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42212 - English 2

Academic Year 2020/2021

                
                        Docente:
                        Lucio De Capitani
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        L-LIN/12
                    
                        Language:
                        English
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Anthropology, Religions, Oriental Civilizations (cod. 8493)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

Students should achieve an intermediate/upper-intermediate level of English.

Course contents

The course focuses on the skills required for B2-C1 levels, with further work on speaking, listening, reading and writing skills, in addition to enhancing the students' knowledge of grammar and vocabulary (both general and specific to their studies). Students will mostly work on various authentic multimodal materials (newspaper articles, essays, movies and videos, extracts from novels and plays) provided in class.

Students are encouraged to attend the extra language classes by Prof. Henry Monaco to prepare for the exam. Please consult the following page: https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/henry.monaco/en

Readings/Bibliography

Grammar: R. Carter, M. McCarthy, English Grammar Today. An A-Z of Spoken and Written Grammar, Cambridge University Press, 2011. This text is recommended but it is not mandatory.

Any other materials used for the course will be provided during lessons.

Teaching methods

Discussion and reading in the classroom. Videos and films will be watched and then discussed. Reading, grammar and vocabulary exercises will be carried out and corrected in the classroom.

NOTE: Besides the main virtual classroom, to be accessed through the ONLINE LESSONS button on the professor's web page ("teaching") or in the same page of the syllabus, students will have to register to the following Team: Inglese 2 - ARCO, code: t9izy4k

Here students will find a numbeer of sub-channels (breakout rooms) that will be used for speaking group activities during the lessons.

Assessment methods

Students will undergo both a written and an oral test at the end of the course. The written test (90 minutes) will consist of a word formation exercise (10 questions), a multiple choice cloze (5 questions), a reading comprehension (multiple choice, 5 questions; true/false, 5 questions) and a short essay writing exercise. The oral exam involves a 10/15 minutes conversation on a topic/text previously discussed in class. A list of suggested materials for the oral exam (articles and videos) will be provided for non-attending students on the professor’s website (see “teaching > teaching materials”) by the end of the course. The oral exam will be accessible only after passing the written exam.

Teaching tools

Teaching tools include the grammar book (see texts section), PowerPoint presentations, videos, films, newspaper and magazine articles, essays, short stories.

Office hours

See the website of Lucio De Capitani