Communication Skills 1

(4 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This is the mandatory course for all Italian students in their second year of Honours. The course is divided into three main parts, consisting of three weekly lessons that focus respectively on oral communication, written language, and advanced aspects of Italian usage and grammar. The module aims to develop advanced proficiency, corresponding to levels C1-C2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, in both written and spoken Italian and to refine the grammatical and stylistic quality of Italian expression. More specifically, the learning objectives are: 1. Improve expressive skills in writing and speaking. 2. Develop advanced competence in the understanding and use of syntactic, stylistic, and idiomatic structures of the Italian language. 3. Improve the ability to contextualize, critically analyze, and independently explore current issues concerning contemporary Italian society and culture. 4. Develop a broad range of vocabulary related to communication and the critical discussion of complex texts and phenomena, particularly relevant to the topics studied. 5. Improve the ability to translate and recontextualize in Italian reflections and opinions expressed in various linguistic fields and registers. 6. Deepen knowledge of contemporary Italy and the issues that characterize the country at the national and international levels.