dizionario.rai.it)