Lucia Zarrelli | SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH
Lucia Zarrelli SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH
cod. 4422500040
SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH
| 4422500040 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN, PHILOSOPHIC AND EDUCATION SCIENCES | |
| EQF7 | |
| PSICOLOGIA DI COMUNITA' PER I CONTESTI FORMATIVI, PER IL BENESSERE E PER LO SPORT | |
| 2024/2025 |
| OBBLIGATORIO | |
| YEAR OF COURSE 1 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023 | |
| AUTUMN SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
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| NN | 6 | 36 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| The course aims to provide students with a knowledge of the English language with particular reference to the scientific and technical language used by psychology in the international field. Knowledge and understanding: have a good written and oral knowledge of the English language; acquire strategies and reading skills necessary to deal with scientific texts/articles concerning the psychological field. COMMUNICATION SKILLS: OBJECTIVES At the end of the course, the student will be able to: 1. share, in English, general information and specific knowledge of their field of study; use of syntactic structures, even complex ones, in a complete, effective and correct way and use appropriate vocabulary 2. read and understand the scientific literature in their field of studies and to present their own research/ findings with an oral presentation in English. 3. apply this knowledge to different contexts |
| Prerequisites | |
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| LEVEL B1/ B1+ CEFR |
| Contents | |
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| The course aims to relate the English language with the psychological terminology used in the research and intervention activities of the future profession of psychologist. The course aims : 1. to provide the theoretical, methodological and lexical tools to understand both a written and oral scientific text in English; 2. to improve listening comprehension skills of oral presentations/ lectures/discussions on topics related to psychology ; 3. to promote the study of complex morphosyntactic structures and expand vocabulary; 4. to promote the study of specific elements of the scientific-professional jargon of psychology. |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| Lessons are held in English. The course includes both lectures and reading /listening comprehension and speaking activities and grammar exercises. Students will be involved in individual and also groupwork. |
| Verification of learning | |
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| The exam consists of an oral interview starting from an individual project presented by the student on one or more topics related to the discipline and addressed during the course. In the second part of the interview/exam, we will focus on purely linguistic-communicative aspects of the English language covered (General English). The assessment includes: 1. the linguistic competence demonstrated in the presentation of the project (with particular attention to the correct use of specific vocabulary, pronunciation and intonation). 2. the organization of the content presented 3. the level of mastery of the topics covered |
| Texts | |
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| We recommend the use of the manual Pearson - Speakout - Upper intermediate It is necessary for students to possess a good Monolingual dictionary for students We suggest: 1. Cambridge Advanced learner’s dictionary 2. Macmillan English dictionary for Advanced Learners 3. Oxford Advanced Learner’s dictionary Materials produced and presented by the lecturer will be provided in class Further bibliographic information will be provided during the lectures |
BETA VERSION Data source ESSE3 [Ultima Sincronizzazione: 2024-11-18]
