- Docente: Jane Helen Johnson
- Foreign language instructor Nigel Christopher James
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Language, Society and Communication (cod. 8874)
Learning outcomes
The language classes will train students in expository academic writing, involve class discussion on the analysis of texts. For exam preparation, emphasis will be placed on writing academic essays in English.
Course contents
Through the language classes, students will be able to put into practice analysis of language, style and attitude of speeches, songs and poems of war and civil rights.
The classes aim, on the one hand, to consolidate and expand students' language skills, with particular emphasis placed on critical reading and writing skills.
The language classes will train students in expository academic writing, involve class discussion on the analysis of texts. For exam preparation, emphasis will be placed on writing academic essays in English.
Readings/Bibliography
Material for the course (dispensa) will be available here.
Assessment methods
For all students, the written exam will consist of a 500-word compare-contrast essay on two speeches/poems/songs on the theme of war/civil rights. All material is contained in the course handout (dispensa). The written exam lasts 90 minutes and is held once per exam session. Students have to pass the exam before being able to register their overall final mark on almaesami. The essay will be assessed at the C2 level of the Common European Framework from various aspects: appropriateness of argumentation relating to the topic; presentation (layout, spelling, punctuation); structure/organization (application of academic writing criteria, cohesion/coherence), and lexicogrammatical and discursive accuracy of the standard academic English required.
Links to further information
https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/nigel.james
Office hours
See the website of Jane Helen Johnson