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English Language 1 (for first-year students)

Mikaela CORDISCO English Language 1 (for first-year students)

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF6
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
2016/2017

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
ANNUALE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
945LESSONS


MIKAELA CORDISCO T Curriculum
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS AT ENABLING STUDENTS TO ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IN EVERYDAY SITUATIONS AND TO READ AND UNDERSTAND SHORT TEXTS. THE COURSE ALSO AIMS TO GUIDE STUDENTS TOWARDS THE USE OF THE MAIN TOOLS OF LANGUAGE LEARNING (DICTIONARIES, GRAMMAR BOOKS, SELF-ACCESS AND MULTIMEDIA TOOLS). BY THE END OF THE YEAR STUDENTS WILL HAVE APPROACHED A LEVEL OF COMPETENCE CORRESPONDING TO B2 OF THE COMMON EUROPEAN LANGUAGE FRAMEWORK.
AT THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO WORK ON FAMILIAR MATTERS ENCOUNTERED AT SCHOOL, WORK, LEISURE, ETC; PRODUCING SIMPLE CONNECTED TEXTS ON FAMILIAR TOPICS; DESCRIBING EXPERIENCES AND EVENTS, PLANS, HOPES AND AMBITIONS AND WILL BE ALSO ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE MAIN LINGUISTIC DIFFERENCES AMONG DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF ENGLISH.
Prerequisites
ELEMENTARY KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH (A2+ LEVEL OF THE COMMON EUROPEAN LANGUAGE FRAMEWORK).
Contents
THE COURSE WILL PROVIDE ANALYTICAL, DESCRIPTIVE AND PRACTICAL EXPOSURE TO DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN AUTHENTIC CONTEXTS AND WILL BE DEVOTED TO A LINGUISTIC OVERVIEW OF PRESENT-DAY ENGLISH, ANALYSING WRITTEN AND ORAL ENGLISH THROUGH THE STUDY OF LINGUISTICS (PHONOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX, SEMANTICS, PRAGMATICS, SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE VARIATION AND CHANGE). SPECIAL ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO THE DIASTRATIC AND DIATOPIC VARIATIES OF BRITISH ENGLISH AND TO THE ROLE OF ENGLISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE. AUTHENTIC MATERIALS SUCH AS DOCUMENTARIES, SONGS, FILMS, NEWSPAPER ARTICLES WILL BE USED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE. THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL LECTURES WILL BE SUPPORTED BY LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS.
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE CONSISTS OF A 45-HOUR SET OF LECTURES HELD BY THE PROFESSOR IN CHARGE IN THE SECOND SEMESTER SUPPORTED BY PRACTICAL LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES WITH NATIVE-SPEAKER LANGUAGE EXPERTS AND SELF-STUDY ALL YEAR ROUND.
CONSTANT AND ACTIVE ATTENDANCE TO LECTURES AND PRACTICAL LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES IN THE CLASSROOM AND/OR LANGUAGE LABS WITH NATIVE-SPEAKER LANGUAGE EXPERTS IS HIGHLY SUGGESTED.
Verification of learning
THE WRITTEN EXAM WILL BE TAKEN AT THE END OF THE WHOLE COURSE SINCE JUNE. ONLY STUDENTS WHO PASS THE WRITTEN EXAM CAN TAKE THE ORAL EXAM. THE WRITTEN EXAM CONTAINS LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR EXERCISES PLUS A READING AND A WRITING TASK.
THE ORAL EXAM CONSISTS OF THREE PARTS: LISTENING TEST, SPEAKING TEST AND LINGUISTICS EXAMINATION.

STUDENTS ATTENDING THE COURSE CAN TAKE PARTS OF THE EXAM DURING THE COURSE. CHECK THE PROFESSOR'S WEBPAGE FOR DETAILS.
Texts
V. PULCINI (A CURA DI), A HANDBOOK OF PRESENT-DAY ENGLISH, CAROCCI, 2009.

A. DOFF, C. THAINE, H. PUCHTA, J. STRANKS, P. LEWIS-JONE, EMPOWER B2 STUDENT'S BOOK WITH ONLINE ASSESSMENT AND PRATICE AND ONLINE WORKBOOK, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, ISBN 9781107468099

SUGGESTED TEXTS:
F. PICCHI, GRANDE DIZIONARIO DI INGLESE, MILANO, HOEPLI, 2003.G. BIBER, G. LEECH, S. CONRAD, LONGMAN STUDENT GRAMMAR OF SPOKEN AND WRITTEN ENGLISH, LONDON, LONGMAN, 2002.
OXFORD ADVANCED LEARNER'S DICTIONARY, 8TH EDITION, OXFORD, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2004.
More Information
STUDENTS ATTENDING ENGLISH LANGUAGE ADVANCED FOR THE DEGREE COURSE IN ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT (LINGUA INGLESE AVANZATO BINAZIONALE – PROF. MIKAELA CORDISCO) AND ERASMUS STUDENTS WHOSE SURNAMES BEGIN WITH LETTERS A-L ARE KINDLY INVITED TO EMAIL PROF. CORDISCO AT HER EMAIL ADDRESS MCORDISCO@UNISA.IT.

ERASMUS STUDENTS WHOSE SURNAMES BEGIN WITH LETTERS M-Z ARE HIGHLY INVITED TO CONTACT PROF. GUZZO AND VISIT HER DURING OFFICE HOURS FOR DETAILS.
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