- Docente: Marco Prandoni
- Credits: 9
- SSD: L-LIN/16
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Foreign Languages and Literature (cod. 0979)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Asian Languages, Markets and Cultures (cod. 0980)
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course the student will have acquired a basic knowledge of the grammar and vocabulary of Dutch, being able to handle simple situations with an elementary competence of spoken and written language. His/her competence will correspond to level A1 of the European Framework of Reference.
Course contents
a) History of the Dutch language. Cultural history of the Low Countries.
b) Linguistic activities (dott. Van der Heide) with the following themes: Identity (name, occupation, family), Space (house and home, nation, origin), Time (counting, chronology, narrative /Tense and time), Things and processes (eating and drinking, buying and selling, booking and ordering, presenting; taste, preference and habits). Phonology and Morphology: vowels, consonants and diphthongs; syllables, compounds. Grammar: the main clause, the verbal group, time and aspect, modality, nouns and adjectives. Pronouns, prepositions and adverbs.
Readings/Bibliography
a) O. Vandeputte - J.H. Meter - R. Del Pezzo Costabile, Il nederlandese, Stichting Ons Erfdeel, Rekkem 1984; E.H. Kossmann - J.A. Kossmann Putto, I Paesi Bassi, Stichting Ons Erfdeel, Rekkem 1993; E. Besamusca - J. Verheul (ed.), Discovering the Dutch. On Culture and Society of the Netherlands, AUP, Amsterdam, 2010; J. Bouveroux, "The Political Expression of Flemish Nationalism" inThe Low Countries, 20 (2012), pp. 140-149; B.C. Donaldson, Dutch. A Linguistic History ofHolland and Belgium, M. Nijhoff, Leiden, 1983.
b) O. Boers, M. Heijne, CODE, Basisleergang Nederlands voor anderstaligen, 1, ThiemeMeulenhoff, Utrecht/Zutphen, 2004; J. van der Toorn-Schutte, Klare Taal!, Uitgebreide basisgrammatica NT2, Boom, Amsterdam, 2003; D. Ross, E. Koenraads, Grammatica neerlandese di base, Milano: Hoepli, 2007; H. van der Heide,Syllabus Taalverwerving.
Teaching methods
Students will participate actively with oral presentations.
Assessment methods
a) Oral exam. Oral presentations.
b) Written and spoken language test.
Teaching tools
The acquisition of linguistic skills may be supplemented with self access e-learning provided by https//e-localcourses.eu
Office hours
See the website of Marco Prandoni