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Italian language courses - Bellinzona Campus
BELLINZONA CAMPUS
The optional free of charge synchronous online Italian language courses are open to fully matriculated researchers and professionals of USI's Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) and Institute of Oncology Research (IOR) working on Bellinzona Campus. All other interested persons must investigate independent Italian language schools, see FAQ.
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Online synchronous Beginner course - Level A1.2 - Morning - Bellinzona Campus SA
General information
Candidates must possess the necessary ability to fulfil the essential communicative requirements of normal everyday situations. The course is intended for those students who have a basic knowledge of the Italian language and attended an absolute beginner A1.1 level course already.
How to assess your level
Italian language courses are offered in different levels corresponding to those described in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Assess your current skills level by using the grid below:
Entrance test
All higher level courses require knowledge of material covered in other courses. A definitive decision about admission can consequently be taken only after the entrance test organised the first day. The lecturer will address participants who chose the wrong level to the correct one after the first lesson. The prerequisites of the A1.2 level course are: numeri, articoli determinativi e indeterminativi singolari e plurali, plurale dei nomi, pronomi personali e riflessivi, ausiliari, esserci, verbi regolari e irregolari al presente, verbi riflessivi, concordanza degli aggettivi, aggettivi e pronomi possessivi, interrogativi.
Course details
- When: from Monday September 18 until Monday December 18 (2023)
- Schedule: 1 synchronous classhour per week on Mondays from 09:00 until 09:45 + 1 asynchronous classhour until 10:30
- Where: synchronous online learning via Microsoft Teams. All online courses require a high-speed Internet Service Provider, a PC with Fast Processor, a webcam and a microphone.
- Teacher: Susanne Stigen Pescia
- Level: A1.2, European Council reference frame
Course objectives
To deal with everyday language and describe events using the present and the past.
Course load
1 hour synchronous online + 1 hour asinchronous + 2 hours of out-of-class homework.
Course content
Differenza tra sapere e conoscere, differenza tra andare e venire, introduzione al condizionale, avverbi di frequenza, avverbi di modo, verbi fraseologici, preposizioni semplici e articolate, imperativo regolare e irregolare, introduzione al passato prossimo, espressione aver bisogno di, verbi riflessivi (ripasso), avverbio di luogo ci, verbo piacere, partitivi, indefiniti nessuno, poco, alcuni, un po’, molto, troppo, aggettivi e pronomi dimostrativi questo e quello, nomi irregolari, interrogativi (ripasso).
Final test
Different assessment procedures are conducted during the course, including an end of term test. This is a two hours test, and includes a short listening and reading comprehension, grammar exercises, one brief essay and a speaking part. The test takes place in week 12 or 13 of the running semester.
Handouts
The general objective of Università della Svizzera italiana is to achieve environmental responsibility, the grammar folder is therefore available in PDF format in iCorsi3:
https://www.icorsi.ch/login/index.php
Remember to bring your own laptop to class every day.
Certificate of attendance
A regular and active attendance is compulsory once admitted. Students who meet the 80% attendance requirement and pass the final exam will receive a certificate of attendance.
ECTS points
No ECTS points.
Registration
The online application enrolls participants automatically. A detailed informative email confirming the enrolment will however be sent few days before the beginning of each course.
Please note: the course will only be activated if a minimum number of enrollments is reached.
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Online synchronous Absolute Beginner course - Level A1.1 - Morning - Bellinzona Campus SP
The Absolute beginner Course is intended for students with no previous knowledge of the Italian language. By the end of the course students will be able to employ simple sentences and expressions when dealing with various situations in daily life.
Course details
- When: from Monday February 19 until Monday May 27 (2024)
- Schedule: 1 synchronous classhour per week on Mondays from 09:00 until 09:45 + 1 asynchronous classhour until 10:30
- Where: synchronous online. All online courses require a high-speed Internet Service Provider, a PC with Fast Processor, a webcam and a microphone
- Teacher: Susanne Stigen Pescia
- Level: A1.1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
Course objectives
Understand frequently used expressions related to everyday life.
Course load
1 hour synchronous online + 1 hour asinchronous + 2 hours of out-of-class homework.
Course content
First three units of the book: numeri, articoli determinativi e indeterminativi singolari e plurali, plurale dei nomi, pronomi personali e riflessivi, ausiliari, verbi regolari e irregolari al presente, verbi riflessivi, concordanza degli aggettivi, aggettivi e pronomi possessivi, interrogativi, preposizioni.
Final test
Different assessment procedures are conducted during the course, including an end of term test. This is a two hours test, and includes a short listening and reading comprehension, grammar exercises, one brief essay and a speaking part. The test takes place in week 12 or 13 of the running semester.
Handouts
The grammar folder is available in PDF format in iCorsi3:
https://www.icorsi.ch/login/index.php
Remember to bring your own laptop to class every day.
Certificate of attendance
A regular and active attendance is compulsory once admitted. Students who meet the 80% attendance requirement and pass the final exam will receive a certificate of attendance.
ECTS points
No ECTS points.
Registration
The online application enrolls participants automatically. A detailed informative email confirming the enrolment will however be sent few days before the beginning of each course.
Please note: the course will only be activated if a minimum number of enrollments is reached.
Updated on: 15 August 2023
