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Italian Linguistics
REGGIO DI CALABRIA
Overview
Date/time interval
Syllabus
Course Objectives
Enable students to explore and then promote linguistic-grammatical paths between normative grammar and grammatica valenziale.
Reading and text analysis from a linguistic and grammatical perspective. Knowledge of the formulations of cultural periods and areas (from the Origins to the 16th century), poetics, and works.
Knowledge of the main rhetorical figures. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding. Develop the ability to read poetic and prose texts in order to summarize their content in a critical manner.
The course aims to achieve the following learning objectives, structured according to the Dublin Descriptors:
1. (knowledge and understanding) advanced knowledge and understanding of the main linguistic and grammatical constructs and innovative perspectives on teaching necessary to develop original ideas, including for research purposes.
2. (applying knowledge and understanding) ability to apply knowledge in the design and implementation of educational and teaching interventions in the school context and to solve problems in interdisciplinary contexts.
3. (making judgments) The ability to gather and integrate knowledge within the complexities of linguistic and grammatical work (poetic and prose); formulate independent judgments and understand their ethical and social implications; develop critical-reflective skills necessary to identify the strengths and weaknesses of projects and hermaneutic analysis; evaluate the quality of educational strategies to be applied in the school context; and critically examine one's own work.
4. (communication skills) The ability to communicate information, ideas, problems, and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences (families); communication and interpersonal skills applicable to the teaching-learning process.
5. (learning skills) The ability to learn in order to manage complex professional activities and projects that require taking responsibility for decisions in unpredictable work contexts; the ability to learn in order to build one's identity and professional development; and the development of independent learning skills (the "learning to learn" skill).
Course Prerequisites
Knowledge of basic Italian grammar.
Teaching Methods
Frontal lessons and dialogue with students in the classroom.
Assessment Methods
Ongoing test.
Proficiency will be assessed through ongoing discussions with students throughout the course and, at the end of the course, through an oral exam. The evaluation criteria used to assess learning outcomes through the oral exam include: the completeness and relevance of the knowledge acquired; the ability to create interrelationships between content and text-contexts with reference to practical classroom situations—such as future teachers and scholars; and the ability to hermeneutically analyze the problem posed. The aforementioned oral exam will assess both content knowledge and the ability to develop a personal exegesis of the text-context using scientific language. The grade will be expressed in thirtieths and will range from 18/30 to 30/30 with honors depending on the achievement of the skills demonstrated during the oral exam. An oral exam will be considered excellent (30-30 with honors) if it demonstrates a complete knowledge of the contents, conveyed using scientifically appropriate language, and an excellent mastery not only of the subject but also the ability to critically transfer, with high cognitive qualification, multiple knowledge, connecting them to the specific study, which is the object of the oral exam. An exam will be considered excellent (28-29) if it demonstrates an in-depth knowledge of the proposed contents, excellent mastery of scientific language and excellent ability to relate different areas of knowledge. An oral exam will be considered good (25-27) if it demonstrates an overall adequate knowledge of the proposed contents and the appropriate use of scientific language. An oral exam will be considered fair (22-24) if it demonstrates a knowledge of the proposed contents and the use of scientific language in an acceptable manner, as well as a fair ability to create interdisciplinary connections. A test that demonstrates a superficial, liminal knowledge expressed through adequate critical-analytical language will be assessed as sufficient (18-21). A test that demonstrates difficulty in orienting oneself among the course contents and a lack of specific scientific language will be assessed as insufficient: the use of a linguistic expression that is the result solely of a non-critical, but mnemonic, process and, therefore, indicates insufficient acquisition of the subject matter.
Texts
Roland Barthes, Variazioni sulla scrittura seguite da Il piacere del testo, a c. Carlo Ossola, Il piacere del Testo, Torino, Einaudi, 1999, da p. 75 a p, 126. Further material will be provided during the workshop.
Contents
The workshop aims to examine the path of Iyalian language-grammar through the application of classroom exercises and by moving within the normative grammar-grammatica valenziale process.