Иностранный язык (итальянский)

Бакалавриат 2024/2025

Статус: Курс по выбору (Международная программа «Международные отношения и глобальные исследования»)

Направление: 41.03.05. Международные отношения

Кто читает: Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики

Где читается: Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики

Когда читается: 2-й курс, 1-4 модуль

Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 7

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Abstract

The course has been designed for the students of the “HSE and University of London Double Degree Programme in Economics”. The main goal of this course is to start preparing students to use Italian in their further academic studies or/and in their future carrier, which means to develop their communicative skills in Italian at the A1-B2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in multiple contexts such as reading and listening comprehension, written and oral expression, communicative interaction. At the same time, the course is aimed at promoting autonomous learning, self-assessment, peer-correction and critical thinking.

Learning Objectives

Formation and development of general foreign-language communicative competence. Foreign-language communicative competence is the willingness and ability to communicate in a foreign language in the context of everyday communication (level A1-A2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages in CEFR).
Development of general cultural competence
Formation and development of intercultural foreign-language professionally oriented communicative competence. Foreign-language professional-communicative competence is the willingness and ability to communicate in a foreign language in the context of intercultural professional communication (level B1-B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages in CEFR)

Expected Learning Outcomes

Can ask and answer simple questions; Introduce itself, make request, give advice, make suggestion, expressing agreement/disagreement and make an offer; Communicate on daily topics such as daily routines, description of surrounding things, ordering food, shopping, travelling, asking direction etc.
Students will learn words and expressions about food and become able to use them in situations such as doing groceries, ordering a meal at a restaurant, and cooking a meal according to a recipe. Students will be able to talk about their own eating habits.
Students will be able to comprehend and express wishes in relation to an event or a holiday as well as invite people. Students will learn about the main parts of the human body and become able to make an appointment with a doctor. Students will be able to describe various health complaints as if they were at a doctor's appointment, and understand medication instructions. Students will be able to comprehend simple news, both in the audio and text formats.
Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.
Students are able to discuss their day plans, hobbies and leisure activities
Students are able to describe their preferences in cinema and speak about the greatest Italian cinema stars
Students can talk about the information resources they use
Students are able to make a CV, compose a presentation letter, get infos about credit cards and bank accounts
Students will be able to talk about differences between Italian cities and regions. Students will be able to describe various travel destinations, vacation planning and preparation stages. Students will be able to describe their own travel experience and share their impressions.
Students are able to describe the most important stages of Italian history.
Students are able to illustrate main principles of Italian republic and to compare it to other states
Students are able to discuss the most actual issues in the Italian politics
Students are able to understand the emotionally rich information in direct communication with a native speaker; - Understand public speaking, including through technical means; - extract implicit information from an oral message of a monological or dialogical nature
Student will be able to critically discuss current trends in contemporary Italian society.
Students are able to conduct a conversation in a foreign language, participate in discussions, speak publicly in the framework of professional and socio-cultural areas of communication; correctly use speech etiquette during oral communication with a representative of another linguistic culture
Students are able to use the speech means of persuasion in public speaking on professional topics in direct contact with the audience
Students will make proper word and grammar choices and adjust speech and writing register to express intended meaning within topics covered during the course

Course Contents

Italy and Italian language
I and my family
My house
My day
Weekends
Holidays and weather
Eating out
Cinema
In the supermarket
Fashion and Shopping
The media in Italy
Music in my life
School and University
Earning money
Italian cities
History of Italy
Italy on a geographic map
Italian republic
Italian politics
Reading and discussion of current press in Italian on political and social topics
Governmental and non-governmental international organisations
European Union
Healthy lifestyle and healthcare system
Environment
Inventions and innovations
Arts
Nord vs Sud. Mafia
Introduction to economic studies
Employment. Reddito di cittadinanza
Taxes
Economics and politics
Stock market
E-commerce
Industrial districts
Italian society
Language, dialects and literature
Marketing
Media and PR
Official communications
Made in Italy.
Gender Issues in Italian Business and Politics
Management and Leadership

Assessment Elements

Written speech control
Current control of written speech is carried out in the following forms: production of a written text in accordance with the communicative task, performance of tasks for general / detailed understanding of the written text, lexical and grammatical tests on the material studied
Assessment work
Lexical-grammatical tasks within the topics studied in the module
Oral speech control
Current control of oral speech is carried out in the following forms: monologic and dialogic statements on the subject of the course, performance of tasks for general/detailed understanding of the sounding text.
Final assessment work
Exam 1
Exam 2
Exam 3
Interviews on all main topics of the course
Exam 4
Interviews on all main topics of the course
Exam 5
Interviews on all main topics of the course
Exam 6
Interviews on all main topics of the course
Exam 7
Interviews on all main topics of the course

Interim Assessment

2023/2024 2nd module
0.1 * Assessment work + 0.1 * Assessment work + 0.1 * Assessment work + 0.1 * Assessment work + 0.3 * Exam 1 + 0.3 * Exam 1 + 0.1 * Final assessment work + 0.1 * Final assessment work + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control
2023/2024 4th module
0.1 * Assessment work + 0.1 * Assessment work + 0.1 * Assessment work + 0.1 * Assessment work + 0.3 * Exam 2 + 0.3 * Exam 2 + 0.1 * Final assessment work + 0.1 * Final assessment work + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control
2024/2025 2nd module
0.1 * Assessment work + 0.1 * Assessment work + 0.1 * Assessment work + 0.1 * Assessment work + 0.3 * Exam 3 + 0.3 * Exam 3 + 0.1 * Final assessment work + 0.1 * Final assessment work + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control
2024/2025 4th module
0.1 * Assessment work + 0.1 * Assessment work + 0.1 * Assessment work + 0.1 * Assessment work + 0.3 * Exam 4 + 0.3 * Exam 4 + 0.1 * Final assessment work + 0.1 * Final assessment work + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control
2025/2026 2nd module
0.1 * Assessment work + 0.1 * Assessment work + 0.1 * Assessment work + 0.1 * Assessment work + 0.3 * Exam 5 + 0.3 * Exam 5 + 0.1 * Final assessment work + 0.1 * Final assessment work + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control
2025/2026 4th module
0.1 * Assessment work + 0.1 * Assessment work + 0.1 * Assessment work + 0.1 * Assessment work + 0.3 * Exam 6 + 0.3 * Exam 6 + 0.1 * Final assessment work + 0.1 * Final assessment work + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control
2026/2027 2nd module
0.3 * Assessment work + 0.3 * Assessment work + 0.3 * Assessment work + 0.3 * Assessment work + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Oral speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control + 0.1 * Written speech control
2026/2027 3rd module
0.2 * Assessment work + 0.2 * Assessment work + 0.3 * Exam 7 + 0.3 * Exam 7 + 0.1 * Final assessment work + 0.1 * Final assessment work + 0.2 * Oral speech control + 0.2 * Oral speech control + 0.2 * Written speech control + 0.2 * Written speech control

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Italiano per economisti : edizione aggiornata, Incalcaterra - McLoughlin, L., 2015
Nuovo progetto italiano : corso multimediale di lingua e civilta italiana, Marin, T., 2017
Банкери, С. Итальянский язык. Основной курс : пособие для изучающих итальянский язык: уровень от начального к среднему / С. Банкери, М. Леттьери. [пер. с англ. А. А. Вовина]. — Санкт-Петербург : КАРО, 2018. - 416 с. - ISBN 978-5-9925-1273-1. - Режим доступа: https://new.znanium.com/catalog/product/1047900
Келейникова А.Г. - Parliamo Italiano. Ч. I - Пятигорский государственный лингвистический университет - 2016 - ISBN: 978-5-406-05482-6 - Текст электронный // ЭБС BOOKRU - URL: https://book.ru/book/919874
Учимся читать и переводить итальянскую прессу : пособие по работе над газетными и журнальными текстами на итальянском языке, Прокопович, С. С., 2005

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Говорим по - итальянски : учеб. пособие, Буэно, Т., 2007
Нарымов, В. Х., Учебное пособие по страноведению — Geoitalia : учебное пособие / В. Х. Нарымов, А. . Бравин. — Москва : КноРус, 2017. — 89 с. — ISBN 978-5-406-05461-1-U-2017. — URL: https://book.ru/book/926549 (дата обращения: 26.08.2024). — Текст : электронный.

Authors

OKHOTNIKOV DANIIL IGOREVICH
Iashina Mariia GENNADEVNA
ALEKSEEVA EKATERINA VLADIMIROVNA

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