English
- Basic morphosyntactic and lexical features
- Sector-based Language communication
- Idiomatic expressions
- Paragraph structure and types of paragraph
- Precis
- English-Italian translations
- Dictations
Teaching material may be downloaded by the student from the instructor's webpage of the university's online platform.
Quadri SUA-CdS: A4.a; A2.a)
- Acquire the necessary skills in order to read, understand and comment basic texts in English
- Acquire specific terminology to communicate in an economic/management sector
no pre-requisite
- Lecture
- Role playing
- Case studies
- Co-operative Learning
- PowerPoint presentations
- Seminars
At the end of the course, the student should:
- write short compositions (about 300-400 words) and be able to summarize them orally
- possess a technical vocabulary of idiomatic expressions, or business expressions, principally in use in commercial sector
- be fluent enough in his English in order to carry on various types of conversation either on professional topics or leisure activities
- have a sufficient linguistic competence to travel abroad without any major problems
- be able to talk about himself using a varied and extensive vocabulary
- be able to illustrate and synthesize the chief points of a work plan or the main thesis of a scholarly/journalistic article
The general objectives of the course is thus to give the student the knowledge and skills necessary to:
- Acquire the technical vocabulary in order to communicate effectively in a managerial environment
- Read/compose short texts characterized by idiomatic expressions of that sector
- Carry on technical and/or general conversations with native speakers
- Articulate complex ideas on specific topics
Thus, the course aims to give the student the following skills in terms of particular objectives:
COMPREHENSION AND SKILLS
- to read short technical texts
- to read short narrative texst
- to read business/personal correspondence in English
- to translate in Italian short technical texts written in English
- to translate in Italian short narrative texts written in English
- to translate in Italian business/personal correspondence in English
- to carry on English conversations concerning managerial topics and arguments
- Sostenere conversazioni in lingua inglese su argomenti inerenti allo svago: viaggi all’estero, hobbies, etc.
- to carry on English conversations concerning leisure activities: foreign travel, hobbies etc.
AUTONOMOUS EVALUATION:
- the student is able to identify the chief points of a technical/narrative text written in English (e.g. buying and selling of services/general thesis in favor of the legalization of marijuana) and can express his/her own opinions concerning the argument
Final written multiple choice/true or false quiz for all students.
