GRAMMAR ITALIAN

The course is mandatory for students who have not passed the Written Italian Entrance Test. A maximum of three absences is allowed. The course does not give university credits (cfu). The course provides an opportunity to fill language gaps, with particular reference to the areas of grammar, text comprehension and vocabulary knowledge.

Students will gain awareness of basic gaps related to the Italian language, particularly in the areas of grammar, text comprehension, and vocabulary needed in order to cope with their course of study.

There are no specific requirements.

- Spelling;
- Punctuation;
- Morphology and syntax;
- Knowledge of the lexicon;
- Register;
- Comprehension of written texts and logical organization of the written text.

Reference materials will be distributed in class by the lecturer. In addition, the following optional materials can be consulted:
- for grammatical doubts see P. Trifone, M. Palermo, Grammatica italiana di base, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2020;
- on the techniques of text comprehension and summarization see L. Serianni, Italiani scritti, Bologna, il Mulino, 2012, cap. 4;
- for training in writing school and academic text types, see L. Cignetti, Il piacere di scrivere: guida all'italiano del terzo millennio, Roma, Carocci, 2017.

The exam will consist in a writing text.
Some mid-term tests are foreseen: the students who have passed all the midterm tests (and who have not done more than three absences) will receive the Eligibility without taking the final exam.
Those who have not passed one (or more than one) of the elapsed tests must take the final exam.
The final evaluation does not include a score, but a pass/fail result.

Lecture, discussion and workshops.

Italian

written