Giurisprudenza | English Language and Translation

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION

	0160100110
	DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE GIURIDICHE (SCUOLA DI GIURISPRUDENZA)
	EQF7
	LAW
	2017/2018

PERCORSO COMUNE

	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2012
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	LINGUA	6	54	LESSONS	A FOREIGN LANGUAGE, FINAL EXAMINATION

	Objectives
	KNOWLEDGE AND WRITTEN AND ORAL COMPREHENSION OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE , SKILL ACQUISITION IN WRITTEN AND ORAL COMMUNICATION AND PRODUCTION INCLUDING TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS IN THE FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION . AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT IS ABLE TO INTERACT WITH NATIVE SPEAKERS , AND KNOWS HOW TO PRODUCE CLEAR, DETAILED TEXT IN THE FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION ( EQUIVALENT TRAINING AT THE B1-B2 LEVEL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

KNOWLEDGE AND WRITTEN AND ORAL COMPREHENSION OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE , SKILL ACQUISITION IN WRITTEN AND ORAL COMMUNICATION AND PRODUCTION INCLUDING TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS IN THE FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION . AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT IS ABLE TO INTERACT WITH NATIVE SPEAKERS , AND KNOWS HOW TO PRODUCE CLEAR, DETAILED TEXT IN THE FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION ( EQUIVALENT TRAINING AT THE B1-B2 LEVEL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

	Prerequisites
	A LEVEL OF ENGLISH EQUIVALENT TO A2 ON THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE.

	Contents
	GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES REQUIRED FOR LEVEL B1 OF THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE: USE AND NON-USE OF THE DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES; PERSONAL AND POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS; COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES; VERB TENSES INCLUDING PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PAST SIMPLE, PRESENT PERFECT, THE FUTURE WITH “WILL” AND “GOING TO”; MODAL VERBS; THE PASSIVE VOICE, THE USE OF PREPOSITIONS AND COMMON NOUN/VERB + PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS; CONJUNCTIONS. FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSIONS RELATING TO THE ACADEMIC AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT: LANGUAGE FOR EMAILS, CONFERENCES, TECHNICAL ARTICLES AND RESEARCH. STRATEGIES FOR READING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC TEXTS INCLUDING COMPREHENSION OF THE GIST OF THE TEXT; SCANNING, SKIMMING, EXTRAPOLATING INFORMATION, INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE READING. TECHNICAL VOCABULARY TO DESCRIBE RESEARCH RESULTS, GRAPHS AND BAR CHARTS, QUANTITIES, PROCESSES AND THE SEQUENCING OF EVENTS. SUBJECT-SPECIFIC VOCABULARY.

Contents

GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES REQUIRED FOR LEVEL B1 OF THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE:
USE AND NON-USE OF THE DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES; PERSONAL AND POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS; COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES; VERB TENSES INCLUDING PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PAST SIMPLE, PRESENT PERFECT, THE FUTURE WITH “WILL” AND “GOING TO”; MODAL VERBS; THE PASSIVE VOICE, THE USE OF PREPOSITIONS AND COMMON NOUN/VERB + PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS; CONJUNCTIONS.
FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSIONS RELATING TO THE ACADEMIC AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT: LANGUAGE FOR EMAILS, CONFERENCES, TECHNICAL ARTICLES AND RESEARCH.
STRATEGIES FOR READING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC TEXTS INCLUDING COMPREHENSION OF THE GIST OF THE TEXT; SCANNING, SKIMMING, EXTRAPOLATING INFORMATION, INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE READING.
TECHNICAL VOCABULARY TO DESCRIBE RESEARCH RESULTS, GRAPHS AND BAR CHARTS, QUANTITIES, PROCESSES AND THE SEQUENCING OF EVENTS.
SUBJECT-SPECIFIC VOCABULARY.

	Teaching Methods
	A FULL-IMMERSION INTO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, WITH INTERACTIVE LESSONS BASED ON THE REFERENCE TEXTS AND THE USE OF POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS. USE OF READING, WRITING AND LISTENING SKILLS. EXPLANATION AND OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTISE NEW STRUCTURES AND VOCABULARY.

	Verification of learning
	WRITTEN TEST (MULTIPLE CHOICE, SHORT ANSWER ETC.) ON GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE AT B1 LEVEL OF THE CEFR, USE OF TECHNICAL VOCABULARY AND THE COMPREHENSION OF AN ACADEMIC TEXT.

	Texts
	KROIS-LINDNER, AMY, 2006, "INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ENGLISH STUDENT'S BOOK WITH AUDIO CDS: A COURSE FOR CLASSROOM OR SELF-STUDY USE", CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS. LATHAM-KOENIG, CHRISTINA, CLIVE OXENDEN, AND PAUL SELIGSON, 2012, "ENGLISH FILE 3RD EDITION: PRE-INTERMEDIATE STUDENT'S BOOK AND WORKBOOK", OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.