LINGUA INGLESE 2 (AA 2012/2013)

Letterature e lingue moderne e classiche - 6 crediti

Lingua  -  11 crediti (EX 509 )

Objectives: Consolidate and expand grammar and vocabulary learnt in the first year. Develop the four language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Improve your general understanding of the English language in order to reach an upper-intermediate level(B2/C1).
Content: language learning methods, use of authentic listening and reading material, exam techniques, regular progress tests, grammar practice, conversation classes, narrative composition, writing reviews, essays and letters, language through literature.
Groups: Group A surname A-L, Group B surname M - Z

Grammar:
Revision of simple tenses (present past perfect)
Present perfect simple and continuous
Making comparisons (more, less, a lot, as..as, rather, a bit, no)
Articles(a, an, the)
Like, as, as if, though
Adverbs and Adjectives (quick, quickly)
Narrative tenses
Countable and uncountable nouns
Future forms
Indirect Speech
Reporting Verbs
Modals – Ability, certainty, possibility, obligation, necessity and permission
Passives
Relative Clauses
Conditionals
Gerunds and infinitives
Expressing hypothetical meanings (I wish..)
Present and past habit
Participle clauses (I used to…)
It is, there is
Have/get something done
So, such, too, enough, very
Emphasis on what (what is unusual about volcanoes..)
Ways of giving advice (advise, wise, attempt , remind, recommend, ought)
Phrasal verbs

Writing:

Academic Writing
Formal and Informal letters (correct language form, paragraphs)
Story writing (sequencing expressions)
Writing an article (paragraph organisation)
Letter of complaint (contrasting)
Writing a report
Composition (plan, organise, linking expressions)
Letter of application