Romance languages for the humanities and for language enthusiasts. Italian, Spanish, French: a contrastive introduction

About this programme

The course provides an introduction to Italian, Spanish, and French from a contrastive perspective. The Romance languages and their emergence from Latin are introduced as cultural and linguistic phenomena. The foundations of Italian, Spanish, and French grammar and vocabulary are established contrastively with the following objectives: Module 1: Introduction to Romance Languages, 1.5 credits A fundamental introduction to Romance languages as a linguistic phenomenon, also covering the basics of the linguistic systems' structures, as well as elementary rules for writing and pronunciation in Italian, Spanish, and French, from a contrastive perspective. Module 2: Basic Contrastive Morphology and Grammar, 4 credits Foundations are established, through a contrastive lens, for Italian, Spanish, and French regarding: articles, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, as well as parts of the verb system and general grammatical phenomena. Module 3: Contrastive Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, and Translation, 2 credits Core vocabulary is introduced and analyzed from a contrastive perspective. The comprehension and translation of simple texts in all three languages is practiced and assessed, building upon the knowledge acquired in the previous modules. Your message goes to Infocenter, and they’ll make sure it gets to the right person – so you get the best and most relevant reply.