92366 - Body, Health and Lifestyles

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will have good knowledge of the English language giving special attention to the language of wellbeing and lifestyles. S/he will know the field-specific terminology, will be familiar with the literature (books, journals, etc.) of this sector, will be able to read and produce a variety of texts related to wellbeing and lifestyles.

Course contents

The course is intended for second-year students of the International Second Cycle Degree /Two Year Master in “Wellness Culture: Sport, Health and Tourism” who need to communicate in English for their studies and jobs in wellness. Its main purpose is to improve comprehension, translation and critical reading of English texts, and to encourage discussions and reflections on themes relevant to wellness, sport and health.

Linguistic and textual analysis of practical documents will be the main activity so as to help students understand specific texts on wellness culture. The course envisages an introductory theoretical framework for English-Italian language pair (word building, false friends, morphosyntactical asymmetries etc.).

Lessons will be held in English (and partly in Italian for the translations).

Scholars and professionals of the wellnes world are invited to hold “Special Lessons” that students have to attend.

At the end of the course a written test is envisaged.

Readings/Bibliography

- Reader 2020 (available at front desk, ground floor, Via dei Mille, 39)

- film: I Feel Pretty 2018  directed by Abby Kohn  and Marc Silverstein

- for non-attending students:

essay : M. Lorusso, Wellbeing, Wellness and Welfare. A Matter of Words, in ZoneModa Journal 4 “Fashion and Wellbeing”, Pendragon, Bologna 2014

 

Recommended texts:

R. Murphy, English Grammar in Use (intermediate), 5th Edition, Cambridge, 2019

M. Swan, Practical English Usage, 3rd Edition, Oxford University Press or more recent edition

Teaching methods

Lectures, teacher-led discussion, student presentations and assignments. Interaction with students, presentations, and role-play simulations.

Non-attending students in addition are required to prepare

- the essay M. Lorusso, Wellbeing, Wellness and Welfare. A Matter of Words, in ZoneModa Journal 4 “Fashion and Wellbeing”, Pendragon, Bologna 2014

- and a presentation on a sport/activity of their choice (5-8 slides)

Assessment methods

The final exam will be oral via Microsoft TEAMS App and will evaluate field-specific terminology, and the ability of the student to understand literature (books, journals, etc.) of this sector.

Students will be evaluated for the following:

-Reader 2020

-Presentation

- Movie: I Feel Pretty

- for non-attending students also the Essay: 

M. Lorusso, Wellbeing, Wellness and Welfare. A Matter of Words, in ZoneModa Journal 4 “Fashion and Wellbeing”

 

 

*During this exam the major skills to be evaluated are:

• wide knowledge of technical terms;
• comprehension of texts relevant to wellness culture.

Those students who show a solid command of the English language and an equally appropriate awareness ofthe issues covered during the lessons, are able to use these critically and who master the field-specific language of the discipline will be given an excellent mark.

Those students with a lesser degree of linguistic competence who demonstrate a mnemonic knowledge of the subject with a more superficial analytical ability, a correct command of the language but not always appropriate, will be given a lower, ‘fair' mark.

A superficial knowledge and understanding of the material, a scarce analytical and expressive ability that is not always appropriate may pass the exam but will only do so with a low mark.

Students who display knowledge gaps in the subject matter, inappropriate language use, lack of familiarity with the literature in the programme bibliography will not be given a pass mark.

Teaching tools

PC, Wi-Fi, video/DVD projector, overhead projector

Office hours

See the website of Mariella Lorusso