Information updated until 30/06/2026 CODE 67717 ACADEMIC YEAR 2026/2027 CREDITS 8 cfu anno 4 SCIENZE DELLA FORMAZIONE PRIMARIA 9322 (LM-85 bis) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-FIL-LET/12 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: ITALIAN LINGUISTICS TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course aims to provide the theoretical and methodological tools necessary for effective fluency, which requires, in addition to the acquisition of specific skills, awareness of the intrinsically flexible and dynamic character of the language as a cultural system and of its multiple occurrences as a means of communication. Regarding the text’s notions, the different contexts and respective communicative strategies will be taken into consideration, as well as various types. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES This course aims to give students a description of contemporary Italian’s architecture, a sketch of historical grammar and an introduction to Dependency Grammar, in order to provide them with a useful model of Italian language teaching in the primary school. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES This course aims to give students a description of contemporary Italian’s architecture, in order to have a useful didactic model of language. TEACHING METHODS Lectures and practical activities SYLLABUS/CONTENT Neostandard Italian, Varieties of contemporary Italian, Dependency Grammar, Didactics of Grammar RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY M.G. Lo Duca, Lingua italiana ed educazione linguistica, Rome, Carocci, 2013. M.G. Lo Duca, Viaggio nella grammatica. Esplorazioni e percorsi per i bambini della scuola primaria, Rome, Carocci, 2018. C. De Santis, Che cos'è la grammatica valenziale, Rome, Carocci, 2025. Additional materials provided by the instructor on Aulaweb. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD GIULIA LOMBARDI Ricevimento: Office hours are held either in person or via Microsoft Teams, by appointment with the instructor. For contact: giulia.lombardi@edu.unige.it LESSONS LESSONS START First semester Week commencing 28/09/2026 Class schedule ITALIAN GRAMMAR EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Written and oral examination ASSESSMENT METHODS The written examination consists of a series of multiple-choice questions with variable scoring weighted according to the difficulty of each question. Students obtaining a mark of 16/30 or higher may be admitted conditionally to the oral examination. The written test assesses knowledge of the topics covered during lectures and in the texts listed in the bibliography. The oral examination consists of a review and discussion of the written test, together with a couple of open-ended questions on the topics covered during lectures and in the texts listed in the bibliography. Students who attended the course in previous academic years are kindly requested to contact the instructor via her institutional email address: giulia.lombardi@unige.it. FURTHER INFORMATION For further information, e-mail the professor. Students who attended the course in previous academic years are kindly requested to contact the instructor via her institutional email address: giulia.lombardi@unige.it.
