Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature straniere e Culture moderne

The workshop is intended for students of any linguistic background, provided they have at least a B1/B2 level (according to the CEFR) in one Romance language.

In line with the learning objectives of the degree programmes in which it is offered, the workshop aims to:

• provide useful tools for quickly accessing written and spoken texts in languages that are little known or completely unfamiliar, through strategies designed to facilitate comprehension;

• promote plurilingual communication by illustrating key strategies for interaction in intercomprehension and enabling their practice in bi- or plurilingual contexts.

The workshop also aims to offer transferable strategies applicable to the fields of translation, written and oral communication, and text production.

At the end of the workshop students will

• know the principles of the intercomprehension approach;
• have acquired some basic elements of Romance linguistics and the main strategies of written and oral intercomprehension;
• be able to read and listen to texts in different Romance languages;
• have developed strategies for understanding and learning a second language and interproduction strategies.
• be able to communicate in IC, interact and cooperate with people speaking different romance languages.

The programme includes:

• Focus on students' personal skills and linguistic repertoires;

• Basic theoretical principles of intercomprehension;

• Discovery of the main strategies of written and oral intercomprehension;

• Comprehension of written and oral documents in Romance languages related to everyday life (national and international news) and to different disciplines;

• Interaction and work in multilingual teams with students of different Romance languages.

This innovative course is developed in COIL (Collaborative online international learning) mode, in synergy with several UNITA project universities. For this reason, the courses include a special calendar, realised in collaboration with the intercultural teams of Chambéry, Pau and Timisoara.

All the training will take place in integrated mode and will include a part of presential lectures and a part of online activities divided as follows:

• face-to-face lessons on Fridays from 11am to 2pm;
• asynchronous online activities for individuals and in multilingual teams;
• online synchronous meetings on dates to be defined with UNITA students.

• Moodle of the IC teaching (UNITO)
• Moodle of the multilingual session (UNITA)

The evaluation (approved/not approved) will be based: 

• on a short final written test;
• on the observation of progress in (written and oral) interactions;
• on the activity carried out as part of the final project, in collaboration with students from other European universities, in the UCIL-IC context.

Students may take the test in their Romance mother tongue or in the Romance language they know best (if native speakers of languages of other families).

• Online interaction with teachers and students of different romance languages (UNITA)
• Online activities and exercises on the moodle platform.

For students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) or other disabilities, please review the University's support policies, and in particular the procedures required for support during examinations. 

If you have any further questions, you can contact the teacher for a face-to-face meeting or via Webex.

Further bibliographical information will be provided during the lessons.

Materials uploaded on Moodle and self-guided learning activities are a compulsory part of the programme.