Saint-Louis University - Bruxelles
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MHIT1212 - Italian: Grammar in Practice


USL-B


Credits : 5
Lecturers :
Béghin Laurent, Stevanato Tiziana

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

Language of instruction :
Italian

Learning activities :
MHIT1212A - Italian : grammar practice I [1 Q. • 30 Th. • Pond. : 30] Laurent Béghin
MHIT1212B - Italian : grammar practice II [2 Q. • 30 Th. • Pond. : 70] Laurent Béghin, Tiziana Stevanato

Learning outcomes :
On completing this Unit students should be able to: 1. Employ sophisticated grammar in context (tense use, alternation between indicative/subjunctive, use of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions); 2. Compare the different options that are available in a given context (sentence, text) taking into account differences in meaning or register; 3. Explain grammatical structures in context and translate them.

Prerequisites :
For the Bachelor in translation and interpreting :


Co-requisites :
None

Course contents :
First semester: study of the subjunctive and the complex sentence (in particular subordination). First and second terms: study of various points not covered in the first year (past simple, indirect speech, pronoun “sé”, etc.). In the second semester, directed exercises in translation from French into Italian are organised. They aim to activate the knowledge acquired (lexicon and grammar) and to avoid duplication. For more details, we refer to the distance learning platform.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Lectures and practical exercises

Assessment methods and criteria :
Written assessment. Oral assessment on line if required by the sanitory situation.

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.