Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Education (Parkville Campus)
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Italian

• Overview
• Subject Descriptions
  • Objectives for first-year post-VCE subjects:
  • Objectives for first-year beginners subjects:
  • Objectives for second-year subjects
  • Objectives for third-year subjects

Overview

The Italian Section of the Department of French and Italian Studies in the Faculty of Arts offers subjects for those who have studied Italian at VCE level or equivalent (Italian Part 1), and for beginners with little or no previous knowledge of the language (Italian Part 1A).

The language stream or level in which you enrol will be determined by the Italian Section. Placement will be based on your VCE results, other language study record, or a placement test.

VCE students should have achieved at least a pass grade in Italian; any student in doubt about the standard expected should consult the Italian Section before enrolling.

Students who have not formally studied VCE Italian, but believe they have achieved a competence equivalent to those who have, must receive written permission from the Italian Part 1 coordinator before enrolling. All enrolments will remain provisional until confirmed or, alternatively, altered in the light of experience gained in the first weeks of teaching. As far as possible, changes will be notified in the first two weeks of semester.

Any student who has ever presented for Year 12 Italian or the equivalent is ineligible to enrol in 116-111 Introduction to Italian Part 1A or 116-212 Introduction to Italian Part 2C. These students should enrol in 116-109 Italian Part 1: Contemporary Italian Society and Culture 1 and 116-110: Contemporary Italian Society and Culture 2.

Sequence 1 (Beginners):

116-111 Introduction to Italian Part 1A , 116-112 Italian Part 1A , 116-208 Italian Part 2A: Unit 1, 116-209 Italian Part 2A: Unit 2, 116-310 Italian Part 3 Language 1, plus other 3rd year 16.7-point subjects.

Sequence 2 (Post-VCE):

116-109 Italian Part 1, 116-110 Italian Part 1, 116-210 Italian Part 2, 116-211 Italian Part 2, 116-310 Italian Part 3 Language 1, plus at least two other 3rd year 16.7-point subjects.

Subject Descriptions

Objectives for first-year post-VCE subjects:

• By the end of the academic year, students should have increased their linguistic competence through regular practice in the use of the Italian language combined with a systematic approach to linguistic structure. They should have developed their spoken, written and comprehension skills.
• Students should moreover have acquired the ability to analyse a range of contemporary texts in Italian and to ground the study of the language in an understanding of modern Italian history and literature.

• 116-109 Italian Part 1: Contemporary Italian Society and Culture 1 (First semester)
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).
• 116-110 Italian Part 1: Contemporary Italian Society and Culture 2 (Second semester)
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).

Objectives for first-year beginners subjects:

It is expected that by the end of the academic year students should have:

• developed the ability to use Italian effectively for purposes of practical communication by developing proficiency in the following language skills: understanding spoken and written Italian, speaking and writing Italian;
• acquired a sound knowledge and understanding of language structures and the grammar of Italian;
• acquired an insight into the culture and contemporary literature of Italy;
• developed learning skills of a more general application: i) analysis, ii) memorization, iii) drawing inferences.

• 116-111 Introduction To Italian Part 1A (First semester)
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).
• 116-112 Italian Part 1A (Second semester)
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).

Objectives for second-year subjects

Language component: By the end of the academic year, students in both the post-beginners stream and those in the post-VCE stream should be able to comprehend and use complex forms and structures and to communicate fluently in a number of different registers.

Cultural Component: By the end of the year, students should be able to examine critically various aspects of postwar Italian history and contemporary literature, and should have acquired the ability to evaluate the sociolinguistic situation of Italy since its political unification.

• 116-210 Italian Part 2: Advanced Italian Language and Culture 1 (First semester)
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).
• 116-211 Italian Part 2: Advanced Italian Language and Culture 2 (Second semester)
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).
• 116-208 Italian Part 2A: Unit 1 (First semester)
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).
• 116-209 Italian Part 2A: Unit 2 (Second semester)
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).
• 116-212 Introduction To Italian Part 2C (First semester)
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).
• 116-213 Italian Part 2C (Second semester)
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).

Objectives for third-year subjects

By the end of the academic year, students should have:

• achieved a high level of competency in both the written and spoken language;
• acquired advanced skills in translation;
• acquired a good knowledge in a range of literary and linguistic areas.

• 116-310 Italian Part 3 Language 1 (Compulsory) (First semester)
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).
• 116-311 Italian Part 3 Language 2 (Second semester)
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).
• 116-313 Italian 3R: Research Project (First semester )
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).
• 116-318 To Hell With Dante (First semester)
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).
• 116-319 Dante 2 (Second semester)
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).
• 116-344 Italian Part 3C: Unit 1 (First semester)
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).
• 116-345 Italian Part 3C: Unit 2 (Second semester)
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).
• 116-360 Italian As She Is Spoke (Second semester)
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).
• 116-362 Italian Medieval and Renaissance Texts
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).
• 116-363 Italian Neoclassicism and Romanticism (First semester)
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).
• 116-365 The Sicilian Connection
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).
• 116-366 The Story of Italian
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).
• 116-367 Modern Italian Theatre (Second semester)
  Offered by Faculty of Arts (Italian).

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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Education (Parkville Campus)

Status:          Official 1996
Date created:    Oct 10 1995
Last modified:   Oct 10 1995
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