Saint-Louis University - Bruxelles
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MHIT1241 - Italian : Grammar in Practice II and Translation A-C



Credits : 5

Lecturers :
Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , second term, 30 hours of exercises.

Language of instruction :
Italian

Learning outcomes :
On completing the Unit ‘Grammar and Translation A-C', students should be able to demonstrate their ability to: Translate an unfamilar text (press article) into Italian applying the theory taught and avoiding lexical or syntactic calque ;

Prerequisites :
None

Co-requisites :
None

Course contents :
Translation into Italian of sentences and short general interest texts using a linguistic-contrastive approach; Commented reading of bilingual texts (French-Italian);

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Guided translation exercises translating into Italian with the goal of applying the theory taught and ‘learning by doing' (focus on lexical and grammatical aspects) and avoiding calque; study of selected points of Italian grammar (simple past, impersonal constructions, double plurals, etc.). Further details are available on the distance learning platform.

Assessment methods and criteria :
Written exam (or oral if distant exam for the grammar) at the end of the Module and continuous assessment.

This module/course is subdivided into two parts (part Grammar and part Traduction) and has two separate exams. The global mark is an average calculated as described above/below (Grammar: 50% and Traduction: 50%). In case of a fail grade, you're invited to visit the MOODLE page of the course and check the details. A 10/20 or higher mark will automatically be transferred to the second or third exam session. It's thus not possible to re-sit the exam related to this part of the course.


Recommended or required reading :
BERRUTO Gaetano, Sociolinguistica dell'italiano contemporaneo, Roma, La Nuova Italia Scientifica, 1987. DARDANONE Maurizio, TRIFONE Pietro, Grammatica italiana con nozioni di linguistica, Bologna, Zanichelli, 1995. LEPSCHY Laura, LEPSCHY Giulio, La lingua italiana. Storia, varietà dell'uso, grammatica, Milano, Bompiani, 1981. PALERMO Massimo, TRIFONE Piero, Grammatica italiana di base, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2000. PRANDI Michele, Le regole e le scelte. Introduzione alla grammatica italiana, Torino, Utet, 2006. RENZI Lorenzo (a cura di), Grande grammatica italiana di consultazione, Vol. I. La frase. I sintagmi nominale e preposizionale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1988. IDEM, Come cambia la lingua? L'italiano in movimento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2012.
RENZI Lorenzo, SALVI Giampaolo, Grande grammatica italiana di consultazione. Vol. II. I sintagmi verbale, aggettivale, avverbiale. La subordinazione, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1991. SCAVÉE Pierre,
INTRAVAIA Pietro, Traité de stylistique comparée. Analyse comparative du français et de l'italien, Bruxelles, Didier, 1979.
ULYSSE Georges, L'italien de A à Z, Paris, Hatier, 1994.
VALLÉ Annette, Guide de grammaire italienne avec exercices, Bruxelles, De Boeck, 1998.