2018/2019

2019/2020

DM270

L-LIN/12 (LINGUA E TRADUZIONE - LINGUA INGLESE)

DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI UMANISTICI

LINGUE E CULTURE MODERNE

PERCORSO COMUNE

2°

Primo Semestre (23/09/2019 - 23/12/2019)

9

36 ore di attività frontale

Inglese

SCRITTO E ORALE CONGIUNTI

FREDDI MARIA (titolare) - 9 CFU

Lingua inglese 1; B1+ produzione scritta e orale e B2 comprensione scritta e orale (secondo i livelli di competenza linguistica del QCER)

The overall course objective is to develop discourse competence through intensive exposure to and systematic analysis of a variety of text types and language functions in English. Expected learning outcomes include the ability to analyse and design texts, including generic aspects like thematic development and coherence and cohesion; students' improving grammatical accuracy, vocabulary range and control, receptive (listening, reading) and productive (writing, speaking) skills at B2+ proficiency level.

Making Sense of Text.
Coherence and cohesion, i.e. the way in which the separate elements of a text are interwoven into a coherent whole by exploiting linguistic devices such as referencing, substitution, ellipsis and other forms of textual cohesion, plus logico-semantic connectors and other forms of discourse markers. The course will deal with how cohesion and coherence operate at the level of the sentence/utterance and at the level of the whole text. It will focus on linking words and cohesive devices to link sentences into clear, coherent discourse and produce text that is generally well-organised and coherent.
Thematic development, i.e. the way in which ideas are logically presented in a text and related to each other in a clear rhetorical structure. It also involves following relevant discourse conventions.
The course will look at thematic development and organisation of information to help structure longer texts in clear, logical paragraphs.
Specialised texts, English for Specialised Purposes (ESP) and EST (English for Science and Technology), i.e. language variation according to use in particular situations. Throughout the course a number of text types will be analysed with a focus on field-specific texts.

Lectures, group work in the classroom, task assignments, guest talks, workshops taught by Collaboratori ed Esperti Linguistici (CELs).

See course webpage on Kiro (idcd.unipv.it)

In itinere evaluation (assessments), written test and oral examination.

Note for incoming Erasmus students: English Language 2 is a year-long course worth 9 credits, with the first testing session in the Summer. You therefore need to spend the whole academic year (2 semesters) in Pavia in order to be able to include it in your Learning Agreement.