ENGLISH LANGUAGE (2ND YEAR)
AIMS AND CONTENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The course delves more deeply into the nature of human communication, employing texts (novel, film, official document) as the source which must be interpreted analytically in order to identify what happens in a speech event and how and why this happens.
Teaching methods
Inductive. Students must participate actively in lessons (held in English) by commenting on examples and texts, from which the theory is induced.
RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY
Grundy P., 2000, Doing Pragmatics. London, Arnold.
Kadar and Haugh, 2013, Understanding Politeness, Cambridge University Press, 2013
TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD
Exam Board
SERENA PELLEGRINI (President)
ELGA NICOLINI
SERENA PELLEGRINI (President)
GERARDINA ANTELMI
LESSONS
Teaching methods
Inductive. Students must participate actively in lessons (held in English) by commenting on examples and texts, from which the theory is induced.
LESSONS START
Sem: 1°
19 sept. 2016 - 15 dec. 2016
EXAMS
Assessment methods
The student must first pass the exam of the practical module. Only then can he take the exam of the theoretical module. The latter exam consists in explaining those theories and subsequently analysing an extract .employing the theoretical constructs acquired during the course. Students will be given time to prepare the text before the oral examination begins.
Exam schedule
| Date | Time | Location | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/06/2021 | 09:00 | IMPERIA | Orale | |
| 02/07/2021 | 09:00 | IMPERIA | Orale | |
| 19/07/2021 | 09:00 | IMPERIA | Orale | |
| 03/09/2021 | 09:00 | IMPERIA | Orale |
FURTHER INFORMATION
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Attendance |
Students are encouraged to attend regularly, since the two main factors in successful language learning are motivation and exposure to the language. Practice is essential. |