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Graduate Italian A (ITAL90003)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
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The aim of this subject is to develop Italian language abilities, both oral and written, for graduate students. Students will have the opportunity to learn idiomatic and formal features of the language, and apply their abilities to the analysis of a range of complex issues within the Italian-speaking world. Students will be placed in an appropriate stream of language study, or a customised course, according to their background and proficiency needs within the subject.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should:
- have developed an advanced use of idiomatic and conversational forms of Italian and the capacity to use them freely;
- have developed a level of proficiency in written structures of sophisticated complexity and the capacity to use them freely and confidently;
- have cultivated the ability to interpret messages of different registers and degrees of formality, including those occurring in a variety of audiovisual media and individual and group spoken forms;
- have developed the ability to discuss and critically analyse social, political, cultural and historical issues in the Italian-speaking world; and
- have developed a set of flexible and transferable linguistic skills for different types of professional contexts.
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject, students should:
- have developed effective oral communication skills in a Language Other Than English (LOTE) through class participation and presentations;
- have developed public speaking skills and confidence in oral expression in a LOTE;
- have developed the ability to process information in a LOTE and to communicate it;
- have developed the capacity to think theoretically and analytically about language forms, structures and use; and
- have developed effective time management and planning skills.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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One reflective journal (ongoing through semester)
| End of semester | 20% |
One of the assessment combinations (see below)*, to be determined after placement test and in consultation with the coordinator, due throughout semester | Throughout the teaching period | 80% |
Hurdle requirement: Students are required to attend a minimum of 80% of classes in order to pass this subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Additional details
*One of the following assessment combinations (totalling 80%) to be determined after placement test and in consultation with the coordinator, due throughout semester:
- One oral presentation (10 minutes, equivalent to 1,000 words) during semester [20%]
- One research project (3,000 words) due at the end of semester [60%]
OR
- Two take home exercises, equivalent 400 words each, due in weeks 6, 10 [16%]
- 45-minute mid-semester test, equivalent to 800 words in week 7 [16%]
- One five-minute oral task in Italian, equivalent to 400 words, across Weeks 10 to 12 [8%]
- Listening comprehension test, equivalent to 400 words in week 11 [8%]
- 90-minute exam, equivalent to 1600 words, during the examination period [32%]
OR
- One written test, equivalent to 1200 words due in week 7 [24%]
- 1.5-hour written exam, equivalent to 1600 words during the examination period [32%]
- Three assignments, equivalent to 400 words each due in weeks 4, 9, 11 [24%]
OR
- Three language online tests (200 words each) in weeks 5, 8 and 11 [15%]
- Contemporary Italy mini-project (400 words) in week 10 [10%]
- Contemporary Italy history project (equivalent to 1200 words) in week 11 [20%]
- A group assignment based on the work-integrated learning project (equivalent to 800 words) in week 12 [15%]
- A 1-hour final exam (equivalent to 1000 words) during the examination period [20%]
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Matt Absalom Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24, 36 or 48 hours (2, 3 or 4 hours of seminars for 12 weeks depending on level and placement test) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
Students will be required to take an online placement test prior to enrolling.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval and language placement test required
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022