ENGLISH LANGUAGE
LINGUA INGLESE
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| 2021/2022 | 5 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Mirella Albano |
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Course entirely taught in a foreign language
English
This course is entirely taught in a foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
At the end of the course the students will reach the B1 level of the CEFR
Can understand the main points of clear standard input on matters regularly encountered in study, work, leisure, etc. Can produce simple connected text on topics which are of personal, study and professional interest. Can describe experiences, facts, processes and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions, facts, projects
Program
The course will provide the students with the tools to acquire language competence and performative skills in English in the 4 linguistic abilities at B1 level of the ECRF. Developing language awareness will be a priority and students will acquire the communicative competence to use English for their studies and professional use.
Focus will be put on the Use of English in the subject-specific area of biology and Nutrition
Grammar contents:
Articles;personal and possessive adj and pronouns , present and past tense, present and past continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, futures,1st-2nd-3rd conditionals, passive ,prepositions and adverbs, comparatives and superlatives, modals, used, used to. Wquestions, quantifiers, relative clauses, for-since-still-yet; reported speech; Formal and informal structures, sentence manipulation, word formation, compound sentences, etc.etc.
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
1.1.-Read, analyze, summarize, produce simple subject -specific articles
1.2.- Use the subject- specific vocabulary for simple oral and writing production purposes
1.3.- Produce simple subject-specific written and oral texts
In particular, students :
-will have sufficient grammatical and syntactical competence
-will have sufficient lexical competence , both general and subject specific
- will be able to understand, take notes, analyze, comment simple general and subject- specific texts
- will be able to communicate in English and express opinions , points of view, concepts etc.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
on line
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
On line lessons; Collaborative activities; flipped approach
Modules : revision and consolidation of grammar contents and language abilities
Modules: task-based for study activities
- Attendance
highly recommended
- Course books
Texts
General English
R. Murphy-Essential Grammar in Use- intermediate-Ed. Cambridge University Press
Reference texts : dictionary Italiano/Inglese-Inglese/Italiano Ed Zanichelli.
English for Specific Purpose
Title: Career Paths: Nutrition and Dietetics /Student's Book (with Digibooks App)ISBN: 978-1-4715-7221-0 Level: A1, A2 &
B1 Authors: Angela Christaki, Jenny Dooley- Express publishing
Biology
Title: Career Paths: Environmental Science/Authors: Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley, Dr. Ellen Blum/Student's Book (with Digibooks App)
ISBN: 978-1-4715-6261-7 Level: A1, A2 & B1
Contacts:
daniel@expresspublishing.co.uk
- Assessment
Test: multiple choice test; positive outcome for 60% of correct anwers.On line
The test will be based on grammar content and contents from the texbooks
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
On line lessons; Collaborative activities; flipped approach
Modules : revision and consolidation of grammar contents and language abilities
Modules: task-based for study activities
- Attendance
on line
- Course books
Texts
General English
R. Murphy-Essential Grammar in Use- intermediate-Ed. Cambridge University Press
Reference texts : dictionary Italiano/Inglese-Inglese/Italiano Ed Zanichelli.
English for Specific Purpose
1.Title: Career Paths: Nutrition and Dietetics /Student's Book (with Digibooks App)ISBN: 978-1-4715-7221-0 Level: A1, A2 &
B1 Authors: Angela Christaki, Jenny Dooley- Express publishing
2.Title: Career Paths: Environmental Science
Authors: Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley, Dr. Ellen Blum
Student's Book (with Digibooks App)
ISBN: 978-1-4715-6261-7
Level: A1, A2 & B1
Contacts:
daniel@expresspublishing.co.uk
- Assessment
Test
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Notes
The course encourages collaborative Study
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