The 2nd yr Language and Translation course of Non-European language, comes under the core educational activities (Specialist languages, advanced language competences and linguistic mediation from/to languages of study) 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 Non-European language as well as the theoretical knowledge of the specialist languages, of the language and mediation activities and strategies , particularly in plurilingual contexts.
The course aims at providing:
-the achievement of competencies equivalent to the B1 level - Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) 2018 (https://rm.coe.int/cefr-companion-volume-with-new-descriptors-2018/1680787989), for all skills through reception, production, interaction, written and spoken mediation activities as well as their related strategies.
Deepening of the metalinguistic reflection also at comparative level: structural and typological aspects, sociolinguistic aspects, introduction to the study of language history.
Introduction to the knowledge and use of some lexicographic resources. (dictionaries, corpora and concordances)
Expected learning results: students will be able to use their first foreign language at a level equivalent to B1 level - Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) 2018 (https://rm.coe.int/cefr-companion-volume-with-new-descriptors-2018/1680787989), 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, at basic level, some lexicographic resources, 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.