FPF:UCJITBP017 Contemporary Italian Life and - Course Information
UCJITBP017 Contemporary Italian Life and Institutions 1
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaWinter 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jaroslava Malá (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Jaroslava Malá
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Italian (programme FPF, ITAL-bpk)
- Course objectives
- In the subject, students follow up on the knowledge gained in the compulsory subject History and Reality of Italy 1 and 2. The aim of the seminar is to provide an overall picture of Italy including, in addition to other geographical knowledge, also knowledge about the important economic and social aspects of the country. Emphasis is placed on understanding the functioning of the political system and the role of the mass media in the present time. The content of the subject is partly changeable. It can be supplemented with topics from the students themselves according to their professional interests. Student presentations on the agreed topic will be the content of the seminars.
- Learning outcomes
- The student knows:
- describe the Italian peninsula;
- analyze the Italian economic situation;
- understand the state order;
- specify Italy´s role in the European Union;
- get to know the mass media in Italy;
- identify the journalistic language and the language of advertising in the corresponding texts;
- prepare a presentation on the agreed theme. - Syllabus
- Osnova:
- 1. Introduction to the course. Presentation preparation methodology.
- 2. The Italian peninsula: the territory.
- 3. The Italian peninsula: the mountain ranges and the plains.
- 4. The Italian peninsula: the rivers and lakes, the climate.
- 5. The Italian peninsula: economic resources.
- 6. The Italian state: the organization of the state.
- 7. The Italian state: the powers of the state.
- 8. The Italian state: local authorities.
- 9. Italy and the European Union.
- 10. Mass media and society: the press and television.
- 11. Mass media and society: journalistic language.
- 12. Mass media and society: the world of the Internet.
- 13. Summary.
- Literature
- required literature
- La Scala, Silvana. Alla scoperta dell´Italia. Milano, Hoepli, 2012. ISBN 978-88-203.5182-3
- Teaching methods
- reading, class discussion, homework, presentations
- Assessment methods
- active work in the seminar, 80% participation in the seminars, doing homework, preparing the presentation
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2024, recent)
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