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Academic year 2014/2015
Bachelor's Degree (BSc) on MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES AND LINGUISTIC MEDIATION - ITALIAN AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
LINGUISTIC MEDIATION AND ITALIAN AS 2ND LANGUAGE (CLASS L-12)

Coordinator Prof. Concetta Giliberto
Class of Bachelor's Degree (BSc) on Applied languages (L-12)
Class of Bachelor's Degree (BSc) on Modern languages and civilisations (L-11)
3 years
PALERMO
Number of seats in local planning: 230
Department of Humanities
Course Code
2162

Course info
The degree course, (class 11 . modern languages and civilizations) aims at educating graduates with sound linguistic groundings and a good knowledge of the cultural and literary contexts of the studied languages, together with the methods of linguistics, philology and literary criticism. These studies enable graduates to find professional opportunities in the field of services, in cultural institutions, publishing and communication, as well as to continue their studies aiming at the activities of teaching and research. The class L-12 aims at providing adequate knowledge of the scientific and cultural methods and contents at large, and of the specific competences of teaching Italian as a 2nd language, of foreign languages, linguistic mediation and translation, in accordance to Italian and European laws. More specifically, graduates of this course should possess: - Competences in Italian language and in two (European or extra-European) foreign languages; these competences should be related to the various usages of languages: with respect to the channel (written, spoken, transmitted...), to the social situation (various types of users, official, informal and familiar usage), to the text genres and the pragmatic and communication scopes; - Technical-translation and (written and spoken) linguistic mediation competences; - Knowledge of the cultural heritage if Italian and other studied languages; - Basic knowledge of law, economics, geography, history, socio-anthropology; - capability of working autonomously and to fit in rapidly in the labor market. The course will pay attention, in particular, to the teaching of Italian language for foreigners and to the written and spoken language and communication skills. Educational activities, in Italian and in two foreign languages aim at developing the needed knowledge and skills for intercultural and inter-language mediation, and to their application to the techniques of translation and conference translation, as well as facilitating actions in the learning of Italian languages, both for children and adults. These competences should be enriched and strengthened through the acquisition of basic competences in the literary, cultural, economic-juridical and socio-anthropological fields. Educational activities aiming at developing knowledge, competences and skills in the field of communication, information management and linguistic analysis. Elective activities enabling students to build their personal curriculum, enriching and completing their interdisciplinary education. Stages and practice periods at Italian and/or foreign companies, institutions, schools or universities, enabling them to apply, integrate and experiment the knowledge and skills they acquired in a real professional context.
- language expert in public relations and organisations offices in activities, such as publishing and editing, requiring language and analytical skills. - translator inn public and private agencies and companies (also in the tourism sector), publishers, cultural associations, newspapers; - cultural promoter in the cultural tourism sector
Class 11: the final examination consists in a written paper about one topic related to one of the course subjects. The paper should demonstrate the analysis and expression skills achieved by the student. Class 12: the final examination aims at ascertaining the acquisition of written and spoken linguistic mediation skills, through the discussion, in two languages, of a topic agreed with the examining Board.

course outline
Teachings first year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
04777 - ITALIAN LINGUISTICS SOTTILE (PA)SOTTILE ROBERTO 12.0 1 V A L-FIL-LET/12
02348 - MODERN LANGUAGES TEACHING METHODOLOGY DI SPARTI (PQ)DI SPARTI ANTONINO 6.0 2 V A L-LIN/02
03750 - GLOTTOLOGY ALIFFI (PQ)ALIFFI MARIA LUCIA 12.0 2 V A L-LIN/01
Optional subjects 24.0 B
Optional subjects II 6.0 A, C
Teachings second year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
Optional subjects III 24.0 B
Optional subjects IV 24.0 A
Free subjects 12.0 D
Teachings third year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
06461 - INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS SORCE (CU)SORCE SALVATORE 6.0 1 V C ING-INF/05
13351 - ADVANCED SKILLS RELATED TO THE LABOUR MARKET 3.0 1 G F
15081 - ITALIAN AS SECOND LANGUAGE - PRACTICE PINELLO (RD) 6.0 1 G F
15082 - ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOR FOREIGNERS AMENTA (PA)AMENTA LUISA 12.0 1 V A L-FIL-LET/12
16852 - COMPETENCES RELATED TO THE LABOUR MARKET 2 3.0 1 G F
04444 - CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE LA MONACA (PO)LA MONACA DONATELLA 6.0 2 V A L-FIL-LET/11
05917 - FINAL EXAMINATION 6.0 2 G E
08375 - FOREIGN LANGUAGES TEACHING METHODOLOGY ALIFFI (PQ)ALIFFI MARIA LUCIA 6.0 2 V A L-LIN/02
Optional subjects V 6.0 A, C
Optional subjects VI 6.0 C
Elective activities
Optional subjects credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
04633 - ARAB LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I SCIORTINO (PO)SCIORTINO MARIA GRAZIA 12.0 1 V B L-OR/12
04648 - MODERN GREEK LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I DI SALVO (PO)DI SALVO INES 12.0 1 V B L-LIN/20
04638 - FRENCH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I SCLAFANI (RD)SCLAFANI MARIE DENISE 12.0 2 V B L-LIN/04
04644 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I ZUMMO (PA)ZUMMO MARIANNA LYA 12.0 2 V B L-LIN/12
04655 - RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I COLOMBO (PA)COLOMBO DUCCIO 12.0 2 V B L-LIN/21
04659 - SPANISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I IACONO (CU)IACONO ELEONORA 12.0 2 V B L-LIN/07
04663 - GERMAN LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I WEERNING (RU)WEERNING MARION 12.0 2 V B L-LIN/14
13529 - CHINESE LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I TAMBURELLO (PA)TAMBURELLO GIUSEPPA 12.0 2 V B L-OR/21
Optional subjects II credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
06715 - CONTEMPORARY HISTORY COCO (PA)COCO VITTORIO 6.0 1 V A, C M-STO/04
06727 - HISTORY OF ISLAMIC COUNTRIES SICARI (PA)SICARI DANIELE 6.0 1 V A, C L-OR/10
07079 - MODERN HISTORY CUSUMANO (PA)CUSUMANO NICOLA 6.0 2 V A M-STO/02
Optional subjects III credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
13152 - MODERN GREEK LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION II CARACAUSI (PA)CARACAUSI MARIA ROSA 12.0 1 V B L-LIN/20
13239 - ARAB LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION II ELSAKAAN (PC)ELSAKAAN NESMA MOHAMED TAHER MOSTAFA 12.0 1 V B L-OR/12
13146 - SPANISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION II DOMINGUEZ (PC)DOMINGUEZ EDUARDO 12.0 2 V B L-LIN/07
13150 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION II SPINZI (RU)SPINZI CINZIA GIACINTA 12.0 2 V B L-LIN/12
13151 - GERMAN LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION II WEERNING (RU)WEERNING MARION 12.0 2 V B L-LIN/14
13238 - FRENCH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION II SCLAFANI (RD)SCLAFANI MARIE DENISE 12.0 2 V B L-LIN/04
13452 - RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION II SCHIRO' (RU)SCHIRO' CLAUDIO MARIA 12.0 2 V B L-LIN/21
13540 - CHINESE LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION II QIN (PC)QIN XINJIE 12.0 2 V B L-OR/21
Optional subjects V credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
06715 - CONTEMPORARY HISTORY COCO (PA)COCO VITTORIO 6.0 1 V A, C M-STO/04
06727 - HISTORY OF ISLAMIC COUNTRIES SICARI (PA)SICARI DANIELE 6.0 1 V A, C L-OR/10
Optional subjects VI credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
03109 - ETHNOANTHROPOLOGY MONTES (RU)MONTES STEFANO 6.0 2 V C M-DEA/01
06538 - SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURAL AND COMMUNICATION PROCESSES RIZZUTO (PA)RIZZUTO FRANCESCA 6.0 2 V C SPS/08
Optional subjects IV credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
04393 - ARAB LITERATURE I SICARI (PA)SICARI DANIELE 12.0 1 V A L-OR/12
04409 - FRENCH LITERATURE I MADONIA (PA)MADONIA FRANCESCO PAOLO 12.0 1 V A L-LIN/03
04432 - ENGLISH LITERATURE I MARRAPODI (PQ)MARRAPODI MICHELE 12.0 1 V A L-LIN/10
04481 - RUSSIAN LITERATURE I COLOMBO (PA)COLOMBO DUCCIO 12.0 1 V A L-LIN/21
04485 - SPANISH LITERATURE I POLIZZI (PO)POLIZZI ASSUNTA 12.0 1 V A L-LIN/05
09296 - GERMAN LITERATURE I DI BELLA (PA)DI BELLA ARIANNA 12.0 1 V A L-LIN/13
13237 - MODERN GREEK LITERATURE I DI SALVO (PO)DI SALVO INES 12.0 1 V A L-LIN/20
15079 - CHINESE LITERATURE I TAMBURELLO (PA)TAMBURELLO GIUSEPPA 12.0 1 V A L-OR/21
Explaination
Term Term/Semester
Val. Valutation: V = mark in 30/30, G = note
(*) Teaching attended in english
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