78588 - English Language and Culture (Third Language)

Learning outcomes

The student has a good knowledge of the key elements of English language and culture, and can understand and produce both written and oral texts, expressing themselves fluently and naturally.

Course contents

The course aims to improve students' knowledge of the English language, in particular by consolidating their oral communication and argumentation skills in formal contexts.

For this purpose, the course develops through a series of theme-based lessons. Topics that are present in the cultural, social, and political debate of English-speaking countries are introduced from different points of view and then discussed in class. The debates require the active participation of the students through individual and small group works. The class is provided with written articles and audio-visual material, which are used to analyse the structures of argumentative texts and essays in the English language.

Readings/Bibliography

Handout and other useful resources available on the Virtuale platform.

Teaching methods

Class lectures and discussions through individual and group works. 

Assessment methods

Oral exam at the end of the course.

Learning assessment scale:

30-30L (excellent): Excellent language skills, with a very high level of knowledge and competence in the language and culture(s) studied.

27-29 (above average): Only minor errors, solid knowledge of the skills required.

24-26 (generally sound): Sound exam, but errors indicating a partial acquisition of the required knowledge and skills.

21-23 (sufficient): Sufficient exam, with considerable limitations in the knowledge and skills required.

18-20 (minimum): Exam meeting only the minimum criteria of knowledge and skills required.

Failed: Basic skills not achieved, the exam must be repeated.

 

Teaching tools

Resources available on Virtuale.

Office hours

See the website of Beatrice Spallaccia