Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

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Teachers

Mariaelena FAVILLA
Benedetta BASSETTI

Overview

This 6-CFU course comprises 42 hours of lectures + 8 hours of free practice, and will take place in the first semester. Please note that, depending on the development of the pandemic situation, the modalities of both the lessons and the final examination set out described in this program may be subject to changes, which will, in this case, be reported and clarified on TEAMS platform.
At the end of the course the students should be able to:
- recognise and use the main tools and methods of linguistic analysis for the description of the different levels of language analysis with particular reference to the Italian language and, in contrastive perspective, to the English language;
- present and discuss issues and problems to be considered in language education and, in particular, in the teaching of Italian, including the varieties of Italian and the different types of competence needed to use the language effectively and appropriately in various situations, with the ability to distinguish between inductive (required by the National Indications for the primary cycle) and deductive (traditional) approaches to reflection on language in pre-school and primary school contexts;
- reflect on the various aspects necessary for the production of clear and correct texts.
For details of the learning objectives please refer to the section “Obiettivi formativi”.

Admission requirements

A fundamental prerequisite for this course is a good knowledge of Italian and its basic grammar, which is a compulsory part of primary and secondary school curricola, including for example: being able to distinguish the different grammatical categories of words within a sentence (noun, verb, adjective, etc. ), recognize tense and mood of verbs, identify beginning and ending of single sentences within a text, distinguish between simple, coordinated and complex sentences and recognize the specific sentence modality (declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamative), recognize the main syntactic functions of different constituents within sentences (subject, predicate, direct object, indirect object), etc.
Since these are basic skills and competences that cannot be ignored by the university course undertaken and, in particular, by the course of Linguistica italiana, they will be tested in the final examination (see section "Verifica dell’apprendimento").
Students who, for whatever reason, do not feel confident or adequately prepared for these basic skills are strongly advised to carefully re-read a high school Italian grammar textbook and, if necessary, to do the relevant exercises (see also the recommended grammars in the program published on TEAMS platform, section "Testi d’esame", part on further studies).

Course contents

During the lessons, the following will be described and discussed, with particular reference to Italian:
- the functional and interactional aspects of speech (spoken and written), the properties of language as a purely human capacity and the basic features of the notion of language, describing and analysing the fundamental linguistic levels (phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicon) and their relation to the dimension of meaning (semantics and pragmatics) (approximately 28 hours),
- topics and problems relating to writing texts in Italian, to teaching Italian in pre-school and primary schools and to the description, analysis and interpretation of linguistic variability (approximately 14 hours).
The 8 hours of free practice will be dedicated to the analysis and reflection on language from texts, phonetic transcription and the use of dictionaries.
It has to be specified that, in relation to contingent situations or student feedback, it will be possible to modify and/or supplement the content and the time dedicated to the individual topics with respect to what is potentially planned here.
It should be reminded, moreover, that attending the lectures is strongly recommended as it favors the attainment of learning objectives, even if it is not sufficient without a careful and in-depth study of the exam texts.

Teaching methods

The lessons will be in Italian and, unless required otherwise by the sanitary situation, in presence. Attendance is not compulsory, but strongly recommended. In addition to the classic face-to-face lessons, which will however require frequent active participation on the part of the students, there will be some group activities, under the guidance of the teacher, to carry out transcription, analysis and comparison of words and texts. There will be 8 hours of free practice, in which also the students who do not attend the course regularly may participate. The dates and topics of the exercises will be indicated on TEAMS. All students, attending and non-attending, are reminded of the need to regularly consult the page on TEAMS platform for updates, information and materials to download (and study) for active participation in the lessons and/or for integrations to what discussed in the lessons.

Assessment methods

The final exam, with an outcome expressed in thirtieths, will consist of a written test followed by an oral discussion. The written test, normally lasting 30/40 minutes, will include preliminary questions designed to test knowledge of basic grammar (see 2 "Prerequisites"), exercises of phonetic word transcription, closed and open questions on the basic language levels and on the exam texts. No materials of any kind, except a pen for writing, will be needed to take the test. The oral part will be held on the same day as the written test or, if the number of students does not allow for all the orals to be held on the same day, on the following days. It will begin with the correction of the written test, starting from the prerequisite questions, which have to be successfully answered in order to continue the exam. Also the oral discussion will last on average 30/40 minutes and will be aimed at discussing the answers and exercises of the written test and the topics of the course. Overall, the exam will test knowledge of basic grammar, of the National Directions of MIUR, particularly the parts related to language (see 6 "Texts required for the exam") and of the ability to: 1) analyze words, utterances and texts morphosyntactically, textually and functionally; 2) make phonetic and phonological transcriptions of individual words or groups of words; 3) describe and discuss course topics, both orally and in writing, using appropriate terminology, providing clear definitions, and being able to distinguish between inductive and deductive approaches and between implicit and explicit grammar; 5) exemplify in an autonomous and pertinent way the various linguistic phenomena covered; 6) make relevant connections; 7) have bibliographical awareness of the topics covered (i.e., being at least aware of the main authors who have dealt with the main topics covered in the course); 8) be able to adequately account also for the exam texts not explicitly discussed during the lectures (see "Exam Texts" section below). The final mark, which covers the two parts and is expressed in thirtieths, will take into account the results achieved in the written and in the oral part, as well as the exposition ability (clarity and coherence of exposition, ability to give clear descriptions and relevant examples). In case of failure of the oral part, as well as in case of inability to take the oral part, the exam will have to be entirely redone, including the part on prerequisites. What described above applies equally to attending and non-attending students. The latter are recommended to attend at least one “ricevimento” - in presence or online – which will take place between October and December for those intending to sit the exam in January or February, and between March and April for those intending to sit the exam between June and September. Students will need to book using the link provided on Teams at the beginning of the academic year. N.B. Should the continuation of Covid-19 emergency make it impossible to take in-person exams, the exam arrangements may be changed, although the contents will remain the same. Any changes in exam arrangements will be announced on TEAMS.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
- of all the issues covered in the course and in the texts;
- of the specific terminology of the discipline.

Applied knowledge and ability to understand:
- being able to recognise and use the main tools and methods of linguistic analysis for the description of the different levels of language analysis with particular reference to the Italian language and, in contrastive perspective, to the English language;
- being able to understand, describe and adequately analyse words, phrases and discourses;
- being able to reason about language in a clear and explicit manner;
- being able to use the knowledge acquired for the linguistic education of children at pre-school and primary school.

Autonomy of judgement:
- being able to verify one's own degree of learning and understanding of the concepts exposed and of the topics dealt with, also thanks to the possibility of intervening during the lessons;
- being able to reorganize one's own knowledge of language, how it works and how it is taught on the basis of what has been learnt during the course;
- being able to reflect on the various aspects necessary for the production (oral and written) of clear and correct texts.

Communication skills
- being able to present and discuss critically and with appropriate language and terminology the content dealt with;
- being able to present and discuss issues and problems to be considered in language education and, in particular, in the teaching of the Italian language, including the varieties of Italian and the different types of competence needed to use the language effectively and appropriately in different situations.

Learning skills
- ability to navigate the specialist literature for in-depth study and updates.

Readings

1) M. Palermo (2020, II edizione), Linguistica italiana, Bologna, il Mulino (esclusi i capitoli IV “Fonetica e fonologia”, VIII “L’italiano nel mondo”, IX “Il mondo in Italia”).
N.B.: Si suggerisce di usare l’edizione indicata, che contiene dei miglioramenti rispetto a quella precedente del 2015, ma si segnala, in ogni caso, che nelle due edizioni la distribuzione dei capitoli è diversa. Ovviamente, valgono i titoli dei capitoli e non i numeri;
2) P. Maturi (2014 o edizioni successive), I suoni delle lingue, i suoni dell'italiano. Nuova introduzione alla fonetica, Bologna, il Mulino (del cap. III. Altri sistemi fonetici è obbligatorio solo il paragrafo III.3 L’inglese, mentre sono facoltativi i paragrafi III.1, III.2, III.4 e III.5);
3) M.G. Lo Duca (2018), Viaggio nella grammatica. Esplorazioni e percorsi per i bambini della scuola primaria. Roma, Carocci (esclusi per il capitolo 3 i paragrafi da a 3.4 a 3.11 compreso e per il capitolo 4 dal 4.5.1 al 4.6 compreso);
4) Indicazioni nazionali per il curricolo della scuola di infanzia e del primo ciclo di istruzione, a cura del Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR), 2012 (in particolare le parti alle pagine 21-23; 28-34 e 37-39). Il fascicolo sarà scaricabile anche dal sito del corso di Linguistica italiana 1 su Teams

Agli studenti non frequentanti, oltre ai testi previsti sopra, si richiede lo studio dei capitoli 4 e 5 (pp. 91-140) del testo di C. Andorno, La grammatica italiana, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2003.
Ulteriori testi di riferimento (non obbligatori, ma consigliati a chi, frequentante o non frequentante, ha esigenze di approfondimento) sono riportati nel programma pubblicato su TEAMS.

Contents download

Teachers

Benedetta BASSETTI
Mariaelena FAVILLA

Overview

This 6-CFU course comprises 42 hours of lectures + 8 hours of free practice, and will take place in the first semester. Please note that, depending on the development of the pandemic situation, the modalities of both the lessons and the final examination set out described in this program may be subject to changes, which will, in this case, be reported and clarified on TEAMS platform.
At the end of the course the students should be able to:
- recognise and use the main tools and methods of linguistic analysis for the description of the different levels of language analysis with particular reference to the Italian language and, in contrastive perspective, to the English language;
- present and discuss issues and problems to be considered in language education and, in particular, in the teaching of Italian, including the varieties of Italian and the different types of competence needed to use the language effectively and appropriately in various situations, with the ability to distinguish between inductive (required by the National Indications for the primary cycle) and deductive (traditional) approaches to reflection on language in pre-school and primary school contexts;
- reflect on the various aspects necessary for the production of clear and correct texts.
For details of the learning objectives please refer to the section “Obiettivi formativi”.

Admission requirements

A fundamental prerequisite for this course is a good knowledge of Italian and its basic grammar, which is a compulsory part of primary and secondary school curricola, including for example: being able to distinguish the different grammatical categories of words within a sentence (noun, verb, adjective, etc. ), recognize tense and mood of verbs, identify beginning and ending of single sentences within a text, distinguish between simple, coordinated and complex sentences and recognize the specific sentence modality (declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamative), recognize the main syntactic functions of different constituents within sentences (subject, predicate, direct object, indirect object), etc.
Since these are basic skills and competences that cannot be ignored by the university course undertaken and, in particular, by the course of Linguistica italiana, they will be tested in the final examination (see section "Verifica dell’apprendimento").
Students who, for whatever reason, do not feel confident or adequately prepared for these basic skills are strongly advised to carefully re-read a high school Italian grammar textbook and, if necessary, to do the relevant exercises (see also the recommended grammars in the program published on TEAMS platform, section "Testi d’esame", part on further studies).

Course contents

During the lessons, the following will be described and discussed, with particular reference to Italian:
- the functional and interactional aspects of speech (spoken and written), the properties of language as a purely human capacity and the basic features of the notion of language, describing and analysing the fundamental linguistic levels (phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicon) and their relation to the dimension of meaning (semantics and pragmatics) (approximately 28 hours),
- topics and problems relating to writing texts in Italian, to teaching Italian in pre-school and primary schools and to the description, analysis and interpretation of linguistic variability (approximately 14 hours).
The 8 hours of free practice will be dedicated to the analysis and reflection on language from texts, phonetic transcription and the use of dictionaries.
It has to be specified that, in relation to contingent situations or student feedback, it will be possible to modify and/or supplement the content and the time dedicated to the individual topics with respect to what is potentially planned here.
It should be reminded, moreover, that attending the lectures is strongly recommended as it favors the attainment of learning objectives, even if it is not sufficient without a careful and in-depth study of the exam texts.

Teaching methods

The lessons will be in Italian and, unless required otherwise by the sanitary situation, in presence. Attendance is not compulsory, but strongly recommended. In addition to the classic face-to-face lessons, which will however require frequent active participation on the part of the students, there will be some group activities, under the guidance of the teacher, to carry out transcription, analysis and comparison of words and texts. There will be 8 hours of free practice, in which also the students who do not attend the course regularly may participate. The dates and topics of the exercises will be indicated on TEAMS. All students, attending and non-attending, are reminded of the need to regularly consult the page on TEAMS platform for updates, information and materials to download (and study) for active participation in the lessons and/or for integrations to what discussed in the lessons.

Assessment methods

The final exam, with an outcome expressed in thirtieths, will consist of a written test followed by an oral discussion. The written test, normally lasting 30/40 minutes, will include preliminary questions designed to test knowledge of basic grammar (see 2 "Prerequisites"), exercises of phonetic word transcription, closed and open questions on the basic language levels and on the exam texts. No materials of any kind, except a pen for writing, will be needed to take the test. The oral part will be held on the same day as the written test or, if the number of students does not allow for all the orals to be held on the same day, on the following days. It will begin with the correction of the written test, starting from the prerequisite questions, which have to be successfully answered in order to continue the exam. Also the oral discussion will last on average 30/40 minutes and will be aimed at discussing the answers and exercises of the written test and the topics of the course. Overall, the exam will test knowledge of basic grammar, of the National Directions of MIUR, particularly the parts related to language (see 6 "Texts required for the exam") and of the ability to: 1) analyze words, utterances and texts morphosyntactically, textually and functionally; 2) make phonetic and phonological transcriptions of individual words or groups of words; 3) describe and discuss course topics, both orally and in writing, using appropriate terminology, providing clear definitions, and being able to distinguish between inductive and deductive approaches and between implicit and explicit grammar; 5) exemplify in an autonomous and pertinent way the various linguistic phenomena covered; 6) make relevant connections; 7) have bibliographical awareness of the topics covered (i.e., being at least aware of the main authors who have dealt with the main topics covered in the course); 8) be able to adequately account also for the exam texts not explicitly discussed during the lectures (see "Exam Texts" section below). The final mark, which covers the two parts and is expressed in thirtieths, will take into account the results achieved in the written and in the oral part, as well as the exposition ability (clarity and coherence of exposition, ability to give clear descriptions and relevant examples). In case of failure of the oral part, as well as in case of inability to take the oral part, the exam will have to be entirely redone, including the part on prerequisites. What described above applies equally to attending and non-attending students. The latter are recommended to attend at least one “ricevimento” - in presence or online – which will take place between October and December for those intending to sit the exam in January or February, and between March and April for those intending to sit the exam between June and September. Students will need to book using the link provided on Teams at the beginning of the academic year. N.B. Should the continuation of Covid-19 emergency make it impossible to take in-person exams, the exam arrangements may be changed, although the contents will remain the same. Any changes in exam arrangements will be announced on TEAMS.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
- of all the issues covered in the course and in the texts;
- of the specific terminology of the discipline.

Applied knowledge and ability to understand:
- being able to recognise and use the main tools and methods of linguistic analysis for the description of the different levels of language analysis with particular reference to the Italian language and, in contrastive perspective, to the English language;
- being able to understand, describe and adequately analyse words, phrases and discourses;
- being able to reason about language in a clear and explicit manner;
- being able to use the knowledge acquired for the linguistic education of children at pre-school and primary school.

Autonomy of judgement:
- being able to verify one's own degree of learning and understanding of the concepts exposed and of the topics dealt with, also thanks to the possibility of intervening during the lessons;
- being able to reorganize one's own knowledge of language, how it works and how it is taught on the basis of what has been learnt during the course;
- being able to reflect on the various aspects necessary for the production (oral and written) of clear and correct texts.

Communication skills
- being able to present and discuss critically and with appropriate language and terminology the content dealt with;
- being able to present and discuss issues and problems to be considered in language education and, in particular, in the teaching of the Italian language, including the varieties of Italian and the different types of competence needed to use the language effectively and appropriately in different situations.

Learning skills
- ability to navigate the specialist literature for in-depth study and updates.

Readings

1) M. Palermo (2020, II edizione), Linguistica italiana, Bologna, il Mulino (esclusi i capitoli IV “Fonetica e fonologia”, VIII “L’italiano nel mondo”, IX “Il mondo in Italia”).
N.B.: Si suggerisce di usare l’edizione indicata, che contiene dei miglioramenti rispetto a quella precedente del 2015, ma si segnala, in ogni caso, che nelle due edizioni la distribuzione dei capitoli è diversa. Ovviamente, valgono i titoli dei capitoli e non i numeri;
2) P. Maturi (2014 o edizioni successive), I suoni delle lingue, i suoni dell'italiano. Nuova introduzione alla fonetica, Bologna, il Mulino (del cap. III. Altri sistemi fonetici è obbligatorio solo il paragrafo III.3 L’inglese, mentre sono facoltativi i paragrafi III.1, III.2, III.4 e III.5);
3) M.G. Lo Duca (2018), Viaggio nella grammatica. Esplorazioni e percorsi per i bambini della scuola primaria. Roma, Carocci (esclusi per il capitolo 3 i paragrafi da a 3.4 a 3.11 compreso e per il capitolo 4 dal 4.5.1 al 4.6 compreso);
4) Indicazioni nazionali per il curricolo della scuola di infanzia e del primo ciclo di istruzione, a cura del Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR), 2012 (in particolare le parti alle pagine 21-23; 28-34 e 37-39). Il fascicolo sarà scaricabile anche dal sito del corso di Linguistica italiana 1 su Teams

Agli studenti non frequentanti, oltre ai testi previsti sopra, si richiede lo studio dei capitoli 4 e 5 (pp. 91-140) del testo di C. Andorno, La grammatica italiana, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2003.
Ulteriori testi di riferimento (non obbligatori, ma consigliati a chi, frequentante o non frequentante, ha esigenze di approfondimento) sono riportati nel programma pubblicato su TEAMS.