Lingua inglese corsi magistrali

ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Lessons are held on Teams https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3aaea9dc57f5994c4c9031769ad465ff6e%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=a57837e4-a575-4e69-b7dd-2ec4e16c6baa&tenantId=c7456b31-a220-47f5-be52-473828670aa1
Monday 14.00-15.30
Wednesday 15.45-17.15
Thursday 12.15-13.45

OFFICE HOURS
Office hours are on Thursday following the lesson:
13.45-15.45 on Teams in our classroom.
Via Santa Maria, 67 Anglistica 1° floor, «in presenza» by appointment

LETTORATO
Dottoressa Elizabeth MacDonald
Begins on 23rd February
Tuesday 17.30-19.00
Thursday 14.00-15.30
Friday 15.45-17.15

COURSE OVERVIEW: AIMS
B2+ level of English according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) in the four language skills: speaking, writing, listening and reading.
Recognise, understand and use key terminology and concepts found in specialised discourse on legal, economic, social and cultural themes extracted from audiovisual and news texts.
Understand how language creates meaning and become a critical reader of news products.
Developing summary skills, i.e. the ability to reformulate and summarise the main points of a specialised text (written or audiovisual) using appropriate lexico-grammar.

COURSE OVERVIEW: METHODS
Introductory theoretical lessons on Anglophone news brands and multimodal critical discourse analysis (Text book: How to Do Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis Machin & Mayr (2012 Sage) chapters 1,3,4,7,8.
Authentic materials from sources such as The Economist, The Times, The Guardian, etc plus video clips from news broadcasts and TV serials will be analysed focusing on specialised lexis in context and collocations. These will be supplemented with selected chapters and articles from Introduction to International Legal English (2008 Cambridge University Press) chapters 3,4,8,9,10
You will be encouraged through class discussions to view the texts not only from a linguistic perspective but also to consider their cultural and ideological stances. In general, the classroom approach is open seminar rather than “frontale”.

THE TEXTS
How to Do Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis Machin & Mayr (2012 Sage) chapters 1,3,4,7,8.
Introduction to International Legal English (2008 Cambridge University Press) chapters 3,4,8,9,10

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA OF KNOWLEDGE
You will be tested to ascertain that you have achieved a B2+ level of the CEFR in general English in terms of reception and production. You will need to pass a written exam consisting in reading comprehension and grammar before sitting the oral exam.
You must also be able to recognize and employ the main lexical and grammatical features of the various texts analysed in class, and to be able to engage with their content. This will be verified and discussed during the oral exam.
Your course work will be part of your assessment! You will prepare a presentation on a news text in pairs or small groups.

TOPIC AREAS
Topic 1 The language of the news
Topic 2 Critical discourse analysis – a toolbox for understanding texts
The following are general topics to be discussed through news texts
Topic 3 Brexit, the world economy and globalization.
Topic 4 The United Nations, human rights, and the language of NGOs
Topic 5 Naming the Other in news discourse: migrants, immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees.
Topic 6 A question of citizenship: documents, ID cards and permits
Topic 7 International Law and Comparative Law
Topic 8 British legal system
Topic 9 Fake news
Topic 10 Covid across nations and cultures: representations in the press
Topic 11 Social and health services

WHAT YOU WILL HAVE TO DO
Contribute your ideas and observations during the lessons
Work in small groups
Produce a written critique of a news article
In small groups give a presentation on a news article on three levels:
1. The use of language
2. The content
3. Your attitude to the subject

WHAT ARE OUR TEXTS?

ENTRY TEST AND NEEDS ANALYSIS
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