Course: Professional Communication in Italian

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Course title Professional Communication in Italian
Course code KRI/OKI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Italian
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Klimová Katarína, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Usenko Olga, Mgr.
Course content
- The professional (educational) style within the system of functional styles of the literary language. Basic features of popular scientific style. National language vs. English as the lingua franca of the professional communication. Italian in professional communication. Intercultural aspects in academic writing. - Genre, its classification. Genres which mediate the scientific and technical information (master's thesis, dissertations, scientific article and its constitutive parts, abstract, expertise, lecture). - The syntactic construction of scientific text. - Specialized vocabulary. - Articulation of the text (horizontal, vertical). Graphic subdivision of the written expression. Paragraph.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Projection (static, dynamic)
  • Homework for Teaching - 25 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 25 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim is to analyse the communication process and text of the differential reference to written communication. Attention is paid to the professional style and its genres and to their corresponding structure in the stylistic, lexical and syntactic planes.
The purpose of the course is to strengthen the text and stylish competence of students. The expected output is the ability of the participants to analyse and to create professional texts according to the precise communication parameters.
Prerequisites
None.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam

Attendance at lectures and seminars, reading assigned literary and scientific texts, exam preparation, passing the exam.
Recommended literature
  • Bruni, F. et al. (1998). Manuale di scrittuara e comunicazione. Bologna: Zanichelli.
  • Petr, F. (1929). Olejomalba a enkaustika. Praha: Peometheus.
  • Serianni, L. (2003). Italiani scritti. Bologna: Il Mulino.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Italian Philology (2016) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Italian Language and Culture (2021_2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -