Bachelor Program in Business and Management

The “Italian Language” Module aims at: 1) learn and use strategies for studying various aspects of the Italian language (e.g. vocabulary, grammar, comprehension and production); 2) enhance comprehension and production skills in Italian (the classes and the activities will be partly in English). The “Language practice” Module aims at practicing all the aspects of the Italian language that are necessary to reach the B1 (Intermediate) level according to the European Framework for Languages.

At the end of the course students will be able to

• identify, understand and interpret the main points of clear standard speech on familiar and professional matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.

• understand the main point of radio or TV programs on different affairs or topics.

• understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency everyday or professional language.

• understand and identify descriptions of events, feelings and wishes in personal and formal letters.

• deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken.

Students who regularly attend the exercises at SAC will be able to take one final test that will contribute to forming the final grade (credit: 1).
Those who do not attend the exercises will not have the credit. Lessons and exercises with native teachers during the year. 

Students are reminded that it is mandatory to follow the language practices (Prof. Vezzoli+Paterna).

Written exam: competence in reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar. A monolingual dictionary is permitted.
Oral presentation: during the course there will be occasions for an oral presentation concerning the description of an Italian town.

Students should always register for the exam via ESSE3. A few days before the exam day, ONLY enrolled students will be notified about the Webex link via their UniTo e-mail. For further details, please, click here.

1. Grammar

• uses and functions of the determinative and indeterminative articles
• regular and irregular noun forms
• possessive, personal, direct, indirect, relative, dimonstrative indefinite adjectives and pronouns
• adverbs
• double pronouns
• comparatives and superlatives
• verbs: (Indicative, Conditional, Subjunctive, Imperative)
• periphrasis
• passive form
• preposition
• conjunctions.

2. Vocabulary

• everyday life (shopping, transport, food and drink, clothes, music, cinema, family, relationships, free-time activities, sport, weather, citylife, hobbies, money, climate, internet)
• professional LSP.