LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION FROM ITALIAN INTO SPANISH AND FROM SPANISH INTO ITALIAN

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

L0863

Academic Year of enrolment:

2018

Year of supply:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in LINGUISTIC MEDIATION AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Disciplinary Sector:

Spanish Language and Translation

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

COLANTONIO CLAUDIA

PICCIONI Sara

Cycle:

Single Annual Cycle

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

228

Prerequisites:

In order to access this class, students need to have oral and written comprehension and production skills corresponding to Level A2 of CEFR for Spanish. In order to sit the exam for this class, students must have passed the 1st year exam of Spanish Language.

Objectives

At the end of the course, students will:
- have acquired the reading and aural comprehension skills, as well as the writing and speaking skills covered by the coursebook
- be able to write a narrative text
- have become aware of the challenges posed by translation at the linguistic, textual, cultural and stylistic levels
- have acquired basic documentation skills for translation

Contents

The class is split into 2 parts:

- Spanish Language (6 credits): Acquisition of level B1 of CEFR with a special focus on the production of narrative texts

- Translation (6 credits): Spanish into Italian and Italian into Spanish translation of descriptive, narrative, instructive and argumentative texts

Extended Syllabus

CONTENTS:
The class is split into 2 parts:

- Spanish Language (6 credits): Acquisition of level B1 of CEFR with a special focus on the production of narrative texts

- Translation (6 credits): Spanish into Italian and Italian into Spanish translation of descriptive, narrative, instructive and argumentative texts

READING LIST:

1) Spanish language module:

- Coursebook:

Aula Internacional 3 – Nueva Edición – Libro del Alumno (ed. Difusión)
https://www.difusion.com/tienda/aula-internacional-3-nueva-edicion

Geolinguistics in the hispanic countries:
Moreno Fernández F. – Otero Roth J. (1998) “Demografía de la lengua
española”, Anuario del Instituto Cervantes. El español en el mundo.
Madrid, Arco/Libros.
Moreno Fernández F. – Otero Roth J. (2008). Atlas de la lengua española
en el mundo. Barcelona, Editorial Ariel.

- For the oral exam, students are required to read 3 books (novels, short
story collections, essays) among these ones:
- Manolito Gafotas (Elvira Lindo)
- En ausencia de Blanca (Antonio Muñoz Molina)
- El laberinto de las aceitunas (Eduardo Mendoza)
- Chico y Rita (Mariscal / Trueba)
- Como agua para chocolate (Laura Esquivel)

RECOMMENDED REFERENCE MATERIAL:

Reference grammar (with exercises and keys for self-study):

Gramática básica del estudiante de español (ed. Difusión)
https://www.difusion.com/tienda/gramatica-basica-del-estudiante-de-espan...

Recommended manuals for the analysis and production of narrative texts:
Álvarez, M. (2010). Tipos de escrito I: narración y descripción. Ed. ArcoLibros
http://www.arcomuralla.com/detalle_libro.php?id=55

Recommended monolingual dictionary
Diccionario Clave

Recommended bilingual dictionary
Il Grande Dizionario di Spagnolo (Zanichelli)

2) Translation module:

Hurtado Albir, A. (2001). Traducción y traductología. Madrid: Cátedra.
Moya, V. (2004). La selva de la traducción. Teorías traductológicas contemporáneas. Madrid: Cátedra.

Dictionaries:
CLAVE. Diccionario de uso del español. Madrid: Ediciones SM. (disponible en: http://clave.smdiccionarios.com/app.php)
De Mauro, Il dizionario della lingua italiana (DM). Torino: Paravia. (http://dizionario.internazionale.it/)

GOALS
At the end of the course, students will:
- have acquired the reading and aural comprehension skills, as well as the writing and speaking skills covered by the coursebook
- be able to write a narrative text
- have become aware of the challenges posed by translation at the linguistic, textual, cultural and stylistic levels
- have acquired basic documentation skills for translation

METHODS
The course consists of: (a) classes held by the instructor(s); (b) practical sessions held by the lector(s).

The classes offered by the instructor(s) are both lectures (aimed at providing the necessary theoretical background) and seminars (with students' active participation).

The practical sessions with the lector(s) are highly interactive and are necessary to acquire the language skills needed to successfully complete the final exam.

For these reasons, attendance of both the instructors' and lectors' classes is strongly recommended.

ASSESSMENT
Assessment for this module consists of a written and an oral exam.

The written exam consists of:
1) Grammar and reading comprehension test (based on the contents of the coursebook and the lector’s sessions): successful completion of this test is a pre-requisite for accessing the other parts of the written exam.
2) Written composition (narrative text)
3) Translation: brief Spanish into Italian and Italian into Spanish translations (approx. 200 words each) of descriptive, narrative, instructive and argumentative texts.

The oral exam consists of:
4) Oral comprehension test (based on the contents of the coursebook and the lector's practical sessions)
5) Conversation aimed at testing speaking and oral interaction skills. The conversation will focus on the readings chosen by the student among those recommended by the instructor during the course. It will also aim to test the oral skills covered in the coursebook.

Evaluation of the class is expressed with a mark out of 30, resulting from the arithmetic mean of the marks obtained in each of the parts of the exam.

Recommended Bibliography

1) Spanish language module:

- Coursebook:

Aula Internacional 3 – Nueva Edición – Libro del Alumno (ed. Difusión)
https://www.difusion.com/tienda/aula-internacional-3-nueva-edicion

Geolinguistics in the hispanic countries:
Moreno Fernández F. – Otero Roth J. (1998) “Demografía de la lengua española”, Anuario del Instituto Cervantes. El español en el mundo. Madrid, Arco/Libros.
Moreno Fernández F. – Otero Roth J. (2008). Atlas de la lengua española en el mundo. Barcelona, Editorial Ariel.

- For the oral exam, students are required to read 3 books (novels, short story collections, essays) among these ones:
- Manolito Gafotas (Elvira Lindo)
- En ausencia de Blanca (Antonio Muñoz Molina)
- El laberinto de las aceitunas (Eduardo Mendoza)
- Chico y Rita (Mariscal / Trueba)
- Como agua para chocolate (Laura Esquivel)

RECOMMENDED REFERENCE MATERIAL:

Reference grammar (with exercises and keys for self-study):

Gramática básica del estudiante de español (ed. Difusión)
https://www.difusion.com/tienda/gramatica-basica-del-estudiante-de-espan...

Recommended monolingual dictionary
Diccionario Clave

Recommended bilingual dictionary
Il Grande Dizionario di Spagnolo (Zanichelli)

2) Translation module:

Hurtado Albir, A. (2001). Traducción y traductología. Madrid: Cátedra.
Moya, V. (2004). La selva de la traducción. Teorías traductológicas contemporáneas. Madrid: Cátedra.

Teaching Methods

The course consists of: (a) classes held by the instructor(s); (b) practical sessions held by the lector(s).

The classes offered by the instructor(s) are both lectures (aimed at providing the necessary theoretical background) and seminars (with students' active participation).

The practical sessions with the lector(s) are highly interactive and are necessary to acquire the language skills needed to successfully complete the final exam.

For these reasons, attendance of both the instructors' and lectors' classes is strongly recommended.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Assessment for this module consists of a written and an oral exam.

The oral exam consists of:
5) Oral comprehension test (based on the contents of the coursebook and the lector's practical sessions)
6) Conversation aimed at testing speaking and oral interaction skills. The conversation will focus on the readings chosen by the student among those recommended by the instructor during the course. It will also aim to test the oral skills covered in the coursebook.

Evaluation of the class is expressed with a mark out of 30, resulting from the arithmetic mean of the marks obtained in each of the parts of the exam.

Contacts/More Information

SYLLABUS VALIDITY
The syllabus is valid for the whole 2019/2020 academic year (until the exam session of January/February 2021). For the final grade to be officially registered, students must have successfully completed all the parts of the exam by the last session of the 2019-2020 academic year.

NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS AND BEGINNERS
The syllabus is the same for all students, whether attending or not: non-attending students will autonomously revise and practice the contents and the oral and written skills included in the coursebook, possibly integrating it with the additional recommended reference material.

INSTRUCTORS' OFFICE HOURS
Information about office hours can be found here:
https://www.lingue.unich.it/node/6857
Students are kindly requested to regularly check the page for date/time changes.

LECTOR SESSIONS
The language skills included in the coursebook are developed and practiced during the practical sessions with the lector(s). Attendance of these sessions is therefore essential in order to reach the target language level and for oral and written exam preparation.
The lector can be reached at: s.canas@unich.it

LECTOR'S OFFICE HOURS
The lector's office hours can be found here: https://cla.unich.it/offerta-didattica/ricevimento-studenti

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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