Studying in Italian - Science and Mathematics: a MOVE-ME Project Course (FutureLearn)

Studying in Italian - Science and Mathematics: a MOVE-ME Project Course (FutureLearn)

Study Science and Maths in Italian and develop the skills you need when you take part in a European student mobility programme. Each year thousands of students travel across Europe to study in a foreign language like Italian. This can be daunting, even for those who are fluent. This online course from UniStraSi will help, guiding you through the peculiarities of academic discourse in Italian, and enabling you to understand and produce written and aural academic texts.

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This course focuses on Science and Maths. Other courses on Language and Literature and Law and Economics are available.

What topics will you cover?

  • Increase students’ awareness of the language learning process and knowing how to use effective learning strategies
  • Improve students’ understanding of written and oral expository texts relating to specific disciplines and belonging to various genres
  • Improve the quality of oral and written expository texts produced by students
  • Improve students’ performance at oral and written exams
  • Support students in learning to learn

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

  • Explore your ability to learn a language
  • Apply learning strategies
  • Perform an oral exam
  • Improve writing skills
  • Reflect on the main features of expository texts
  • Develop skills and strategies to properly understand lectures and written academic texts
  • Perform different ways to listen and read academic texts relating to different tasks
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