SWEDISH LANGUAGE - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION
- Academic year
- 2025/2026 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- LINGUA SVEDESE - LINGUA E TRADUZIONE
- Course code
- LM20AB (AF:560119 AR:323195)
- Modality
- On campus classes
- ECTS credits
- 12
- Degree level
- Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
- Academic Discipline
- L-LIN/15
- Period
- 2nd Semester
- Course year
- 1
- Where
- VENEZIA
Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
Expected learning outcomes
Knowing and learning to understand: knowledge at an high level of Swedish phonetics, grammar, vocabulary, of sociolinguistic, stilistic and pragmatic use of language.
The theoretical module consists of two main parts: the first one is on translation theory and the history of reception of Scandinavian literature in Italy; the second one is a practical workshop in literary translation from Swedish into Italian. Languages: Swedish and Italian.
Applied knowledge and learning to understand: improving reading and listening comprehension with the help of authentic material; increasing oral production and improvisation; increasing written production through summaries, compositions and short essays; recognizing contexts and registers in the production of texts.
Independent assessment: learning to express an opinion and develop an oral or written argument in a clearly articulated and effective way; learning to interact using Swedish in the classroom.
Communicative skills: the aim is to reach level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Foreign Languages as for written comprehension and production, oral understanding, production and interaction. As well as this, the aim is to develop an independent use of language, in order to understand and produce complex texts.
Learning to learn: acquiring autonomy in the learning process through the materials proposed by the teachers as well as through one’s own sources; developing the attitude to self-assessment and reinforcing the acquired abilities.
Pre-requirements
The course is supposed to be held partially in Swedish, as it is addressed to former students of Scandinavian studies at BA-level. Swedish texts in the original language will be used.
Contents
Use of prepositions, phrasal verbs (partikelverb), irregular verbs, transitive/intransitive verbs, order of words in the sentence, coordination or parataxis, tense consistency, relative sentences, särskrivning (compound words and connecting morphemes), defective adjectives, definite/indefinite adjectives, singular/plural adjectives, predicate adjectives and grammatical consistency; complex orthography and punctuation (Svenska skriveregler); writing and analysing texts, essays and reportages.
Theoretical module:
The theoretical module consists of two main parts: the first one is on translation theory and the history of reception of Scandinavian literature in Italy; the second one is a practical workshop in literary translation from Swedish into Italian. Languages: Swedish and Italian.
Referral texts
- Rivstart B2+C1 Textbok (kapitel 5 framåt) och Rivstart B2+C1 Övningsbok (Levy Scherrer, Lindemalm 2017),
- material på Moodle: muntliga diskussionsövningar, hörförståelse om aktuella ämnen och artiklar om språkfrågor (PowerPointer)
- utdrag ur Språkriktighetsboken (Svenska språknämnden 2005), Funktionell grammatik (Bolander 2012), Konsten att tala och skriva (Strömquist 2018I), Form i fokus C (Fasth, Kannermark 1998). I listan nedan avses främst övningar och teoriblad ur Övningsboken (kapitel 6–12 framåt).
- nätversionen av Svenska Akademiens grammatik (SAG).
Theoretical module:
Uploaded texts on Moodle
Assessment methods
The oral part consists of an interview lasting approximately 30 minutes, discussing the parts included in the Swedish language course, and the theoretical module.
Type of exam
Grading scale
A. Scores in the range of 18-22 will be awarded for a sufficient level of knowledge and applied comprehension in relation to the program.
B. Scores in the range of 23-26 will be awarded for a fair level of knowledge and applied comprehension in relation to the program.
C. Scores in the range of 27-30 will be awarded for a good to excellent level of knowledge and applied comprehension in relation to the program.
D. Honors (lode) will be awarded for an outstanding level of knowledge and applied comprehension of the program
Teaching methods
Further information
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