English Part 1: Joseph Lo Bianco 20 FEB THE LANGUAGE REGIMES OF TODAY: AN OVERVIEW WITH KEY CONCEPTS AND ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY RELATED TO THE ROLE OF LANGUAGES 21 FEB CONCEPTS OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY, MULTICULTURALISM AND INTERCULTURALISM 27 FEB CONCEPTS AND MAIN AUTHORS IN LANGUAGE POLICY AND PLANNING 28 FEB CHINESE AND ENGLISH: THE BIG TWO 06 MAR THE EUROPEAN UNION AND LANGUAGES 07 MAR ANNA WIERZBICKA AND ADRIAN HOLLIDAY: ENGLISH IS ANGLO AND ENGLISH IS NOT 13 MAR LANGUAGE DEATH, REVIVAL AND SURVIVAL. 14 MAR ABRAM DE SWAAM, ROBERT PHILLIPSON, ELF: ISSUES WITH GLOBAL ENGLISH 10 APR INTERPRETING AND TRANSLATING: SUMMATION AND REVIEW OF COURSE

LM38 – Part 2

English – Part 2 - Overview Introduction to translation (Munday) Corpora : BYU, corpora analysis Text Types European texts: European Union/Council Text translation Punctuation The notion of mediation Migration: Non Governmental Agencies

Munday: Introducing Translation Ch.1 Main issues Ch. 3 Equivalence Ch. 4 Product vs Process Ch. 5 Theories of translation Ch. 6 Models Ch. 11 Corpora & New media

Exam outline 23 May – 11.30 Aula Magna Translation of one text (use of dictionary & laptop) Read the text and identify: text-type and genre, communicative purpose, addresser/ee, information structure; translate it into Italian; briefly describe main translation issues you encountered, how you solved them, the strategies and tools (dictionary & corpora) you used.

Exam Outline 1 June 9.00 Aula Magna (Primo appello) Language exam 22 June 8.30 Aula 10 (Secondo appello) 6 July 8.30 Aula 10 (Terzo appello) Topics addressed both in the first and second part Evaluation: Language exam, Translation, Oral exam

Suggestions for exam presentations Choose a set of 6 topics 2 from Part 1 (Lo Bianco) 2 from Munday’s Book 2 from articles, documentations and one example of translation Be ready to discuss them in the light of the main aims of the course and the competencies developed. What? Why? How? Have you learnt?