ID:
500219
Duration (hours):
36
CFU:
9
SSD:
LINGUA E TRADUZIONE - LINGUA SPAGNOLA
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Secondo Semestre (23/02/2026 - 22/05/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
The course aims at presenting in an essential form the phonetics, morphology and syntax of Spanish (European variety, with a glance at American Spanish), approaching grammar in a contrastive, descriptive way, focused on the dialectical relation between the use and the norm.
Course Prerequisites
Three terms of Spanish (or equivalent)
Teaching Methods
Lectures
Assessment Methods
Written examination.
The course is integrated by a cycle of practical Spanish language lessons with annual duration, held by native speakers (CEL).
The exercise cycle program involves the study of nominal morphology and regular and irregular verbal (indicative, imperative, conjunctive present and imperfect), with basic notions of syntax .
The written and oral test examinations regarding practical exercises are preliminary to the official exam. These preliminary exams include the following exercises: dictation, grammar, translation, writing. The use of the dictionary is not allowed. Students attending at least 70% of the practical lessons (CEL) can undergo partial tests, which are forseen throughout the year, according to the information provided by the native speaker CEL; the attainment of both partial trials exonerates from the final CEL global test, which students can still attend with the intention of improving their mark, but renouncing to the previously obtained evaluation. The spoken Spanish level will be verified in a few minutes of conversation that will precede the exam, on actuality cultural issues (see platform Kiro), and the novels "Nada" by Carmen Laforet and "Carreteras secundarias" by Carmen Martín Gaite (compulsory readings).
After passing these practical tests, students will be allowed to access the official written test of Spanish Language I on linguistic theory, which lasts 1 hour and 45 minutes.
For procedural and linguistic clarifications, students can contact the official teacher for the course, prof. Enrico Lodi.
The course is integrated by a cycle of practical Spanish language lessons with annual duration, held by native speakers (CEL).
The exercise cycle program involves the study of nominal morphology and regular and irregular verbal (indicative, imperative, conjunctive present and imperfect), with basic notions of syntax .
The written and oral test examinations regarding practical exercises are preliminary to the official exam. These preliminary exams include the following exercises: dictation, grammar, translation, writing. The use of the dictionary is not allowed. Students attending at least 70% of the practical lessons (CEL) can undergo partial tests, which are forseen throughout the year, according to the information provided by the native speaker CEL; the attainment of both partial trials exonerates from the final CEL global test, which students can still attend with the intention of improving their mark, but renouncing to the previously obtained evaluation. The spoken Spanish level will be verified in a few minutes of conversation that will precede the exam, on actuality cultural issues (see platform Kiro), and the novels "Nada" by Carmen Laforet and "Carreteras secundarias" by Carmen Martín Gaite (compulsory readings).
After passing these practical tests, students will be allowed to access the official written test of Spanish Language I on linguistic theory, which lasts 1 hour and 45 minutes.
For procedural and linguistic clarifications, students can contact the official teacher for the course, prof. Enrico Lodi.
Texts
Texts to study for attending students (in addition to the course notes): 1) M. Carrera Díaz, Grammatica spagnola, Roma, Laterza, 2000 (capitoli 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 26, 27, 37), and 2) A. Quilis, Principios de fonología y fonética españolas, Madrid, Arco/Libros 2012, pg. 7-30 and 37-69 3) -Real Academia Española, Principales novedades de la última edición de la Ortografía de la lengua española (2010), see the link: http://www.rae.es/sites/default/files/Principales_novedades_de_la_Ortografia_de_la_lengua_espanola.pdf Bibliography for practices will be communicated when they start. Recommended dictionary: R. Arqués-A. Padoan, Grande dizionario di spagnolo, Bologna, Zanichelli
Contents
Spanish phonetics. A contrastive description of morphological and syntactical structures of contemporary Spanish with a special focus on: nominal and verbal inflexion, personal pronouns, relatives, indefinites, demonstratives, possessives, use of ser/estar, the principal uses of prepositions. Aspects of the latest grammatical reform.
Course Language
Spanish
More information
On the Kiro platform ("Corsi comuni" folder > Lingua spagnola 1), students, and in particular attending students, will be able to find information about the course and supplementary material to the notes uploaded by the teacher during the lesson period.
Degrees
Degrees
MODERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
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