Italian
BENVENUTI A SHEFFIELD! WELCOME TO SHEFFIELD!
NB - Italian Q&A on Thursday 21st Sept at 1pm in Jessop West SR8!
Studying Italian at Sheffield University will be a very enjoyable and rewarding experience. We offer a variety of modules for students with no prior knowledge of Italian and for those who wish to progress from a higher level.
The tutors are supportive and encouraging and will help you learn in a relaxed and collaborative atmosphere that will allow you to become a confident and independent learner. Topics are interesting and stimulating and grammar is taught within the context of what is being discussed in class so that you can immediately use it and really understand it.
Alessia Brighi, Italian Co-ordinator, and some of the 2022 Italian finalists
What our students say
Video Testimonial:
In June 2022 we interviewed five of our linguists on the BA in Modern Languages and Cultures. Four of them have now graduated whilst Charlotte will be on her Year Abroad from September 2022 and will then return to our Higher Advanced module in 2023.
We asked them what they thought about our classes, the topics covered and more in general why they had picked Italian in their first year at Sheffield.
Enjoy!
Ruth's Testimonial:
"I’m Ruth and I studied Italian alongside French and German as part of the BA Modern Languages degree at Sheffield. I had no prior knowledge of Italian before starting but it became my favourite language thanks to the teaching and the very tangible progress we were making every week. With the Beginners Accelerated course, we could have basic conversations by Christmas of first year. Four years later we were presenting on topics such as the migrant crisis and Italy’s colonial past.
The language classes included studying films, culture and politics and we often had the chance to choose our own topics to research. Public speaking became a lot less daunting as the course progressed which massively helped with other parts of my degree! The tutors got to know us all well and were attentive to not just our strengths and weaknesses in Italian, but also our personalities and the ways in which we learned best.
Italian is an ideal language within the BAMLC course and fits well with languages like French and Spanish. Despite only being 20 credits of my degree, studying Italian has given me so much over the past four years. There are so many people and places I would never have got to know had I not chosen Italian!"
Our modules for linguists
Beginners - 1st Year
You can start Italian with no prior knowledge here at Sheffield with our Intensive Beginners course (please read the slide on MLT933/934 to find out more); You will then progress to Italian Intermediate in your second year and then to Italian Advanced in your final year.
Contact hours: 4 per week
Format: highly interactive, small group seminars.
Assessment:
Formative coursework
Speaking Assessment
Writing Exam
Entry requirements: No previous learning experience of Italian. If you have any formal or informal background in Italian, please get in touch with the Italian Co-ordinator (a.brighi@sheffield.ac.uk) and she will be able to advise you on what module is best for you.
For a full list of modules and levels on offer please go to the MLTC Italian page on our website.
Useful links
Find us on Facebook and join our group Italian at the MLTC
Contact Alessia Brighi (a.brighi@sheffield.ac.uk). You can even book a quick online chat if you prefer. Here is a link to her calendar (look for student consultations)
Find the Italian Society on Facebook and during Intro Week at the Student Societies Fair
Ci vediamo presto! See you soon!
Come to meet us at the Italian Q&A
on Thursday 21st at 1pm
in Jessop West Seminar Room 8
Marta and Lucy (Italian PAL Leaders) with the Italian Co-ordinator
Having fun at Graduation 2022
Ruth and Ian (who were awarded the Liz White prize for Italian) with the Italian Co-ordinator and Liz White