Conducted in terms: 2025/26_L, 2026/27_L

ECTS credits: 1

Language: Italian

Organized by: Faculty of Humanities

Related to study programmes:

Italian philology - full-time first-cycle studies

Practical Italian Language Acquisition - Listening and Conversation WH-FW-I-2-PNJW4-SK

The course is intended for students with a B1 level of Italian who are developing their language competence towards B2 level in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

The aim of the course is to develop listening comprehension and oral communication skills in Italian in more complex communicative situations, both formal and informal.

During classes, students work with authentic audio and audiovisual materials, such as interviews, podcasts, radio programmes, and films. They practise understanding the main ideas, relevant details, the speaker’s intentions, and meanings inferred from context.

An important component of the course is the development of fluency, accuracy, and precision in oral communication. Students take part in conversations, discussions, and debates, describe situations and events, express and justify their own opinions, and respond to the arguments of others.

Classes also include pair and group work, enabling students to develop teamwork skills and communicate effectively while completing shared tasks.

By the end of the course, students should be able to understand more complex spoken texts and participate fluently and appropriately in conversations and discussions at B2 level.

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Course coordinators

Alberto Regagliolo
Joanna Zajkowska

(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS

Term 2024/25_L:

(in Polish) OPIS ECTS: 1,5 punktu (1 punkt = 25 godzin) Udział w zajęciach: 30 godzin, Systematyczne przygotowanie do zajęć, praca własna - 15 godzin

Term 2025/26_L:

(in Polish) OPIS ECTS: 1,5 punktu (1 punkt = 25 godzin) Udział w zajęciach: 30 godzin, Systematyczne przygotowanie do zajęć, praca własna - 15 godzin

Term 2026/27_L:

Class attendance: 30 hours. Independent student work, including regular preparation for classes, consolidation of vocabulary and grammatical structures, work with audio and audiovisual materials, and preparation for the final assessment: 30 hours. Total student workload: 60 hours = 2 ECTS credits.

Subject level

elementary

Learning outcome code/codes

Knowledge The student recognises and explains lexical and grammatical structures of the Italian language appropriate to the B2 level. FW1_W10 The student recognises and analyses language structures occurring in more complex spoken texts and audio materials, with particular attention to their meaning and use in context. FW1_W10 Skills The student understands the main ideas and relevant details of more complex spoken texts and audio materials in Italian at B2 level. FW1_U01 The student conducts conversations and participates in discussions on topics related to everyday life, culture, education, art and current issues, using appropriate vocabulary and accurate language structures. FW1_U01 The student produces coherent and well-developed spoken responses, expresses and justifies personal opinions, and responds to the arguments of others. FW1_U01 The student adapts their language to formal and informal situations, maintaining linguistic accuracy and communicative appropriateness. FW1_U01 Social competences The student systematically develops their language competences, makes use of feedback, and critically evaluates their own progress and areas requiring further improvement. FW1_K01

Type of subject

obligatory

Preliminary Requirements

To enrol in the course, students should have a B1 level of Italian according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). They should be able to understand the main points of spoken texts on familiar topics and participate in conversations related to everyday life, studies, interests, and personal experiences. Students are also expected to have a command of grammatical structures and vocabulary appropriate to the B1 level, as well as the ability to produce coherent spoken responses, express opinions, and describe events. These competences provide the foundation for further development of listening comprehension and oral communication skills at B2 level.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

The student recognises and explains more complex lexical and grammatical structures of the Italian language appropriate to the B2 level.
FW1_W07

The student recognises and analyses language structures occurring in more complex spoken texts and audio materials.
FW1_W07

Skills

The student understands the main ideas, relevant details, intentions, and the speaker’s point of view in more complex spoken texts and audio materials at B2 level.
FW1_U07

The student conducts conversations and participates in discussions on topics related to everyday life, studies, culture, and current issues, using appropriate vocabulary and accurate language structures.
FW1_U07

The student produces coherent and well-developed spoken responses, expresses and justifies their own opinions, and responds appropriately to the arguments of others.
FW1_U07

The student adapts their language to formal and informal contexts, using an appropriate register while maintaining linguistic accuracy, appropriate pronunciation, and intonation.
FW1_U07

Teamwork Skills

The student cooperates with others when completing pair and group tasks, participates in discussions, and contributes to the completion of shared communicative tasks.
FW1_U11

Assessment criteria

FW1_W10 – Knowledge and understanding of the meaning and function of language structures, with particular emphasis on their semantic dimension

Grade 5.0 (Very Good): The student demonstrates a very good ability to recognise, explain and analyse lexical and grammatical structures appropriate to the B2 level and accurately interprets their meaning and function in more complex spoken texts and audio materials.

Grade 4.5 (Good Plus): The student demonstrates a very good ability to recognise and analyse most language structures appropriate to the B2 level; minor interpretative errors occur only occasionally.

Grade 4.0 (Good): The student demonstrates a good ability to recognise and understand the structures covered and their meaning in typical and more complex communicative contexts, although they may have difficulty with some more complex examples.

Grade 3.5 (Satisfactory Plus): The student recognises basic structures appropriate to the B2 level and usually interprets their meaning correctly, but their analysis is incomplete or not always precise.

Grade 3.0 (Satisfactory): The student demonstrates a sufficient ability to recognise basic lexical and grammatical structures and understand their meaning in typical spoken texts at B2 level.

FW1_U01 – Development of Italian language proficiency; within this course, the learning outcome is achieved at B2 level as a stage towards attaining the target language competence defined in the study programme

Grade 5.0 (Very Good): The student demonstrates a very good understanding of more complex spoken texts and audio materials at B2 level, effectively identifies the main ideas and relevant details, and communicates fluently, accurately and appropriately to the situation. The student produces coherent and well-developed spoken responses, presents and justifies personal opinions, and responds appropriately to the arguments of others.

Grade 4.5 (Good Plus): The student demonstrates a very good understanding of most more complex spoken texts and communicates fluently and accurately; occasional errors do not interfere with communication.

Grade 4.0 (Good): The student understands the main ideas and most relevant details, participates in conversations and discussions, and produces coherent spoken responses; a limited number of errors do not hinder communication.

Grade 3.5 (Satisfactory Plus): The student understands the general meaning and most basic information and is able to participate in conversation; however, their responses are less fluent, precise and developed.

Grade 3.0 (Satisfactory): The student understands the basic content of spoken texts and is able to communicate in typical situations at B2 level; however, their responses are limited in terms of fluency, vocabulary range and accuracy.

FW1_K01 – Readiness to continuously develop and critically evaluate one’s knowledge

Grade 5.0 (Very Good): The student systematically and independently develops their language competences, actively makes use of feedback, accurately identifies their own errors and areas requiring further improvement, and takes appropriate steps to address them.

Grade 4.5 (Good Plus): The student systematically develops their competences, makes very effective use of feedback, and is able to assess their own progress; occasional guidance from the instructor may be required.

Grade 4.0 (Good): The student regularly works on developing their competences, makes use of feedback, and is able to identify the main areas requiring further improvement.

Grade 3.5 (Satisfactory Plus): The student takes steps to develop their language competences and makes partial use of the feedback received, but their self-assessment and consistency are uneven.

Grade 3.0 (Satisfactory): The student undertakes the minimum required work to develop their own competences and, with the instructor’s support, identifies basic errors and areas requiring improvement.

Additional information

Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:

Italian philology - full-time first-cycle studies

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of WH-FW-I-2-PNJW4-SK in USOSweb