STANDARD ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE ELEMENTARY - LEVEL A2
- Academic year
- 2024/2025 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- ITALIANO COME LINGUA STRANIERA - LIVELLO A2 ELEMENTARE
- Course code
- SIESC02 (AF:541731 AR:309326)
- Modality
- On campus classes
- ECTS credits
- 0
- Subdivision
- B
- Degree level
- Corso di Perfezionamento
- Educational sector code
- NN
- Period
- 2nd Term
- Course year
- 1
- Where
- VENEZIA
Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
LINGUISTIC SKILLS - LEVEL A2
COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS
- The learner is able to express admiration, surprise, disappointment, and concern.
- Learns to express specific obligations or needs, give simple advice, make suggestions, and schedule appointments.
- Can talk about the near future, making promises and real hypotheses.
- Is able to simply communicate their point of view, comparing people, things, and situations.
- Interpersonally, they learn to engage in brief conversations on common topics, such as the weather.
- Is able to talk about past habits, actions that started in the past and are still ongoing, and, if necessary, to report someone else’s speech.
- Finally, they can understand and provide simple explanations about the Italian language, discussing basic learning strategies.
COMPREHENSION AND PRODUCTION OF ORAL AND WRITTEN TEXTS
- In terms of texts, the learner learns to understand and produce informal texts of a limited length: in writing, they become familiar with written texts (such as emails and cover letters).
- They are able to understand texts that reproduce authentic dialogues (such as simple interviews) and references to future scenarios (such as horoscopes and weather forecasts).
- They begin to familiarize themselves with the literary uses of the language, recognizing rhymes and other sound figures found in nursery rhymes and short, uncomplicated poems.
- They start getting acquainted with simple metalinguistic texts (dictionary entries, children's encyclopedias, and grammar cards).
VOCABULARY
- On a lexical level, the learner acquires the most common terms to describe people in relation to their character and socio-economic status.
- Learns basic vocabulary related to body parts and common ailments.
- In the domestic sphere, they learn words referring to household appliances and specific utensils, dishes, and the main actions required in cooking.
- They also begin to learn basic sports-related vocabulary.
- In the public sphere, they acquire the names of the main Italian cities, regions, major cultural landmarks, as well as some terms related to public security.
- They also learn the names of the main units of weight, capacity, and length used in the country.
- Finally, regarding the educational sphere, they acquire the names of the levels of school education and the main activities carried out at the University and in student life.
COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS
- The learner is able to express admiration, surprise, disappointment, and concern.
- Learns to express specific obligations or needs, give simple advice, make suggestions, and schedule appointments.
- Can talk about the near future, making promises and real hypotheses.
- Is able to simply communicate their point of view, comparing people, things, and situations.
- Interpersonally, they learn to engage in brief conversations on common topics, such as the weather.
- Is able to talk about past habits, actions that started in the past and are still ongoing, and, if necessary, to report someone else’s speech.
- Finally, they can understand and provide simple explanations about the Italian language, discussing basic learning strategies.
COMPREHENSION AND PRODUCTION OF ORAL AND WRITTEN TEXTS
- In terms of texts, the learner learns to understand and produce informal texts of a limited length: in writing, they become familiar with written texts (such as emails and cover letters).
- They are able to understand texts that reproduce authentic dialogues (such as simple interviews) and references to future scenarios (such as horoscopes and weather forecasts).
- They begin to familiarize themselves with the literary uses of the language, recognizing rhymes and other sound figures found in nursery rhymes and short, uncomplicated poems.
- They start getting acquainted with simple metalinguistic texts (dictionary entries, children's encyclopedias, and grammar cards).
VOCABULARY
- On a lexical level, the learner acquires the most common terms to describe people in relation to their character and socio-economic status.
- Learns basic vocabulary related to body parts and common ailments.
- In the domestic sphere, they learn words referring to household appliances and specific utensils, dishes, and the main actions required in cooking.
- They also begin to learn basic sports-related vocabulary.
- In the public sphere, they acquire the names of the main Italian cities, regions, major cultural landmarks, as well as some terms related to public security.
- They also learn the names of the main units of weight, capacity, and length used in the country.
- Finally, regarding the educational sphere, they acquire the names of the levels of school education and the main activities carried out at the University and in student life.
Pre-requirements
Ownership of A1 level skills
Teaching language
Italian
Definitive programme.