95400 - English Language and Linguistic Exercises 1 - E

Academic Year 2024/2025

Course contents

Practical exercises (= Esercitazioni) in English with native English speaking teachers. At the beginning of the academic year, a Placement Test (OOPT) is held to form groups, based on the students' skills, from intermediate to advanced. In order to study English, it is obligatory to take the Placement Test on the dates set by the Department at the beginning of each academic year, and to obtain a score of at least 55.

Students who have obtained one of the following certificates after 1 January 2022 (certificates issued before 1 January 2022 can’t be accepted) are not obliged to take the Placement Test:

 

Cambridge ESOL:

- PET with Merit or with Distinction or in any case no less than 154 points;
- FCE (the only grades accepted are A, B or C, or in any case not less than 154 points);
- CAE;
- CPE.

 

- IELTS: 5 or higher.


- TOEFL iBT: 65 or higher.


- TRINITY (only ISE, or Integrated Skills Exam): ISE (II).

 

Students with certificates are required to email a PDF or JPEG scan of their certificate (Email subject: “Certificate”) either to sabrina.fusari2@unibo.it (for students whose surname begins with a letter between A and F) or to antonella.luporini@unibo.it (for students whose surname initial is between M and Z), from 12 September to 30 October 2024. It is not possible to have your certificate recognized outside this time slot.

Readings/Bibliography

Course book (all groups): Latham-Koenig et al., English File Advanced 4th edition, Oxford University Press.


Additional material may be made available on-line and/or in local photocopy shops.

Teaching methods

Language classes (= Esercitazioni) with mother tongue English teachers throughout the academic year. Students will be divided into groups from the placement test, and will be trained in all four language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Students are divided into groups depending on the results of the OOPT or their accepted language certificate.

Assessment methods

(1) A language written, based on the contents of the language classes held by native English speaking teachers. This tests the students' capacity to analyze, understand and use the English language at level B2 of the Common European Framework for Languages. This exam component is divided into separate sections on (a) Reading (20 minutes), (b) Writing (60 minutes) and (c) Use of English (40 minutes). The final mark is the mean of the scores obtained in the three sections. Passing the Use of English exam paper is an essential condition to pass the language exam. The text types used for this component of the exam are general interest texts (e.g. newspaper articles, reviews, interviews).

(2) A SAT (Speaking Ability Test), which tests the students' listening and speaking skills, and their capacity to communicate spontaneously, understand and make themselves understood in English, with a good command of grammar and a fairly wide vocabulary, on a variety of general, non specialized topics. This component of the exam lasts 8-10 minutes.

Regardless of which semester the theoretical (Functional Grammar) lectures are held in, students may take the practical (Esercitazioni) component of the exam only at the end of the academic year (May), because the corresponding course lasts for the whole academic year.

Teaching tools

The 'Esercitazioni' (language classes) are part of the course English Language and Linguistics 1. Please see also the online syllabus for English Language and Linguistics 1 G-O/P-Z, which is available on the UniBo page of Prof. Antonella Luporini.

Office hours

See the website of Antonella Luporini

SDGs

Quality education Reduced inequalities

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.