The three-year degree course in Science and Technique of Linguistic Mediation aims to train professionals capable of operating independently in contexts where linguistic assistance is required for mediation/communication, for tourism, commercial and technical purposes.
It is divided into three curricula: Standard Curriculum, Curriculum for Albanian speakers, Double degree with the University of Vlora (Albania).
In the Standard Curriculum, the skills necessary to achieve the planned educational objectives are acquired through the study of the English language, as well as through the study of a second foreign language chosen from French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Turkish and Albanian and a further language chosen from German, Portuguese/Brazilian, Arabic and Japanese. In this curriculum, the student focuses in particular on translation (both written and oral) in the English-Italian language pair.
In the second curriculum, with an international focus and designed specifically for Albanian-speaking students, the skills needed to achieve the educational objectives are acquired through the study of the English language, the Albanian language and a further foreign language chosen from German, Portuguese/Brazilian, Arabic, Japanese and English. The student focuses in particular on translation (both written and oral) in the Albanian-English language pair. In this curriculum, Italian is the vehicular language for cross-disciplinary courses and is the specific object of study in the Italian language and Italian literature courses, also included in the Standard Curriculum.
In the double degree program with the University of Vlora, the objectives are achieved through the study of the English language, the Albanian language and a further foreign language chosen from German, Arabic and English. The student focuses in particular on translation (both written and oral) in the Albanian-English language pair. The first and third year of the course will be attended at Unisalento and the second year at the partner university.
In general, the graduate in Science and Technique of Linguistic Mediation will be trained in transversal disciplinary knowledge such as Italian literature and linguistics, semiotics and general linguistics, geography and history, fundamental knowledge that will allow the future professional to operate critically and to succeed in cultural mediation tasks without incurring errors in the interpretative evaluation of texts and contexts. Graduates also possess basic computer skills.

Admission to the Course requires a high school diploma or equivalent qualification or other qualification obtained abroad and recognized as suitable according to the requirements set by current regulations. Taking into account the specific educational objectives of the Course, a good preparation in the humanities subjects generally studied in school curricula, such as history and geography, is particularly required. Furthermore, a good preparation in the field of English and any other languages that form a language pair in specific translation courses in the degree course is required. The Course will activate preventive, selective verification procedures of the minimum requirements and any OFA must be remedied during the first year of the course, as detailed in the Admission Procedures section.

The three-year degree course concludes with a final written exam, an important part of the student's educational path. The exam consists of a short essay and offers the student the opportunity to individually develop a work, allowing him to make use of the knowledge acquired over the three years. The final essay will be in Italian or, given the importance of the linguistic component of the degree course, totally or partially in a foreign language.

The final exam, due to its content and methodology adopted in its drafting, contributes to the educational objectives of the Course in Science and Technique of Linguistic Mediation, aimed at training the professional figure of linguistic mediator, in a context in which linguistic assistance takes place both at a written and oral level.

The final exam will be a written essay pertaining to one of the subjects studied by the student in the course of study. The essay may be of a compilation, experimental or analytical nature, and may also be linked to the work experience of the internship, if this has had a strong connection with the course of study undertaken. In this case, the thesis will consist of an analytical commentary on the internship experience that highlights the references to the study path.

The planning, development and writing of the final thesis imply the student's ability to put into practice the analysis and research methodologies studied, as well as to critically analyze and rework a series of theoretical contents relating to the area chosen for the final exam.
The latter is therefore configured as a moment of synthesis and application of the contents studied during the three-year course.

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Double Degree

Ismail Qemali University of Vlora (Albania)