95410 - English Language and Linguistic Exercises 3 - C

Course contents

The Practical language classes (Esercitazioni) for Group C are held by the language expert teacher (CEL) Dr. Ashley Phillis and take place in both the I and the II semester.

The practical language classes aim at bringing the students to a C1 level in all abilities according to the Common European Framework (‘Effective Operational Proficient’).

With a view towards further studies and/or the development of professional abilities, language classes will also aim at developing language awareness through contrastive analysis, focusing on translation and other skills, and using various text-types.

These classes focus on all four skills areas: reading and text analysis (text structure, reading for specific meanings, including speaker opinion or attitude, in single and multiple texts, in a comparative perspective); writing (content, style and organization in a range of text-types; focus on developing argumentation skills); listening (for specific information, gist and attitude), and speaking (pronunciation practice; oral argumentation on a range of topics).

Readings/Bibliography

All language and translation groups will be announced at the beginning of the classes via notices on the teachers’ web pages and on the Virtuale platform. As for the relevant teaching materials, students will refer to Dr. Phillis' Virtuale page.

Teaching methods

Each student will follow a group doing 'Integrated skills' (2 classes of 2 hours each week) and one group of 'Translation' (1 class a week), for a total of 6 hours per week for the entire academic year.

The groups will be defined by the start of the first semester and posted on the teachers’ individual web pages and Virtuale pages.

Assessment methods

As for the language/practical component, during the academic year 2025–2026, midterm tests will be offered. Students who pass these tests will be allowed to reduce the weight of the final written exam. Detailed information about the structure and dates of the midterm tests will be provided at the beginning of the course.

 

The language written test is based on the contents of the language classes. This tests the students’ analytical capacity to understand and use the English language at the C1 level of the Common European Framework for Languages. The exam is divided into specific sections on: (a) reading comprehension, analysis, and writing and (b) translation. The final mark is the mean of the scores obtained in the individual sections. The text-types used for this component of the exam are general interest and semi-specialized (e.g. newspaper articles, reviews, academic/ scientific articles, interviews, literary texts, social media posts and comments, forum discussions, blog entries). Writing skills are evaluated with reference to the student’s capacity to produce persuasive, argumentative, and expository texts.

The oral exam SAT tests the students’ listening and speaking skills, and their capacity to express, at a C1 level, a critical viewpoint on abstract and/or controversial topics or current affairs. This part of the exam lasts 15-20 minutes.

 

For further information, please see the Guidaweb for English Language and Linguistics 3, which is available on the UniBo webpages of Prof. Luporini and Prof. Manfredi.

 

Students with SLDs or temporary or permanent disabilities: we suggest that you contact the relevant university office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en) and with the teacher immediately to work together to find the most effective strategies for attending classes and/or preparing for exams.

Any requests for exam accommodations must be made at least 15 days before the date of the exam, by sending an email to Prof. Luporini and copying (Cc) the email address disabilita@unibo.it (in case of disability) or dsa@unibo.it (for students with Specific Learning Difficulties).

Office hours

See the website of Antonella Luporini