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English Language 2 (for second-year students)

International Teaching English Language 2 (for second-year students)

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4312200019
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF6
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
FULL ACADEMIC YEAR
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
945LESSONS


LINDA BARONE T Curriculum
Objectives
GENERAL AIM
THE COURSE AIMS TO ENABLE STUDENTS TO READ TEXTS IN ORDER TO EXTRACT RELEVANT INFORMATION, UNDERSTAND AND ANALYSE BOTH LITERARY AND NON-LITERARY TEXTS. THE COURSE WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN AWARENESS OF MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX, SEMANTICS AND STYLISTICS AND WILL REINFORCE THE WRITTEN AND SPOKEN COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS INTRODUCING TECHNIQUES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF TEXTS FROM A MULTIMODAL PERSPECTIVE.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL:
-LEARN HOW TO USE THE MAIN TOOLS OF LANGUAGE LEARNING (DICTIONARIES, GRAMMAR BOOKS, SELF-ACCESS AND MULTIMEDIA TOOLS);
-COMPLETE A LEVEL OF COMPETENCE CORRESPONDING TO AN INITIAL C1 OF THE COMMON EUROPEAN LANGUAGE FRAMEWORK;
-LEARN HOW TO METALINGUISTICALLY REFLECT ON THE LINGUISTIC CHARACTERISTICS AND STRUCTURES OF ENGLISH AT AN INITIAL C1 LEVEL;
-LEARN HOW TO ANALYSE WRITTEN AND ORAL ENGLISH THROUGH THE STUDY OF TEXT LINGUISTICS AND STYLISTICS.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
-COMMUNICATE IN EVERYDAY SITUATIONS, READ AND UNDERSTAND A WIDE RANGE OF MORE DEMANDING, LONGER TEXTS AS WELL AS RECOGNIZE IMPLICIT HIDDEN MEANING;
-ADEQUATELY ELABORATE, PRODUCE AND DISCUSS IN ENGLISH;
-USE LANGUAGE FLEXIBLY AND EFFECTIVELY FOR SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC PURPOSES. -PRODUCE CLEAR, WELL-STRUCTURED, DETAILED TEXT ON COMPLEX SUBJECTS, SHOWING CORRECT USE OF ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS, CONNECTORS AND COHESIVE DEVICES.

MAKING JUDGEMENTS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
-FORMULATE AND DISCUSS HYPOTHESES, CONTRAST AND JUDGE TEXTS;
-HIGHLIGHT LINGUISTIC AND STYLISTICS FEATURES OF TEXTS BELONGING TO DIFFERENT GENRES AND DEVELOP TEXTUAL COMPETENCE SKILLS;
-CARRY OUT CRITICAL TEXT ANALYSES OF LITERARY AND MULTIMODAL TEXTS;
-UNDERSTAND HOW CREATIVE WRITING WORKS AND PRODUCE CREATIVE TEXTS THROUGH INTERSEMIOTIC TRANSLATION (FROM PAINTING TO SHORT FICTION – FROM POETRY TO VIDEOS).

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
-COMMUNICATE IN ENGLISH;
-APPROPRIATELY ACT IN THE VARIOUS SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXTS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THEIR OBJECTIVES AND THE INTERLOCUTORS;
-PRESENT AND COMMUNICATE THE RESULTS OF THEIR RESEARCH THROUGH TEXTS AND DIGITAL TOOLS.

LEARNING SKILLS
STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
-USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND DIGITAL RESOURCES;
-UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET NON VERBAL LANGUAGE AND TRANSFORM IT INTO VERBAL LANGUAGE AND VICE VERSA: FROM IMAGES TO WORDS AND FROM WORDS TO IMAGES;
-PROCEED WITH SOME CONTINUOUS UPDATING OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE, MAKING USE OF ITS MOST RELEVANT SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.
Prerequisites
STUDENTS MUST HAVE PASSED THE FOLLOWING EXAMS: ENGLISH LANGUAGE I AND ENGLISH LITERATURE I AND MUST POSSESS A LEVEL OF LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE CORRESPONDING TO B1/B2 OF THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR LANGUAGES.
Contents
STUDENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED TO LINGUISTIC AND STYLISTIC ANALYSIS AND CREATIVE WRITING THROUGH THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS AND PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES ON TEXTS OF DIFFERENT GENRES. THE TEXTUAL GENRES UNDER ANALYSIS BELONG TO THE LITERARY, FILM/TELEVISION, JOURNALISTIC, AND ADVERTISING DOMAINS.
IN THE FIRST SEMESTER, THE LESSONS WILL FOCUS ON TEXTUAL GENRES, STYLISTICS, INTERSEMIOTIC TRANSLATION, AND CREATIVE WRITING. THE FINAL WORK OF THIS MODULE INVOLVES WRITING A STORY BASED ON A PAINTING.
IN THE SECOND SEMESTER, THE LESSONS WILL REVOLVE AROUND LINGUISTIC AND STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF LITERARY TEXTS AND THEIR INTERSEMIOTIC TRANSLATION. STUDENTS WILL CHOOSE A LITERARY TEXT AND ADAPT IT INTO A SUBJECT AND SCREENPLAY. OTHER LESSONS WILL BE DEDICATED TO AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION, JOURNALISTIC LANGUAGE, AND ADVERTISING LANGUAGE.
SOME LESSONS WILL BE LED BY EXPERTS WHO WILL ASSIST STUDENTS IN THE REALIZATION OF THEIR PROJECTS.

CONTENTS:
•TEXT LINGUISTICS 4 HOURS
•STYLISTICS 4 HOURS
•MULTIMODALITY 2 HOURS
•INTERSEMIOTIC TRANSLATION 4 HOURS
•INTERTEXTUALITY 2 HOURS
•CREATIVE WRITING 11 HOURS
•HOW TO WRITE A TREATMENT 4 HOURS
•HOW TO WRITE A SCREENPLAY 4 HOURS
•LANGUAGE OF ADVERTISING 2 HOURS
•LANGUAGE OF JOURNALISM 4 HOURS
•AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION 4 HOURS

THE OFFICIAL INSTRUCTOR'S LESSONS WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY ASSISTED STUDY ACTIVITIES IN THE CLASSROOM OR IN THE LABORATORY WITH COLLABORATORS AND LINGUISTIC EXPERTS (CEL) WHOSE NATIVE LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH.
THE COURSE RUNS ANNUALLY (OCTOBER-MAY).
Teaching Methods
THE OFFICIAL PROFESSOR'S LESSONS WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY ASSISTED STUDY ACTIVITIES IN THE CLASSROOM OR IN THE LABORATORY WITH COLLABORATORS AND LINGUISTIC EXPERTS (CEL) WHOSE NATIVE LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH.
THE COURSE RUNS ANNUALLY (OCTOBER-MAY).
THEORETICAL LECTURES;
PRACTICAL LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES IN THE CLASSROOM AND /OR LANGUAGE LABS WITH MOTHER TONGUE EXPERTS;
SELF-STUDY;
TASKS TO BE CARRIED OUT AT HOME AND THEN DISCUSSED/PRESENTED DURING CLASSES.
THE TEACHING APPROACHES USED INCLUDE TASK-BASED LEARNING, PROJECT-BASED LEARNING, AND LEARNING BY DOING.
ATTENDANCE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE COURSE, WHICH INVOLVES PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED OUT IN CLASS, NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT PROGRAM AND WILL NEED TO COORDINATE IT WITH THE INSTRUCTOR DURING OFFICE HOURS.
Verification of learning
THE EXAM CONSISTS OF A WRITTEN TEST AND AN ORAL TEST. FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS, MID-TERM TESTS ARE PLANNED TO REPLACE PARTS OF THE FINAL EXAM. A POSITIVE RESULT IN THE WRITTEN TEST IS MANDATORY TO ACCESS THE ORAL TEST.

THE WRITTEN TEST CONSISTS OF A GRAMMAR/USE OF ENGLISH SECTION, A READING COMPREHENSION (45 MINUTES), AND A COMPOSITION (45 MINUTES). IT TAKES PLACE THREE TIMES DURING AN ACADEMIC YEAR (SUMMER SESSION, AUTUMN SESSION, WINTER SESSION), IS PREPARATORY TO THE ORAL EXAM, AND IS VALID FOR TWO ACADEMIC YEARS FOR ALL SESSIONS.
ATTENDING STUDENTS CAN TAKE THE COMPOSITION PART AT THE END OF THE COURSE. STUDENTS WHO PASS THE TEST HAVE THE OPTION TO ACCEPT THE SCORE FOR THAT PART AND KEEP IT FOR TWO YEARS OR REJECT IT AND RETAKE IT ON THE DAY OF THE WRITTEN EXAM. THOSE WHO TAKE THE MID-TERM WRITING TEST MUST ALSO TAKE THE OFFICIAL WRITTEN TEST (WHICH INCLUDES ONLY GRAMMAR/USE OF ENGLISH AND READING COMPREHENSION) ON THE OFFICIAL DATE. THE PUBLISHED SCORE WILL BE THE TOTAL SCORE CONSIDERING THE THREE DIFFERENT PARTS: WRITING (MID-TERM OR OFFICIAL) + GRAMMAR/USE OF ENGLISH – READING COMPREHENSION.

ATTENDING STUDENTS WHO CHOOSE TO TAKE THE COMPOSITION ON THE DAY OF THE WRITTEN EXAM CANCEL THE MID-TERM TEST ALREADY TAKEN AND, IF THEY FAIL TO PASS THE WRITTEN TEST IN ITS ENTIRETY, CANNOT REFER TO THE TEST TAKEN DURING THE COURSE ANYMORE. ANY COMPOSITION TEST TAKEN BY ATTENDING STUDENTS DURING THE COURSE HAS THE SAME VALIDITY AS THE WRITTEN TEST (2 ACADEMIC YEARS).

THE ORAL TEST CONSISTS OF THREE PARTS: A LISTENING TEST IN THE LABORATORY; AN ENGLISH CONVERSATION ON ONE OF THE TOPICS COVERED DURING ASSISTED STUDY ACTIVITIES, AND A FINAL EXAM ALWAYS IN ENGLISH (WHICH CAN BE TAKEN ONLY IF THE LISTENING AND CONVERSATION TESTS ARE PASSED), CONSISTING OF AN INTERVIEW ON SOME OF THE TOPICS COVERED IN THE MODULE TAUGHT BY THE INSTRUCTOR. ATTENDING STUDENTS WILL BE ASKED TO WRITE A STORY AND A SCREENPLAY.

PLEASE NOTE: STUDENTS WHO ATTEND AT LEAST 80% OF THE CLASSES ARE CONSIDERED 'ATTENDING STUDENTS'.

NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO CONTACT THE PROFESSOR FOR INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAM.
Texts
LINGUISTICS
- CONBOY M., TABLOID BRITAIN, 2006, ROUTLEDGE.
- COOPER P., DANCYGER K., WRITING THE SHORT FILM, 2005, ELSEVIER PRESS.
- LEECH G., SHORT M., STYLE IN FICTION, 2007, PEARSON LONGMAN.
- SAKNUSSEMM K., A GUIDE TO CREATIVE WRITING AND THE IMAGINATION, 2022, ROUTLEDGE.

LANGUAGE:
EXPERT ADVANCED COURSE AND STUDENT’S RESOURCE BOOKS (UNITS 1-5) AND KEYNOTE ADVANCED (UNITS 1-6).
More Information
FOR ANY QUESTION AND FURTHER INFORMATION STUDENTS CAN CONTACT THE PROFESSOR VIA EMAIL (LBARONE@UNISA.IT) OR GO TO HER OFFICE HOURS WHICH ARE PUBLISHED ON THE UNISA WEBSITE.
Lessons Timetable

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