GERMAN LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION 2

The course lays the basis of an intercultural dialogue by providing students them with essential tools to communicate within German-speaking countries by developing communicative, linguistic and cultural competence. For this purpose, there will be an organization of the course in a monographic section with lessons dedicated to theory linked with linguistic reflection and analysis by means of a comparative approach. The practical application delivers pragmatic-communicative competence and improves written and oral skills.

The program is divided in two modules: the first is dedicated to the acquisition of language skills of advanced degree (level B1-2 of the Common European Framework of Reference) with reflection of elements of German linguistics (types of sentences, syntagma, dependency grammar, verb valency, syntactic categories and functions); the second one covers development and trends of contemporary German which are analyzed from a sociolinguistic and pragmalinguistic perspective.

A - Fundamental aspects of grammar (level B1-2), in particular of syntax.

a) Course book:

- A. Buscha, S. Szita, J.-M. Deltorn, Begegnungen. Deutsch als Fremdsprache B1⁺. Integriertes Kurs- und Arbeitsbuch, Sprachniveau, Schubert, Leipzig 2008.

The two CD linked to the course book are suitable to be used for self learning.

b) Grammar books:

In alternative or integration:

- H. Dreyer, R. Schmitt, Grammatica tedesca con esercizi, München, Verlag für Deutsch, 2001.

- G. Helbig, J. Buscha, Übungsgrammatik Deutsch, Berlin-München, ⁵2004.

- M. Reimann, Grundstufen-Grammatik Deutsch als Fremdsprache, München, Hueber, 2012.

c) Syntax

In alternative or integration:

- C. Di Meola, La linguistica tedesca. Un’introduzione con esercizi e bibliografia ragionata, nuova edizione rivista e ampliata, Roma, Bulzoni Editore, 2007 (syntax chapter).

- K. Kessel, S. Reimann, Basiswissen Deutsche Gegenwartssprache, Tübingen/ Basel, Francke (UTB), ²2008 (syntax chapter).

- K. Pittner, Judith Berman, Deutsche Syntax. Ein Arbeitsbuch, Tübingen, Narr, ²2007.

- A. Tomaselli, Introduzione alla sintassi del tedesco, Bari, Edizioni B.A. Graphis, 2003.

B - Aspects of contemporary German

a) - S. M. Moraldo, M. Soffritti (eds), Deutsch aktuell. Einführung in die Tendenzen der deutschen Gegenwartssprache, Roma, Carocci, 2007 (selected chapters).

- S. M. Moraldo (eds), Deutsch aktuell 2. Einführung in die Tendenzen der deutschen Gegenwartssprache, Roma, Carocci, 2011 (selected chapters).

b) Dictionary Italian – German:

- L. Giacoma and S. Kolb (eds), Il nuovo dizionario di tedesco. Dizionario Tedesco-Italiano Italienisch-Deutsch, second edition, with CD-Rom, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2009.

c) Literary text:

- R. Wolf, Fettnäpfchenführer Berlin. Der Reiseknigge für 96 Kieze und ihre Spleens, Meerbusch, Conbook-Verlag, 2015