Italian

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale degree program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrolment is by permission of the instructor. This course focuses on the linguistic theory related to the coding of the linguistic message into sounds, particularly the fundamentals of articulatory/acoustic phonetics and segmental/suprasegmental phonology. In particular, students are able to analyze the phonetic and phonological aspects of a language or linguistic variety from different perspectives: synchronic, diachronic, sociolinguistic, and acquisitional. Students analyze phenomena of phonetic and phonological disruption in pathological speech; and set up autonomously theoretical and experimental research in the fields outlined above. Topics include: articulatory phonetics, acoustic phonetics, form and substance of the signifier; and the development of phonetic/phonological competence during childhood.

This course provides students with a sound basis for communicating effectively and accurately in oral and written Italian. Authentic materials (songs, videos, advertisements, and film clips) are used in a communicative-based approach, and emphasis is placed on the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students participate on field trips take them outside the classroom to engage with the city and Romans to reinforce their skills. The course is conducted entirely in Italian.

In this Italian language CEFR A1 level course, students learn to understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. Students learn how to introduce themselves and others, and to ask and answer questions about personal details such as where they live, people they know, and things they have. The course will review communicative functions including: introducing oneself and saying and asking for personal information; greeting and answering greetings; saying thanks and replying; apologizing and replying to apologies; looking for, asking, and giving information in daily university student life; expressing one’s tastes, needs (physical and non), and interests; asking and saying the time; asking and saying the date; giving and understanding simple instructions; identifying and briefly describing people, objects, and places; asking and understanding information about the Italian language (What's the Italian for "x," How do you spell "x,” What does "x" mean?); and being formal and informal. Topics and vocabular include introducing people, relatives, and friends; description of places and people; study and work; shopping; and food.

This course consists of an Italian theater workshop for international students which meets for two hours twice a week, and is taught by an Italian theater director. Activities include: basic theatrical training, co-creation of an Italian text, rehearsals, and a final performance at the end of the semester. The course is for students with little to no previous background in Italian language.

This course offers an introduction to Italian culture and Florence's rich history and traditions through a hands-on approach. Florence is a complex city with many identities. It is known as the cradle of the Renaissance, but its structure was shaped in the middle ages, in the 19th century, and in recent times. It is an international place, visited by tourists from all around the world, but still maintains a sense of pride in its own traditions. In the Culture section of this course, students explore the city through a series of on-site lectures, understanding its structure and its development through the centuries up to today, discovering the significance of its beautiful monuments and the scars left by its fascinating history. The Language component of the course provides students the tools and skills to navigate the city and complete tasks in real-life situations and specific contexts. Through small-group works they acquire basic communicative structures and learn to react effectively to authentic communicative situations.

This is a beginning, pre-intermediate, second semester Italian Language course offered by the University Language Center (CLA) for University of Bologna exchange students. The course is at the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) A2 level. Enrolment in this course is based on an entrance exam. The course meets biweekly for the semester. Students who pass the A2 level final exam can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. They can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows, and things he/she has. They can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help. This course is available to UCEAP students in the spring semester only. The course is graded pass/no pass only.

This course is designed to guide students through a fascinating and fast journey from Middle Ages to current times to show and let them understand the extraordinary peculiarity of a language which was born many centuries before the effective geopolitical birth of the Italian nation in 1861. The focus of this course it to show through a selection of short popular Italian texts how all this affected the current use of written and oral Italian. 

The course focuses on the major turning points in Italian economic history, in which business management groups emerged. The course provides a chronological and thematic analysis of the historical-economic events in Italy, from its unification to present day, together with the analysis of various case studies selected from the most interesting successes and failures of Italian private and public companies in today's global economy.

Exploring Rome is divided into two components: language instruction (mostly in class), and a culture component (mostly on-site). The course is structured for exposure to the language and the opportunity to engage directly with Italian culture. The language component of the course provides the tools and skills to navigate the city and complete tasks in real-life situations and specific contexts. Through small group work, the course builds basic communicative structures to react effectively to authentic communicative situations. The culture component of the course investigates different aspects of Italian life by making Rome its classroom. Onsite lectures complement and contextualize the language component by studying the city’s history, its traditions, and current events in situ.

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale program. The course is intended for advanced level students only. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor. The course is centered on the relationships between Italian Literature and Visual Culture, from the second half of the twentieth century to the first decade of the new millennium, with a focus on photography, graphic novel, advertising, cinema, television, and videogames. Special attention is placed on the identification and analysis of the interactions between the different languages and their contextualization in Italy’s contemporary cultural environment. Course topics change yearly. The 2023 topic is: A Transmedia Longseller: IL NOME DELLA ROSA (THE NAME OF THE ROSE) by Umberto Eco.