One of the main aims of this Course of Study is the acquisition of competences in two foreign languages, which is based on the development of the four written-oral skills in reception and production, to analyse the study of intercultural and transcultural phenomena through the tools and methodologies of linguistic and philological analysis, as well as the theory and practice of translation. German Language and Translation II is amongst the core courses activities of the "Language and translation" area. The aim of the module is to provide students with level B1 language skills and strategies (based on the CEFR). It also aims to develop reflection on the cultural context, examining the general lines of linguistic history, as well as to systematically explore the syntactic structures of German. Students will be able to put into practice the acquired linguistic and communicative skills in reception, production, and interaction; to rewrite a text, also from a transmedia point of view; they will also increase communicative skills and intercultural competences, thanks to the overview of German linguistic history. Requirements: German Language and Translation I.
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The course is divided into two parts. The first part outlines the polycentric history of the German language from its Germanic origins to the present day, contextualising it within the major cultural transformations in the broadest sense, focusing on phenomena such as medieval mysticism or the Lutheran Reformation, and examining the linguistic aspects of political and social phenomena such as nineteenth-century linguistic nationalism, Nazism and the division of the two Germanys, or the languages of globalisation.
In the second part, dedicated to contemporary German, the syntactic structures of German will be studied in order to develop strategies for reading and understanding short texts.
In addition to the lecturer’s lectures, students are expected to write short reports and essays, as well as to participate in academic and cultural events organised by the German Language and Translation Department
1. Marina Foschi Albert / Marianne Hepp: Manuale di storia della lingua tedesca, Liguori (also available as a pdf-book)
Or Sandra Bosco Coletsos: Storia della lingua tedesca, Rosenberg & Sellier
2. Donatella Mazza: La lingua tedesca. Storia e testi, Carocci (only the parts in Italian)
3. Hardarik Blühdorn – Marina Foschi, Lettura e comprensione del testo in lingua tedesca (ed. plus/Pisa University Press)
Further materials will be provided during the course and will be available on Moodle after each lesson
Programme
Linguistic History of German-speaking Countries / Sentence StructureThe course is divided into two parts. The first part outlines the polycentric history of the German language from its Germanic origins to the present day, contextualising it within the major cultural transformations in the broadest sense, focusing on phenomena such as medieval mysticism or the Lutheran Reformation, and examining the linguistic aspects of political and social phenomena such as nineteenth-century linguistic nationalism, Nazism and the division of the two Germanys, or the languages of globalisation.
In the second part, dedicated to contemporary German, the syntactic structures of German will be studied in order to develop strategies for reading and understanding short texts.
In addition to the lecturer’s lectures, students are expected to write short reports and essays, as well as to participate in academic and cultural events organised by the German Language and Translation Department
Core Documentation
1. Marina Foschi Albert / Marianne Hepp: Manuale di storia della lingua tedesca, Liguori (also available as a pdf-book)
Or Sandra Bosco Coletsos: Storia della lingua tedesca, Rosenberg & Sellier
2. Donatella Mazza: La lingua tedesca. Storia e testi, Carocci (only the parts in Italian)
3. Hardarik Blühdorn – Marina Foschi, Lettura e comprensione del testo in lingua tedesca (ed. plus/Pisa University Press)
Further materials will be provided during the course and will be available on Moodle after each lesson
Attendance
higly recommendedType of evaluation
Oral examination on the history of the language For the section on sentence structure: analyse a few German sentences, identifying the functions and order of the parts of speech