Teaching plan for the course unit (Short version)
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General information

 

Course unit name: Italian for Business

Course unit code: 364262

Academic year: 2025-2026

Coordinator: Rosa Maria Torrens Guerrini

Department: Department of Modern Languages, Modern Literature and English Studies

Credits: 6

Single program: S

Estimated learning time

Total number of hours 150

 

Face-to-face and/or online activities

60

	-  Lecture with practical component	Face-to-face		30
	-  Student presentation and discussion	Face-to-face		30

Supervised project

40

Independent learning

50

Learning objectives

Referring to knowledge Grammar needed to communicate successfully, employing the corresponding language skills, in each communicative situation presented.   Referring to abilities, skills Communicative and sociocultural competence, primarily in the business and commercial domain. Oral and written production and comprehension techniques in the business domain.   Referring to attitudes, values and norms Teamwork, class participation, group motivation, weekend assignments, detection of learning problems and identification of solutions, regular completion of work and attendance at tutorials, among others.

 

 

Teaching blocks

 

Blocks 1-4

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Block 1
Business tools: linguistic intelligence
Oral and written production and comprehension techniques in the business domain

Block 2
Introductions
— Greetings, introducing yourself, introducing others, speaking about yourself
— Oral role plays

Block 3
Everyday situations
— Getting around the city (asking for directions, transport information, bars, restaurants)
— Asking for and giving information
— Holding a conversation appropriate to the situation and knowing how to reach a predetermined goal

Block 4
Business meetings: business trips
Travel agencies, airports, stations, hotels
— Have a basic knowledge of Italy’s physical and political geography
— Planning and taking a business trip: booking tickets, accommodation and cars
— Role play: phone calls and face-to-face interactions
— Writing emails

Blocks 5-6

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Block 5
Human resource management: job offers and requests, the world of work (1)
— Understanding and preparing job ads
— Understanding a CV
— Writing ads (text typology)

Block 6
Personnel recruitment (1)
Interviews
— Talking about yourself and your company using conversational management strategies and respecting discourse devices of cohesion and coherence

Course bibliography

*  To be able to follow the course, the following documents must be obtained:

 

1) Luciana Ziglio, Giovanna Rizzo,New Express 1. Alma Edizioni (latest edition).

2) A dossier of photocopies from the copy service (Diagonal 696).

 

 

Official assessment of learning outcomes

 

Continuous assessment is recommended for students who attend class regularly, as tests are set throughout the entire teaching period. The mode of assessment chosen may depend on the entry level of the student, and the decision should be made by the student following this basic structure: — First test: grammar and oral communication (30%). — Second examination (end of semester): grammar, oral and reading comprehension, oral expression, written communication (50%). — Written course exercises (15%). — Face-to-face and online participation, computer exercises, weekend activities (5%). To be eligible for the continuous mode of assessment, students must attend at least 80% of the classes. In any other circumstances, the student and instructor should confer to decide together on the most suitable way to proceed. Repeat assessment for students opting for continuous assessment Students who fail the continuous mode of course assessment are eligible for repeat assessment. The content, procedures, and evaluation criteria are the same as those used in the single assessment format.   Examination-based assessment Students who opt for single assessment sit a final examination covering the entire content of the course. The examination tests grammar, oral and reading comprehension, and oral and written communication. To be eligible for the continuous mode of assessment, students must attend at least 80% of the classes. In any other circumstances, the student and instructor should confer to decide together on the most suitable way to proceed. Repeat assessment for students opting for single assessment Students who fail the single mode of course assessment are eligible for repeat assessment. The content, procedures, and evaluation criteria are the same as those used in the single assessment format.

Reading and study resources

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Book

BAILINI, Sonia; CONSONNO, Silvia. Verbi italiani : grammatica esercizi e giochi. Firenze : ALMA, última edició

Catàleg UB  

CALVO RIGUAL, Cesáreo; GIORDANO, Anna. Diccionario italiano : italiano-español, español-italiano. Barcelona : Herder, 2003

Catàleg UB  

CHERUBINI, Nicoletta. Convergenze : iperlibro di italiano per affari : consapevolezze, conoscenze e strumenti per la comunicazione negli affari e nel lavoro : livello QCER: B2-C2. Roma : Bonacci, 2012

Catàleg UB  

CONSTANTINO, Anna; RIVIECCIO, Antonella. Obiettivo professione : corso di italiano per scorpi professionali : livelo A2-B1. Formello : Bonacci, 2011

Catàleg UB  

DE GIULI, Alessandro. Le Preposizioni italiane. Firenze : Alma, 2008

Catàleg UB  

FORAPANI, Daniela. Italiano per giuristi. Firenze : Alma, 2003

Catàleg UB  

LOMBARDO, Danielas; NOSENGO, Laura; SANGUINETI, Anna María. L’Italiano con la pubblicità : imparare l’italiano con gli spot televisivi : elementare. Perugia : Guerra, 2008

Catàleg UB  

NADDEO, Ciro Massimo. I Pronomi italiani : grammatica, esercizi, giochi.  Firenze : Alma, 2016

Catàleg UB  

NADDEO, Ciro Massimo. Italiano per economisti. Firenze : Alma, 2003

Catàleg UB  

NOCCHI, Susanna. Nuova grammatica pratica della lingua italiana : esercizi, test, giochi. 1a ed. Firenze : Alma, última edició

Catàleg UB  

PELIZZA, Giovanna;  MEZZADRI, Marco. L’Italiano in azienda. Perugia : Guerra, 2002

Catàleg UB  

PELLIZZARI DENESSE, Piero. (dir). Dizionario tecnico & commerciale spagnolo-italiano, italiano-spagnolo. Firenze : Sansoni, 1994

Catàleg UB  

SOLSONA i BRILLAS, Xavier; SÁNCHEZ i VAQUÉ, Oriol; TRILLA i SEGURA, Jordi. (eds). Diccionari bàsic català-italià, italià-català. Barcelona : Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2004

Catàleg UB  

ZIGLIO, Luciana;  RIZZO, Giovanna.  Nuovo Espresso 1 : corso di italiano : libro dello studente e esercizi. Firenze : Alma, 2014

Catàleg UB  

ZINGARELLI, Nicola. Il Nuovo Zingarelli minore : vocabolario della lingua italiana : Zanichelli, ultima edició.

ZINGARELLI, Nicola. Lo Zingarelli : vocabolario della lingua italiana. 12. ed. [edició a cura de DOGLIOTTI, M., ROSIELLO, L.]  Bologna : Zanichelli, última edició

Leila Brioschi Il mio diario di italiano- Livello elementare, Alma Edizioni, 2021

Web page

http://www.grandidizionari.it/Dizionario_Spagnolo-Italiano.aspx

Dizionario bilingue Italiano¿Spagnolo, Laura Tam

http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/

Vocabolario Treccani

https://www.wordreference.com/ites/