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Clotilde Galano Foreign Language

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DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE UMANE, FILOSOFICHE E DELLA FORMAZIONE
EQF6
EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE
2020/2021



OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
550LAB
CLOTILDE GALANO T Curriculum
Objectives
THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE ARE:
1) DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO USE ENGLISH AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATIVE INTERACTION WITH AN ENRICHMENT OF TRANSVERSE AND INTERCULTURAL SKILLS IN ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES;
2) GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOUR BASIC LANGUAGE SKILLS: READING, WRITING, LISTENING AND SPEAKING;
3) IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING AND USE OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE STRUCTURES AND LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS TO THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK LEVEL B1/B2;
4) DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF TECHNICAL, PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC TEXTS;
5) ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO USE THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE;
6) TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO STUDY INDEPENDENTLY.

THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE MODULE IS TO PROVIDE THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE KEY POINTS OF TOPICS THAT CONCERN THE STUDY, WORK LEISURE AND EVERYDAY LIFE. KNOWING HOW TO DEAL WITH MOST SITUATIONS THAT MIGHT ARISE IN THE COUNTRY WHERE ENGLISH IS SPOKEN. BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE EXPERIENCES AND EVENTS, DREAMS, HOPES AND AMBITIONS, ALSO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THE REASONS FOR OPINIONS AS WELL AS PROJECTS.
Prerequisites
A KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE LEVEL A2 OF THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR THE LEARNING OF LANGUAGES (CEFR):

HTTP://WWW.COE.INT/T/DG4/LINGUISTIC/CADRE1_EN.ASP
HTTP://WWW.ENGLISHPROFILE.ORG/IMAGES/PDF/GUIDETOCEFR.PDF
HTTPS://IT.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/QUADRO_COMUNE_EUROPEO_DI_RIFERIMENTO_PER_LA_CONOSCENZA_DELLE_LINGUE
Contents
THE COURSE SYLLABUS IS DIVIDED INTO MACRO-TOPICS RELATING TO ENGLISH IN THE WORLD, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO INTERACTION WITH OTHER FIELDS OF STUDY, FOR EXAMPLE, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL MEDIA; TRADITIONAL LANGUAGE AND MEDIA; LANGUAGE FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES.
THE MACRO-TOPICS WILL BE STUDIED THROUGH THE STRATEGIES OF RE-ELABORATION AND SYNTHESIS OF THE CONTENTS IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE ACQUISITION OF A SERIES OF FUNDAMENTAL LINGUISTIC ABILITIES TO CONTINUE THE STUDY OF THE LANGUAGE IN OTHER FIELDS OF STUDY.
THE COURSE, STARTING FROM THE CULTURAL CONTENTS CONCERNING TEACHING, WILL HIGHLIGHT AND TREAT THE USE OF THE LANGUAGE IN ITS FUNCTIONAL, GRAMMATICAL AND PHONETIC CHARACTERISTICS.
GRAMMATICALE/GRAMMAR:
PERSONAL PRONOUNS (I/YOU/HE/SHE/IT/WE/YOU/THEY), POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES (MY/YOUR/HIS/HER...), POSSESSIVE ‘S, ARTICLES – DEFINITE/INDEFINITE (THE/A/AN), VERB TO BE/TO HAVE, PRESENT SIMPLE – POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, QUESTIONS, ADJECTIVES – USE AND ORDER, ADJECTIVES – COMPARATIVES/SUPERLATIVES (BOB IS TALLER THAN JOHN...), ADVERBS – USE AND POSITION (QUICKLY, SLOWLY, FAST, WELL.),ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY (ALWAYS, OFTEN, SOMETIMES...), DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES (THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE), THERE IS/THERE ARE.,CAN/CAN’T, HOW MUCH/MANY + COUNTABLE/UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS, EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY (SOME/ANY, MUCH/MANY, A LOT/A FEW...), PAST SIMPLE (TO BE, REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS) – POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, QUESTIONS.
TIME EXPRESSIONS (LAST WEEK, YESTERDAY, AGO, AS SOON AS, WHEN, WHILE), QUESTIONS WITH QUESTION WORDS – WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, WHO, WHICH, HOW, POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS (MINE, YOURS, HIS, HERS...),PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE (IN, ON, AT, UNDER.), SIMPLE VERB PATTERNS (VERB +ING, VERB +INF.), CONJUNCTIONS AND LINKING WORDS (AND, BUT, BECAUSE...), PRESENT CONTINUOUS (I AM EATING, YOU ARE EATING...), PAST CONTINUOUS (I WAS SLEEPING, YOU WERE SLEEPING...), COMPARATIVE/SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES, PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE (I’VE BEEN, YOU’VE BEEN.), FUTURE (WILL/GOING TO/PRESENT CONTINUOUS), IMPERATIVES, FIRST & SECOND CONDITIONAL, THE PASSIVE, FOR/SINCE, JUST/STILL/YET/ALREADY, MODAL VERBS (MUST, SHOULD, HAVE TO.), IDIOMATIC PHRASES AND PHRASAL VERBS.

LESSICALI/LEXICAL:
DAILY LIFE, EDUCATION, FREE TIME, ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA, FOOD AND DRINK, HEALTH AND EXERCISE, HOUSE AND HOME, PERSONAL FEELINGS, OPINIONS AND EXPERIENCES, WORK AND JOBS.

Teaching Methods
THE COURSE WILL FOLLOW A COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH, WITH A "STUDENT-CENTRED" METHODOLOGY IN WHICH THE STUDENT IS THE CENTRE OF THE LEARNING PROCESS. A "NEEDS ASSESSMENT" WILL KNOW THE STUDENTS BETTER AND BECOME AWARE OF THEIR NEEDS, NEEDS, INTERESTS, AND PREFERENCES. THE PROPOSED TOPICS WILL PRESENT THE LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS IN REAL SITUATIONS. AFTER AN INITIAL FRONTAL PRESENTATION, STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED IN ACTIVITIES OF "BRAINSTORMING", "PAIR-WORK", "GROUP-WORK", "PROBLEM-SOLVING" AND "DISCOVERY EXERCISES". THEY WILL BE INVOLVED IN SPONTANEOUS COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES, IN PARTICULAR, DIALOGUES, MONOLOGUES, QUESTIONNAIRES, IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS, LISTENING TESTS, READINGS AND QUESTIONNAIRES, "CLOZE-TEST" AND "FILL-IN-THE-GAPS", COMPLETING TABLES AND GRAMMATICAL EXERCISES AIMED AT REACHING A FORMAL CORRECTNESS.
THE COURSE WILL BEGIN WITH THE PROGRESSIVE STUDY OF GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY, WHICH WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A VARIETY OF READING, WRITING, HOMEWORK, LISTENING AND SPEAKING EXERCISES. THE PROGRAM WILL INTRODUCE STUDY SKILLS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND INCLUDE SPECIFIC VOCABULARY. FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO COMMUNICATE IN ENGLISH. AFTER COMPLETING THIS MODULE, STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE ENCOURAGED TO SUPPORT A SHORT PRESENTATION (INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP) IN ENGLISH. THE TOPICS FOR THE PRESENTATION WILL BE DECIDED DURING THE COURSE OF THE MODULE.
Verification of learning
THE EXAM CONSISTS OF A WRITTEN TEST ON THE TOPICS COVERED AND VERIFIES THE LANGUAGE SKILLS ACQUIRED BY THE STUDENT DURING THE COURSE.
THE TEST HAS A TOTAL SCORE OF 30 (THE MINIMUM TO PASS THE TEST: 18); THE LEVEL OF THE OF THE TEST IS B1 ACCORDING TO THE CEFR WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF EXERCISES: MULTIPLE CHOICE, TEXT COMPLETION, READING COMPRHENSION AND WRITING.

THE STUDENT MUST SHOW A SUITABLE DEGREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE RELATED TO THE COURSE. THE FINAL EVALUATION WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE STUDENT'S ABILITY TO USE THE TECHNICAL LANGUAGE OF THE SUBJECT.
THE FINAL GRADE IS EXPRESSED: PASS/FAIL
Texts
COMPACT PRELIMINARY FOR SCHOOLS (2013) STUDENT'S BOOK AND WORKBOOK - SUE ELLIOTT&AMANDA THOMAS - CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

GRAMMAR FOR PET- L. HASHEMI AND B. THOMAS - CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

OXFORD WORD SKILLS – BASIC AND INTERMEDIATE, GAIRNS, R & REDMAN, S., OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR IN USE - R. MURPHY, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
More Information
LANGUAGE CERTIFICATION:
STUDENTS WHO POSSESS A LANGUAGE CERTIFICATE, B1 UPWARDS, OBTAINED BY A CERTIFYING BODY RECOGNISED BY THE MIUR AND ISSUED NO MORE THAN THREE YEARS PRIOR TO YEAR OF THE COURSE MUST PRESENT IT TO CONFIRM ITS VALIDITY.
THE CERTIFICATE WILL EXEMPT THE HOLDER FROM THE WRITTEN TEST, WITH THE RESERVE TO VERIFY THE DECLARED LEVEL DURING AN INTERVIEW.
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