COURSE INTRODUCTION Prof. 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 (also) in institutional contexts. 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 Vocabulary building (readings) oral exam Pls, visit language assistants’ webpages for details… 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 ②codes of ethics ③ congressional hearings ④ CV and cover letter ⑤email 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

Assessment (lettorati) Written language test : Testing grammar and vocabulary: - cloze test (exercise in which the participant is given a sentence or passage with certain words removed) - dictation Oral language test: Short interview (selected readings) 16

Assessment (Giglioni) I Testing listening skills (info trasfer) II Testing course contents (special discourses and genres + language awareness) N.B: interim tests provided to substitute for these parts: strongly recommended!!!!! 17

Interim test I(listening) Info tranfer in a set of notes If you cannot take this interim test or do not pass it, you will do it when you take the oral exam 18

- closed and semi-closed questions lasting about 30 minutes Interim test II (special discourses and genres, word formation, word classes, phonetics) - closed and semi-closed questions lasting about 30 minutes 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 19

Course materials Monographic course Materials will be provided to students in class and PPTs will be posted (Prof. Giglioni «pagina personale») Language training classes (lettorati) Depending on student’s language level (pls. visit language assistants’ webpages) 20

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 21

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 22