Linguistic and Intercultural Mediation

The degree course in Linguistic and Intercultural Mediation has the objective of meeting the two-fold need for a linguistic-literary and cultural preparation. This educational requirement arises from the fact that the role of the linguistic mediator, who effectively needs to be concerned with all areas of international communication in an increasingly globalized world, requires more varied skills in addition to merely linguistic ones. Such additional skills, which build on the fundamental solid linguistic-literary cultural grounding, include both juridical and IT competences.

The linguistic mediators use their own linguistic-interdisciplinary preparation in order to either operate directly or to teach others the use of linguistic structures directed at institutional-cultural agencies operating in multi-ethnic and multicultural contexts, both nationally and internationally. These objectives are achieved from the first year of the course due to the in-depth study, both practical and theoretical, of two foreign languages (three-year degree) and Italian, as well as a third foreign language (biennial or three-year). In the successive years, in addition to the development of linguistic structures and theoretical reflection, the students acquire further in-depth historical-cultural and literary knowledge concerning the contextualization of the languages  studied. This is carried out through lectures, practical application, seminars and various activities of a collateral nature (participation in conventions, conferences, cine-forums in foreign languages).