The complete English language structures and functions will be reviewed. Therefore, all the 38 units of the grammar course book –
S. Perez, M. Solly, Communicative Grammar and Practice, Il Capitello,- will be explained and practiced.

In order to code a text the learner have to decode many of them, so the course will give the students all the necessary tools to do that, such as how to have a factual text analysis on report with economic and information technology topics

As regards English for special purposes, students are required to learn both business English and English for Information technology through specific and authentic readings of the subject with activities on prefixes and suffixes, phrasal verbs, compound nouns, acronyms, as well as through grammar, spelling and pronunciation differences between British English and American English.
Particular attention will be given to the use of the passive form, the abolition of the relative clause in favour of the sentence construction on the left of the key word, typical of technical and scientific English.

Thus, the source of the economic texts is the Economist whereas passages about information technology are taken by PC MAGAZINE

Topics on English as a global/common language will also be dealt at the course through the essay of Professor Crystal :in
file D Crystal, English as a Global Language – 1st and 2nd prefaces + 1st chapter
Dal materiale presente in TEAMS, riferire in fluent English sui seguenti argomenti:
A Essential strategies and procedures to analyse a case study
Reading skills - pre-reading activities; skimming, scanning, intensive and extensive reading.
Efficient reading strategies
Essential definition for what a text is - part I (understanding different types of text)
First step- what a text is - part II (Identifying texts and purposes)
Factual text Analysis
Types of text –Identifying purpose and text convention
Jacobson theory of Communication (sender, message, receive and code)
Graphs
Linkers or Connectors
Writing a summary
Further texts present in scrambled order in the file
Tokyo/Karoshi: 1 in block style 2 in Indented style 3 in column version
CCTV surveillance system
Pandemic, Infodemic and Syndemic
B Programma dettagliato inerente il libro di testo sull’economia:
Graham Tullis, Tonya Trappe, Intelligent Business, intermediate level-course book -Longman-Person.
Unit 1 Companies
Comment the cover of the magazine ‘The Economist’: Survival of the fittest and then refer orally in fluent English about the following texts:
 A matter of choice
 Will the corporation survive
Unit 2 Leadership
Comment the cover of the magazine ‘The Economist’: Terrorising the talent and then refer orally in fluent English about the following texts:
 When to terrorise talent
 The art of Delegation
 We don’t need managers we manage ourselves!
Unit 3 Strategy
Comment and then refer orally in fluent English about the following texts: comment the cover of the magazine ‘The Economist’: The big picture
 S.W.O.T. Analysis
 Nike’s Goddess
 Breaking into a new market
Unit 4 Pay
Comment the cover of the magazine ‘The Economist’: Because I’m worth it and then refer orally in fluent English about he following texts:
 The rewards of failure
Unit 5 Development
Comment the cover of the magazine ‘The Economist’: Prosperity or preservation? Then refer orally in fluent English the following texts:
 Gas for Peru V green imperialism
Unit 6 Marketing
Comment the cover of the magazine ‘The Economist’: Seducing the masses and then refer orally in fluent English about6 the following texts:
 Money can buy you love
 Saying ‘I do’ to the marketers
Unit 7 Outsourcing
Comment the cover of the magazine ‘The Economist’: The great job migration and then refer orally in fluent English about the following texts:
 The new global shift
Unit 10 Counterfeiting
Comment the cover of the magazine ‘The Economist’: The globalisation of deceit and then refer orally in fluent English the following texts:
 Imitating property is theft
Unit 12 Lobbies
Comment the cover of the magazine ‘The Economist’: Finding a voice and then refer orally in fluent English the following texts:
 Of celebrities, charity and trade
 The new networked lobbies
Unit 13 Communication
Comment the cover of the magazine ‘The Economist’: Messaging meltdown and then refer orally in fluent English about the following texts:
 Coping with infoglut
Unit 15 Innovation
Comment the cover of the magazine ‘The Economist’: Pushing the limits and then refer orally in fluent English about the following texts:
 Failure is glorious
 Motorola and Iridium
C) Programma dettagliato inerente il libro di testo di carattere informatico:
Eric H Glendinning, John McEwan, Oxford English for Information Technology, OUP
Comprehend, analyse and then refer orally in fluent English about the following texts:
Unit 1 Computers make the world smaller and smaller p 8-9
Unit 2 Cache memory p 16-17
Unit 3
 Computer Applications - Reading n 2 on p 18-19
 Data Mining p 22- 23
Unit 4 Ready for the Bazillion-Byte Drive? p 30-31
Unit 6
 Operating system reading n 2 p 36
 Operating Systems: Hidden Software p 37
 LINUX p 42-43
Unit 8
 Application Programs Reading n 4 p 54
 Application Service Providers p 58-59
Unit 11
 Networks –Starter n 1 and n 2
 Reading n 3 p c 73
 Network Communications p 78-79

D) Four slides about definitions about Information Technology
E) Some more passages to refer orally:
> Positive & Negative Impact of Technology on Society
> Technology: A Positive or Negative Influence on Society?

F) Linguistics through a video course

Another innovative feature of Global: Global English with Professor David Crystal.
 English as a Global Language in
Global English with David Crystal – YouTube
 Varieties of English in
David Crystal - World Englishes – YouTube
 What will be the future of English as a global language in:
David Crystal - Will English Always Be the Global ... – YouTub

G) Detailed Grammar programme

Analysing the English sentence
The main parts of a sentence
To be; subject pronouns; demonstratives
To have – possession -
Possessives, reflexives, interrogatives
The Present Continuous
The Present Simple
Prepositions of Place and Time
The Imperative
The Future - four different ways to express the idea of future -
Past simple and past continuous
Present perfect and past perfect
The noun
Articles
Adjectives
Comparatives and superlatives
Indefinite pronouns and adjectives
Interrogative pronouns and adjectives
Conditional sentences and if clauses
The duration form
The passive voice
The subjunctive
Connectors
Direct and reported speech