UCJIOPBP10 Practical language skills 3

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Romana Kovaliková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
dott. Matteo Maria Quintiliani, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
dott. Matteo Maria Quintiliani, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable of Seminar Groups
UCJIOPBP10/A: Mon 9:45–11:20 310 and each even Wednesday 9:45–11:20 PrPed, each even Thursday 15:35–17:10 PrPed, R. Kovaliková, M. Quintiliani
Prerequisites
no
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Practical Exercises in Italian 3 builds on the previous block of exercises and is focused on further developing and improving students' practical language knowledge and communication skills, mastering more demanding passages in Italian grammar, as well as expanding vocabulary. Students approach the level of individual users of the language. Teaching according to the Czech textbook is complemented by Italian study texts, listening and reading moderately difficult literary and non-literary texts on current topics, which helps develop students' ability to understand spoken and written words and also serves as a basis for discussion, conversational and written exercises on common topics. The conversational component of the course creates an opportunity for students to get acquainted with the graphic structure of an Italian newspaper and to understand a newspaper article.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- master Italian at the A2-B1 level;
- deepen their knowledge of grammar, including the use of technical terminology;
- understands authentic spoken text and is able to comment on it;
- can understand and translate more professional written text and process a summary;
- can express and defend his opinion.
Syllabus

    1.     Lesson 26A – I Requiem di Verdi a Verona: pluperfect preterite (trapassato remoto), past gerund (gerundio passato), shortening of clauses using the past gerund


    2.     Lesson 26B – In 500.000 ad ascoltare buona musica – La prima del “Nabucco”: reading, listening and vocabulary


    3.     Lesson 26C – Muti porta Verdi e La Scala a Gerusalemme – Dopo il teatro: culture, music, theatre, conversation


    4.     Lesson 27A – Ci vediamo questo fine-settimana?: gender of nouns


    5.     Lesson 27B/C – La prima passeggiata a Firenze; Programma di una gita a Praga: travelling, the city, planning a trip, conversation


    6.     Lesson 28A – Papà e mamma non amano le favole: future perfect (futuro anteriore), forms of the past infinitive, shortening of temporal and subject clauses, expressing anteriority


    7.     Mid-term test – Lessons 26–28


    8.     Lesson 28B/C – La camicia dell’uomo contento; A sbagliare le storie: reading, vocabulary, grammar practice


    9.     Lesson 29A – Non prendetevela con vostro figlio: past conditional (condizionale passato), the pronominal particle la, non-finite verb forms, shortening of consecutive and causal clauses, the verb dolere


    10.  Lesson 29B/C – Mini-intervista con Pietro Mennea – Dino Meneghin; Lo sport vale più di un pugno di pillole: sport, interviews, reading and conversation


    11.  Lesson 30A – Rapina in una banca: sequence of tenses, subordinate clauses introduced by prepositions, plural forms of nouns with two plural forms


    12.  Lesson 30B/C + Revisione III – Un piano diabolico: comprehensive revision of Lessons 26–30

Literature
    required literature
  • Bahníková, A. a kol. Italština. Praha: Leda, 2023.
Teaching methods
exercises, reading, homework
Assessment methods
active participation in seminars (min. 80%), two written tests with different types of exercises and translation
Language of instruction
Italian
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024, Winter 2025.
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