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Key facts
| Type | Weekly Classes |
|---|---|
| Location | Reading |
| Address | Room 111 Building 22 London Road Campus Reading |
| Dates | Wed 10 Oct 2012 to Wed 20 Mar 2013 Day: Wednesday Time of meeting: 7.00-9.00pm Number of meetings: 20 |
| Subject area(s) | Italian |
| CATS points | 20 |
| Fees | From £265.00 |
| Application status | Course ended |
| Course code | R12P477WEW |
| Course contact | If you have any questions about this course, please email ppweekly@conted.ox.ac.uk. |
Overview
**PLEASE NOTE THIS CLASS WILL COMMENCE ONE WEEK LATER THAN ORIGNALLY ADVERTISED ON WEDNESDAY 10TH OCTOBER** All the Department’s language courses are designed to help you communicate in a friendly atmosphere with an emphasis on pair and group interaction. The focus is on speaking, listening and the exploration of culture and society, backed up by an understanding of grammar. Students will be encouraged to develop their reading and writing skills in their own time and regular assignments will be set. Choosing your level.Programme details
Week 1: Introduction; learning styles and objectives - expressing wishes and capacities.Week 2: An unforgettable trip
Week 3: At the airport - claiming lost luggage; expressing surprise and disappointment
Week 4: At the travel agency - planning a trip to Italy; expressing needs and wishes
Week 5: Family yesterday and today - describing and comparing family models
Week 6: Recycling; hypothesising
Week 7: Voluntary work; blood donation
Week 8: Tourist information; sightseeing in Rome
Week 9: Cinema and books; describing the plot of a film or a book
Week 10: Christmas traditions
Week 11: Diet and nutrition; giving and reacting to advice
Week 12: Italian cuisine - recipies; giving and following instructions
Week 13: Sport and wellbeing; joining the gym
Week 14: Italians abroad; body language and stereotypes
Week 15: Emigration and work; expressing opinions and hypothesising
Week 16: Facebook and other social networks
Week 17: TV listings and programmes
Week 18: Advertising and comics
Week 19: Languages and dialects in Italy
Week 20: Italy in the past. Favourite childhood pastimes
Course Book:
G. de Savorgnani, C. Cordera Alberti Chiaro! Corso di Italiano B1 Alma Edizioni (Firenze 2012)
(book+cd and cd ROM)
Staff
Mr Ugo Marsili
Role: Speaker
Ugo Marsili holds a MSc in Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language from The University of Siena. He also holds a diploma in Teacher Training from...more
Course aims
All the Department's language courses are designed to help you communicate in a friendly atmosphere with an emphasis on pair and group interaction. The focus is on speaking, listening and the exploration of culture in society, backed up by an understanding of grammar. Students will be encouraged to develop their reading and writing skills in their own time and regular assignments will be set.Assessment methods
Most tutors will set weekly assignments to consolidate learning and allow students to study at their own pace. Some of these assignments, which may include testing listening and speaking skills, will count towards formally assessing the students’ progress.At Stages 5 & 6, students can expect to be assessed on either one 1,000 word essay or two shorter ones written in their target language.
At lower stages, students are required instead to submit for assessment a range of exercises and/or shorter pieces of work.
Teaching methods
Language classes are kept small (typically 10-15 students) in order to ensure plenty of opportunities for interaction in the target language, leading to the development of listening and speaking skills, as well as an understanding of grammar.Apply for this course
Third Terms
All language courses will be offered for a third term, commencing in April 2013. Enrolled students who wish to sign up for the third term will receive a discount of £45.00 to the full fee if they do so before December 1 2012. The full cost of the third term is £145.00; the reduced price is £100.00.
PLEASE NOTE - It is not possible to enrol online for the Third Term at the discount rate. Please use the pdf application form below, entering your choice of course as, for example, French 1a Third Term and send it to the Weekly Classes Office along with your payment.
Note that this should be done AFTER you have enrolled for the first two terms of the course.
Sorry, this course is not currently accepting applications. If you have any questions about this course, please use the course enquiry form.
Programmes including this module
This module can be studied as part of these programmes: