47431 - English Language Lab 1 (G)

Academic Year 2020/2021

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Primary Teacher Education (cod. 5711)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students should be able to demonstrate that they possess full 'threshold' level of the CEFR level (B1) language knowledge in English. They can understand the key points of familiar topics concerning school, leisure time , personal interests, etc. They can interact in English with ease, without errors and misunderstandings in situations that may occur while traveling in Anglo-Saxon countries. Students will be able to produce simple English text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest and will be able to express experiences and events, projects, hopes and ambitions in English, and to simply explain the reasons for their opinions and desires.

Course contents

English language and culture. A brief revision of English grammar from B1 to B1.1. Students will be divided into proficiency groups based on the obligatory test taken after Christmas. The groups will be BEG, INT and ADV. The text used in class will depend on the level of each group.

Readings/Bibliography

New English File published by Oxford University Press.

The exact level will be communicated at the beginning of the workshops

For the BEG groups: English File DIGITAL GOLD B1-B1 + 4th Ed: SB&WB C / C + ECH + OLB eBK code + SRC A B C; ISBN: 9780194035606.

For the INT groups: English File Digital GOLD B1 + / B2 3rd Ed: PREMIUM C / C (SB&WB + C / C + eBK + OOSP) D E; ISBN: 9780194524902.

For the ADV1 group: English File Digital GOLD B2 3rd Ed: PREMIUM C / C (SB&WB + C / C + eBK + OOSP); ISBN: 9780194524919.

For the ADV2 group: no text is needed.

Teaching methods

Methods and techniques used include: reading and comprehension exercises in small groups, grammar review focused on form individually and in small groups, listening practice with exercises in small groups, classroom presentations of lexical and grammar material, production of short texts, poems, scripts based on the language presented in the book, grammatical-dramatic activity (recitation of original scripts that exemplify grammar and pronunciation problems), songs, role-playing games, videos, collaborative and individual writing on paper and digital platforms like Moodle, Padlet, Edmodo, etc.

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment during the workshop will be followed by a final formative test to give students an idea of their individual level and possible problems to work on. This test will count as final exam, and all the students who pass it and who have satisfactory «active presence» will be IDONEI they will carry on with the second year workshop in the following academic year. At the end of the second year workshop there will be a comprehensive language exam.

Teaching tools

In addition to the book, students will work with presentations, audio clips, photos, videos from the CD and online book, Moodle, Padlet or similar, their own mobile phones to contribute materials on shared platforms or to ask questions online, OHP, in addition to traditional paper- based tools.

Links to further information

https://www.gazzaro.it/b/ProgrAzzaroCurrent.html#lab_primaria_I_anno

Office hours

See the website of Michelle Louise Nicholls