COURSE INTRODUCTION Cinzia Giglioni 1

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Course organisation Monographic course (Giglioni): lectures, 2 hours each, in the second semester (2 days/week) Language training classes (King/Potter): classes, 2 hours each, in the second semester (2days/week) 3

Course objectives & learning outcomes 1) advancing students’ foreign language competence (4 skills) 2) Focus on ESP (English for Specific Purposes) special discourses and genres 4

Expected Outcomes Course target language level: B2 + 5

Expected Outcomes + corresponding roughly to Cambridge First Certificare (mark A) 6

B2: Vantage or Upper-Intermediate Can understand the main ideas of complex texts on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation. Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options. 7 7

Language training classes N.B.: Course language entry level: B1+ What if you are not a B1+? 8

Language training classes You can attend LETTORATI for: - Grammar/syntax revision and consolitation cloze test Listening dictation Speaking/Reading oral exam Pls, visit language assistants’ webpages for details… (readings selection for lettorati oral exam) 9

Foreign language learning: strategies & Course contents -1 (Giglioni) Foreign language learning: strategies & tools 10

Special discourses and genres: Course contents -2 (Giglioni) Special discourses and genres: ① press releases ② codes of ethics ③ congressional hearings ④ CV and cover letter ⑤ email and memo 11

Course contents -3 (Giglioni) Language awareness: word formation strategies, word classes, phonetics 12

Listening and comprehension: Course contents - 4(Giglioni) Listening and comprehension: from easy, short audios… …to specific, longer audio material 13

Monographic course timetable from 16,15 to 18 from 14 to 15,45 14

Language training classes timetable Depending on student’s language level pls. visit language assistants’ webpages 15

(see Giglioni pagina personale) Assessment (lettorati) Written language test : Testing grammar and vocabulary: - cloze test - dictation A FEW DAYS LATER… (see Giglioni pagina personale) Oral language test: Short interview (selected readings) NB: together with ther oral part of the monographic course if you haven’t passed the interim test) 16

Assessment (Giglioni) I Info Transfer II Course contents (special discourses and genres + language awareness) N.B: interim tests provided to substitute for these parts: strongly recommended!!!!! 17

Assessment Written language test (lettori: cloze+dictation) A FEW DAYS LATER…. Info Transfer (with Giglioni, 20 minutes before the beginning of the oral inteerviews) Oral language test (with lettori, selected readings) Oral part of the monographic course (if you don’t pass interim test) 18

Assessment - All the parts contribute to the final mark - Students have to pass lettori’s written test first, and then do the remaining parts (unless they have already passed interim tests, in that case they simple go for teh interviewa with lettori) If yo are not satisfied with one of your marks, you have to come to VISONE COMPITI and tell the professor. N.B.: if you refuse one mark it will be erased form the lists and you take responsibility for getting a lower one in the future (or a higher one) 19

Interim test I Info tranfer in a set of notes testing listening, grammar and syntax If you cannot take this interim test or do not pass it, you will do it when you take the oral exam. If you pass the interim test, it will be valid forever 20

- closed and semi-closed questions lasting about 30 minutes Interim test II - closed and semi-closed questions lasting about 30 minutes - topics: special discourses and genres, word formation, word classes, phonetics If you cannot take interim test or do not pass it, you will be examined on the pertinent contents when you take the oral exam. If you pass this interim test, it will valid forever 21

Course materials Monographic course Materials will be provided to students in class and PPTs and word files will be posted in Giglioni «pagina personale docente». N.B.: no books to be bought. Language training classes (lettorati) Depending on student’s language level (pls. visit language assistants’ webpages) 22

Recommended dictionaries Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English MacMillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners Giuseppe Ragazzini, Dizionario italiano-inglese, inglese-italiano, Zanichelli 23

Contacts - office hours (ricevimento): Thu. from 3 to 4 p.m. - cinzia.giglioni@uniroma1.it - office hours (ricevimento): Thu. from 3 to 4 p.m. Students are kindly requested to… sign their messages and fill in the subject field use their uniroma1 account READ the Introduction to the Course before asking for further information 24