English language (i) (2007/2008)

Course not running

Teaching is organised as follows:
Unit Credits Academic sector Period Academic staff
Parte I 3 L-LIN/12-LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH II semestre Roberta Facchinetti
Parte II 3 L-LIN/12-LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH II semestre Roberta Facchinetti

Learning outcomes

the course aims at deepening and increasing knowledge and competences in English, above all as far as it concerns the oral and written comprehension of the language of journalism, politics and advertising.

Syllabus

Contents of the course:
strengthening linguistic competences for the comprehension and creation of a journalistic text;
representation and illustration of the main symbols of phonetic transcription;
deepening English morphology;
watching different British and American TV channels;
selection and evaluation of web sites, from which articles, original documents related to journalism, politics and advertising will be taken, on-line dictionaries and grammars.

Assessment methods and criteria

written exam

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