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cod. 1212100049

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS II

	1212100049
	DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
	EQF6
	POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SCIENCE
	2022/2023

CURRICULUM INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
	SPRING SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	L-LIN/12	6	40	LESSONS	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	THE COURSE AIMS AT ACHIEVING A LINGUISTIC-COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF AT LEAST LEVEL B1+/B2. THE STUDENT MUST BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND POPULAR AND SEMI-SPECIALIST TEXTS RELATING TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS; MOREOVER, STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO ACQUIRE THE TOOLS OF PRAGMATICS, SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS FOR A CRITICAL APPROACH TO LANGUAGES, THEMES AND SPECIALIZED TEXTS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO MEDIA AND POLITICAL LANGUAGE.

THE COURSE AIMS AT ACHIEVING A LINGUISTIC-COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF AT LEAST LEVEL B1+/B2. THE STUDENT MUST BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND POPULAR AND SEMI-SPECIALIST TEXTS RELATING TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS; MOREOVER, STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO ACQUIRE THE TOOLS OF PRAGMATICS, SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS FOR A CRITICAL APPROACH TO LANGUAGES, THEMES AND SPECIALIZED TEXTS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO MEDIA AND POLITICAL LANGUAGE.

	Prerequisites
	KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH AT LEVEL A2/B1

	Contents
	THE FOLLOWING TOPICS WILL BE COVERED DURING THE COURSE: - LANGUAGES VS LANGUAGE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MAIN ASPECTS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE FROM A LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE; - THE ENGLISH OF POLITICS AND THE MEDIA, IN PARTICULAR COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES, POLITICAL RHETORIC AND FAKE NEWS; - TRANSLATION OF SHORT TEXTS RELEVANT TO THE TOPICS BEING STUDIED.

	Teaching Methods
	THE LESSONS WILL BE BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF THE DISCOURSE OF POLITICS AND THE MEDIA. THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM DEBATE WILL BE ESSENTIAL, ESPECIALLY IN THE SECTIONS DEDICATED TO TRANSLATION.

	Verification of learning
	THE FINAL EXAM INCLUDES BOTH A WRITTEN TEST AND AN ORAL TEST. THE WRITTEN TEST, LASTING ONE HOUR, TAKES PLACE ON COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS AND INCLUDES MULTIPLE CHOICE EXERCISES, TEXT COMPREHENSION, TEXT COMPLETION AND TRANSFORMATION. THE ORAL EXAM LASTING 15-20 MINUTES INCLUDES A GENERAL CONVERSATION IN ENGLISH AND THE DISCUSSION (ALWAYS IN ENGLISH) OF THE TEACHING CONTENTS (LESSONS AND SEMINARS).

	Texts
	LATHAM-KOENIG, C., OXENDEN, C., CHOMACKI, K., & LAMBERT, J. (2020). ENGLISH FILE 4E UPPER-INTERMEDIATE STUDENT BOOK. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; MOONEY, A., & EVANS, B. (2018). LANGUAGE, SOCIETY AND POWER: AN INTRODUCTION. ROUTLEDGE (CAPITOLI 1,2,3,4). ADDITIONAL MATERIALS WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER.

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