FACULTY
OF LINGUISTICS
REGULATIONS
AND SYLLABUS FOR BASIC AND ADVANCE
ITALIAN LANGUAGE
NAME OF
COURSE: ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE
To
equip the student with communication skills, knowledge and values appropriate
for effective communication in various fields of Italian language.
ADMISSION AND
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT
Faculty
of Linguistic Admission & Registration requirements for Ordinary Diploma or
high school certificate shall apply.
Student with a certificate in Italian shall have an added advantage.
COURSE
STRUCTURE & DURATION
Faculty
of Linguistic regulations will apply.
EXAMINATIONS
REGULATIONS
Regulations
governing the Faculty of Linguistic Examinations conduct shall apply or
International Examination.
LEVEL ONE IN ITALIAN
LANGUAGE AND DURATION IS FOUR MONTHS
Alphabet
Nouns
Using
nouns
Gender
Forming
plurals
Articles
Different
types of article
The
definite article
The
indefinite article
The
partitive article
Adjectives
Using
adjectives
Making
adjectives agree
Word
order with adjectives
Comparatives
and superlatives of adjectives
Demonstrative
adjectives:
Possessive
adjectives
Indefinite
adjectives
Pronouns
Personal
pronouns
Personal
pronouns: direct object
Personal
pronouns: indirect object .
Emphatic
pronouns
Possessive
pronouns
Using
different types of pronoun together
Indefinite
pronouns
Relative
pronouns
Demonstrative
pronouns
Verbs
The
three conjugations
The
present tense: regular (first conjugation) verbs
The
present tense: regular (second conjugation) verbs
The
present tense: regular (third conjugation) verbs
The
present tense: spelling changes in verbs
The
present tense: irregular verbs
The
imperative
Reflexive
verbs
The
imperfect tense
The
future tense
The
conditional
The
perfect tense
The
pluperfect tense
The
passive
The
present participle
lmpersonal
verbs
The
subjunctive
Verbs
followed by an infinitive
Other
uses of the infinitive
Negatives
Tense
Past
tense
Present
tense
Future
tense
Adverbs
How
adverbs are used
How
adverbs are formed
Comparatives
and superlatives of adverbs
Some
common adverbs
Word
order with adverbs
Prepositions
How
prepositions are used
Some
other common prepositions
Prepositions
consisting of more than one word
Prepositions
after verbs
Prepositions
after adjectives
Conjunctions
Some
other common conjunctions
The
conjunction
LEVEL TWO IN ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND DURATION IS FOUR MONTHS
DIALOGUE IN ITALIAN
Conversational
and
communication skills – participation in simple dialogue, drills in
spoken Italian , making requests, reasons explanation, Conversation on shopping, sports, professions
and handicrafts, diseases, accidents and remedies, furniture & household
items, sizes & properties of bodies, virtues & vices, with the
shopkeeper, at the hospital, etc
ITALIAN COMPOSITION
A
theoretical survey of various ways to writing compositions, Guided composition,
joining simple words & phrases to make sentences and paragraphs,
rearranging sentences and expressions to form dialogue completion of statements
ITALIAN TRANSLATION
Problems
of translation (structural & cultural) from one language to another, word
for word translation, and figurative translation, simple exercises in
translation of short sentences & paragraphs, translating proverbs and wise
sayings.
ADVANCED GRAMMAR
The
declinable and Indeclinable condition, conjugation, derived forms of the
trilateral verb, syntactic styles in Italian ( exclamation, surprise & wonder,
interrogation, vilification, commendation, comparison, condition), nouns of
pre-eminence and degrees of comparison, Adjectives assilimilated to the active
participle, Augmented and Unaugmented verbs.
ADVANCED
COMPOSITION
Various
ways of letter-writing (both official and personal) summary of selected texts,
forms of Italian Prose – writing
academic papers, speeches, advertisements, short stories & events, public
announcements, notices and occasional greetings & messages. Oral versus
Written Communication, good writing style in Written communication, principles
of written Communication. overcoming barriers to Effective Written
Communication, writing Organization. Writing Style. Making an Argument .Paraphrase
and Summary versus Plagiarism
ADVANCED ITALIAN
TRANSLATION
Written
professional translation of various selected passages of different subjects and
interests – translating excerpts from speeches, newspapers, religious books,
official documents (constitutions & log books etc) messages principles of
verbal communication language can be an obstacle to communication, emphasis strategies
,Improving Verbal Communication
ADVANCED SKILLS IN ITALIAN
Reading
skills – reading unvowelled materials, reading Italian newspapers & magazines, writing
skills-various hand-writings in Italian,
listening skills – dictation and audio skills, Italian parsing and diminutive styles.
We offer interpretation and translation , private and part-time tuition services are available.
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