Italian for specific purposes II

Strokovna italijanščina II

Course credits:

6.00 ECTS / 0 (0 hours of lectures, 0 hours of exercises, 0 hours of seminars, 0 hours other forms of work)

Course holder:

lekt. dr. Nina Gorenc

Type:

Elective expert

Language:

Italian

Semester:

Full academic year

Study degree

1. level

Course execution:

• Undergraduate Programme of International Relations

Prerequisits:

Students are allowed to participate in the course provided that they have completed the enrolment procedure.

Objectives and competences

To help students develop the knowledge and professional skills about basic principles of negotiations in foreign language and in different cultural settings, in order to facilitate effective communication in Italian speaking professional context. Students will be able to analyze the structure of arguments and counter arguments related to a given topic, use adequate vocabulary and terminology, grammatical and functional language structures to present arguements in Italian language, produce adequate written and oral outputs for the achievement of communicative purposes in negotiation settings, in the context of international conferences, in public debates, in public relations and in other professional settings.

Content (Syllabus outline)

Exploration of advanced materials related to the field of social sciences and international relations; Exercises for acquiring and expanding field-specific vocabulary and teminology; Exercises in coherent summarizing, paraphrasing and creation of written and oral messages; Exercises in translation from Slovenian into Italian; Exercises in listening comprehension; Study of language functions typical of debates (argumentation, formulating hypotheses, counter arguments, quoting, comparison etc.).

Intended learning outcomes:

Students will be able to: understand and critically evaluate complex professional texts dealing with topics related to the field of social sciences and international relations; use field-specific vocabulary and terminology, and functional structures, typical of the selected field; coherently summarise, paraphrase and create written and oral messages in a foreign language; understand spoken messages, typical of the selected field; apply principles of effective argumentative discourse

Learning and teaching methods:

Seminars, lectures, language practical training, oral presentations, debates, written assignments, e-learning.

Assessment

WRITTEN ASSESSMENT (70%) - 2 partial exams 2x30p - seminar paper 10p ORAL ASSESSMENT (30%) - 2 presentations 2x10p - debate 10p

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