UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES
& INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
SSCs 2015-2016
Italian Syllabus B
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of Italian Syllabus A at the UCL CLIE or a similar course and have limited experience of dealing
with authentic material.
Course duration
Year 1 students: double-block (16 x 3-hour classes. Block 1: 8 x 3-hour classes; Block 2: workshops and tutorials related
to Project).
Year 2 students: single block (8 x 3-hour classes).
Self-Study
40 hours in total.
Course codes
LCIM6002.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to give students an opportunity to revise their survival skills and acquire more sophisticated
ways of dealing with practical matters. This includes revision and consolidation of vocabulary, grammar, morphology,
syntax and phonetics. Some content related to medical studies will also be included.
Students should be able to communicate in and understand Italian on many practical everyday matters related to
various aspects of Italian culture. Cultural awareness will be developed. Language learning skills, including autonomous
learning and how to approach authentic material, will be enhanced. Some transferable skills will also be covered.
Functions
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Talking about health;
expressing personal tastes;
how to describe a surgery and hospital facilities;
how to describe medical tools;
expressing desires and possibilities;
relating past events;
talking about habits in the past;
planning for the future therapies;
Course Content
Main topics/themes to be covered
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socialising with patients and colleagues;
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going to the doctors and chemist;
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describing medical facilities;
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describing people, physical and personality;
medical school system;
plans for the future;
describing medical history;
weather and health;
throughout the course: aspects of Italian culture.
alternative medicine
Linguistic Structures
Grammar
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verb phrase: revision of conjugations, present tense, reflexive verbs, perfect and imperfect tenses (contrasted
use), modals;
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future tenses: futuro semplice e anteriore;
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revision of piacere;
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possessives;
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pronomi diretti e indiretti;
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pronome partitivo ne: introduction;
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la forma impersonale and espressioni impersonali;
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introduction to the imperative.
Learning Resources
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Contatto Volume 1B + CD Audio A2 (Loescher) 2009 cod. 1105 – ISBN: 9788820111052
E book edition:
http://www.scuolabook.it/rosella-bozzone-costa-chiara-ghezzi-monica-piantoni-contatto-volume-1-b-cd-audioloescher-editore-1105e.html
Collins Pocket Italian Dictionary in colour (Collins) – ISBN: 9780007485505
A selection of authentic material will also be used.
In addition there is a wide range of language learning materials available for self-study in the Self-Access Centre.