Italian Language Instruction

Catalog description

The course is focused on translating complex texts, like scholarly literature on Art History and Archaeology. The objective of the course for the students is to learn the basic usage of written Italian language, to gain the ability to translate advanced texts and expert words, and to improve knowledge of Italian language and culture. The adopted methodology and strategies pivot on an intensive grammar introduction and revision, with focused exercises, acompanied by the reading, translation, and discussion on different type of specialized texts. The syntactic analysis of a text, along with the knowledge of the vocabulary used by Art Historian, leads the students to the choice of the appropriate translation technique, and to the correct understanding of scholarly texts. The course is open to beginners, intermediate, and advanced students: there will be an initial assessment of the level of knowledge of the participants, thereby the lesson will be tailored to meet the needs, the goals, and the skills of the learners.