First language
The 2nd yr Language and Translation 2B course (first language) comes under the core learning activities (Specialized languages, advanced linguistic competences and linguistic mediation from and to the languages of study) of the “Languages and cultures studies of the respective country” of the bachelor’s degree course in Languages and Cultural & Linguistic Mediation, specifically those activities aimed at providing effective operational competence at the levels established for the first language, as well as theoretical knowledge of specialized foreign language, of activities and strategies of linguistic and cultural mediation, in particular in multilingual contexts.
The course aims at making students:
- achieve B2 level in all skills- Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) 2018 (https://rm.coe.int/cefr-companion-volume-with-new-descriptors-2018/1680787989), through reception, production, interaction, written and spoken mediation activities as well as their related strategies.
- deepen their metalinguistic reflection also at comparative level: structural, textual, sociolinguistic and pragmatic aspects.
-use some resources and tools for language study and for introduction to translation (dictionaries, corpora and concordancers).
-reflect on intercultural communication, on linguistic-cultural mediation and on translation.
-apply their acquired knowledge to short texts of different text-types and genres..
Expected learning results: students will be able to use their first foreign language at B2 level, they will be able to use the corresponding communicative strategies; they will be able to carry out metalinguistic reflection activities in a comparative perspective; they will learn and start using tools for language study; they will have basic notions on communication and intercultural mediation; they will apply acquired knowledge to the analysis of short texts in the language of study.
Second language
The 2nd yr Language and Translation course (second language) comes under the core educational activities of the “Languages and cultures studies of the respective country” of the bachelor’s degree course in Languages and Cultural-Linguistic Mediation, specifically those activities aimed at providing effective operational competence at the levels established for the second language as well as theoretical knowledge of the main characteristics of the foreign language.
The course aims at providing:
-the achievement of the B1 level - Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) 2018 (https://rm.coe.int/cefr-companion-volume-with-new-descriptors-2018/1680787989), through reception, production, interaction, written and spoken mediation activities, as well as through related strategies. (As for Russian, the level will be equivalent to B1).
-Further metalinguistic analysis also at a comparative level: structural, textual, sociolinguistic and pragmatic aspects.
-use of some lexicographic resources.
-Analysis of intercultural communication, linguistic-cultural mediation and translation.
- Application of acquired knowledge to short texts.
Expected learning results: students will be able to use their second foreign language at a B1 level, they will be able to use communicative strategies corresponding to this level; they will be able to carry out metalinguistic activities from a comparative perspective; they will learn and start using some lexicographic resources at a basic level; they will have basic notions on communication and intercultural mediation; they will begin to apply acquired knowledge to the analysis of short texts in the language of study.
The 2nd yr Language and Translation 2B course (first language) comes under the core learning activities (Specialized languages, advanced linguistic competences and linguistic mediation from and to the languages of study) of the “Languages and cultures studies of the respective country” of the bachelor’s degree course in Languages and Cultural & Linguistic Mediation, specifically those activities aimed at providing effective operational competence at the levels established for the first language, as well as theoretical knowledge of specialized foreign language, of activities and strategies of linguistic and cultural mediation, in particular in multilingual contexts.
The course aims at making students:
- achieve B2 level in all skills- Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) 2018 (https://rm.coe.int/cefr-companion-volume-with-new-descriptors-2018/1680787989), through reception, production, interaction, written and spoken mediation activities as well as their related strategies.
- deepen their metalinguistic reflection also at comparative level: structural, textual, sociolinguistic and pragmatic aspects.
-use some resources and tools for language study and for introduction to translation (dictionaries, corpora and concordancers).
-reflect on intercultural communication, on linguistic-cultural mediation and on translation.
-apply their acquired knowledge to short texts of different text-types and genres..
Expected learning results: students will be able to use their first foreign language at B2 level, they will be able to use the corresponding communicative strategies; they will be able to carry out metalinguistic reflection activities in a comparative perspective; they will learn and start using tools for language study; they will have basic notions on communication and intercultural mediation; they will apply acquired knowledge to the analysis of short texts in the language of study.
Second language
The 2nd yr Language and Translation course (second language) comes under the core educational activities of the “Languages and cultures studies of the respective country” of the bachelor’s degree course in Languages and Cultural-Linguistic Mediation, specifically those activities aimed at providing effective operational competence at the levels established for the second language as well as theoretical knowledge of the main characteristics of the foreign language.
The course aims at providing:
-the achievement of the B1 level - Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) 2018 (https://rm.coe.int/cefr-companion-volume-with-new-descriptors-2018/1680787989), through reception, production, interaction, written and spoken mediation activities, as well as through related strategies. (As for Russian, the level will be equivalent to B1).
-Further metalinguistic analysis also at a comparative level: structural, textual, sociolinguistic and pragmatic aspects.
-use of some lexicographic resources.
-Analysis of intercultural communication, linguistic-cultural mediation and translation.
- Application of acquired knowledge to short texts.
Expected learning results: students will be able to use their second foreign language at a B1 level, they will be able to use communicative strategies corresponding to this level; they will be able to carry out metalinguistic activities from a comparative perspective; they will learn and start using some lexicographic resources at a basic level; they will have basic notions on communication and intercultural mediation; they will begin to apply acquired knowledge to the analysis of short texts in the language of study.
teacher profile teaching materials
During the lessons, constructions of the standard grammar of Portuguese will be compared with constructions emerging in EP and neo-standard BP, investigating the following elements: a) the sentence and its constituents; b) grammatical valence and functions; c) verb classes and d) the communicative and semantic structure of the sentence.
Silvia Rodrigues Vieira e Silvia Figueiredo Brandão, Ensino de gramática, desrição e uso, Editora Contexto, 2007.
Gian Luigi De Rosa, “Reflexos do processo de restandardização do PB no falado fílmico brasileiro contemporâneo”, in Augusto Soares da Silva, Amadeu Torres & Miguel Gonçalves (a cura di), "Línguas Pluricêntricas: Variação Linguística e Dimensões Sociocognitivas", Aletheia, Publicações da Faculdade de Filosofia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Braga, 2011.
Gian Luigi De Rosa, “Segmentazione e costruzioni marcate nel parlato filmico brasiliano contemporaneo”, in Sonia Netto Salomão, Giorgio de Marchis & Simone Celani (a cura di), Italia, Portogallo, Brasile: un incontro di storia, lingua e letteratura attraverso i secoli, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, Roma, 2014.
Inês Duarte, "O português moderno: da România à România nova", in G. Lanciani e G. de Marchis (a cura di), "Da Roma all’oceano. La lingua portoghese nel mondo", La Nuova Frontiera, Roma, 2008.
Maria Eugenia Duarte, "Do pronome nulo ao pronome pleno: a trajetória do sujeito no português do Brasil",in ROBERTS, Ian & KATO, Mary A. (orgs.), Português brasileiro: Uma viagem diacrônica. Homenagem a Fernando Taral/o. Campinas: Editora da Unicamp, 1993.
Programme
In order to investigate metalinguistic reflection from a comparative perspective, the Portuguese Language 2B course aims to analyse a series of morpho-syntactic phenomena of European Portuguese (EP) and Brazilian Portuguese (BP).During the lessons, constructions of the standard grammar of Portuguese will be compared with constructions emerging in EP and neo-standard BP, investigating the following elements: a) the sentence and its constituents; b) grammatical valence and functions; c) verb classes and d) the communicative and semantic structure of the sentence.
Core Documentation
Carlos MIOTO; Maria SILVA; Ruth LOPES, Manual de sintaxe. Florianópolis, 2007.Silvia Rodrigues Vieira e Silvia Figueiredo Brandão, Ensino de gramática, desrição e uso, Editora Contexto, 2007.
Gian Luigi De Rosa, “Reflexos do processo de restandardização do PB no falado fílmico brasileiro contemporâneo”, in Augusto Soares da Silva, Amadeu Torres & Miguel Gonçalves (a cura di), "Línguas Pluricêntricas: Variação Linguística e Dimensões Sociocognitivas", Aletheia, Publicações da Faculdade de Filosofia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Braga, 2011.
Gian Luigi De Rosa, “Segmentazione e costruzioni marcate nel parlato filmico brasiliano contemporaneo”, in Sonia Netto Salomão, Giorgio de Marchis & Simone Celani (a cura di), Italia, Portogallo, Brasile: un incontro di storia, lingua e letteratura attraverso i secoli, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, Roma, 2014.
Inês Duarte, "O português moderno: da România à România nova", in G. Lanciani e G. de Marchis (a cura di), "Da Roma all’oceano. La lingua portoghese nel mondo", La Nuova Frontiera, Roma, 2008.
Maria Eugenia Duarte, "Do pronome nulo ao pronome pleno: a trajetória do sujeito no português do Brasil",in ROBERTS, Ian & KATO, Mary A. (orgs.), Português brasileiro: Uma viagem diacrônica. Homenagem a Fernando Taral/o. Campinas: Editora da Unicamp, 1993.
Reference Bibliography
Giulia Lanciani e Giuseppe Tavani, Grammatica Portoghese, Milano, Led –Edizioni Universitarie di Lettere Economia Diritto, 1993. Ataliba Teixeira de Castilho, Nova Gramática do Português Brasileiro, Ed. Contexto, 2011. Eduardo B. Paiva Raposo et alii, Gramática do Português, Gulbenkian, Vol. I e II, 2013; Vol. III, 2020. Mara Frascarelli et alii, Elementi di Sintassi, Caissa, 2012. Maria Helena Mira Mateus et alii, Gramática da Língua Portuguesa, Lisboa, Caminho, 2003.Type of delivery of the course
Lectures, workshops, seminars and conferences.Type of evaluation
The written and oral tests aim to assess the achievement of the expected learning outcomes.