1. 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

2. LM38 – Part 2

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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.

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

7. 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?