2020-21
Degree Course in Intercultural and Interlinguistic Mediation
English Language 2
Professor Irene Calabria

CFU SSD Lessons Practice Language Lab Year
Language
11 L-LIN12 60 60 English

Course objectives and expected outcomes
English Language 2 aims to provide both theoretical and practical training to guide second year students to the acquisition of upper intermediate to advanced level (B2+-C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - CEFR) skills and communicative competencies in English in particular for use in a professional capacity.

Prerequisites
Skills in oral and written English must reach B2 level.

Course content and programme

During lessons the following skills will be developed:

- Oral interactive communication skills in social and professional contexts
- The writing of formal and informal English texts in social and professional contexts
- The formulation and production of ideas and opinions in oral and written forms
- The comprehension of extended speech (of one or more speakers) in social and professional contexts
- The development of an adequate lexis and its implementation and use in professional contexts in particular
- Comprehension of complex factual and literary texts in different literary styles and formats

In accordance with the agreement between Insubria University and Cambridge ESOL (official certifying body and signatory of agreements with the Ministry for Instruction, University and Research) courses in preparation for the Cambridge certification and relative exam sessions will be organised within the University for students wishing to sit for the certificates.

Teaching and learning activity

Cambridge English Language Assessment recommends around 200 hours of study to pass from level B2 to level C1 of the CEFR. Most but not all of these hours will be guided during lessons and practice in second and third-year courses, however students are strongly advised to employ a self study method in the language lab, following the Professor’s home study guide (through the Internet, the university e-learning platform and distance learning) and using the recommended texts and teaching material to reach the minimum requirement of study hours for a C1 level of language competency in English.

Texts and learning material

-Lansford, L., Dummet, H. Stephenson, Keynote Advanced, Cengage Learning, ISBN-13: 978-1305399150
-Dummett, P., Mulanovic, P., Stephenson, H., Lansford, L., Keynote Advanced Workbook + CD, Cengage Learning, ISBN-13: 9781305578340
NB student’s + workbook online: KEYNOTE ADVANCED STUD+DVD+ONLINE wbcode (ISBN 9781305880627)

The texts will be used during lesson time and will also be expected to be studied at home.

Proposed dictionary and grammar references:
- Cambridge Essential English Dictionary, Cambridge University Press
- Longman Dizionario Compatto, Pearson Longman

- Dizionario bilingue Picchi – Hoepli

- Hewings, Martin. Advanced Grammar in Use with Answers, 3rd Edition, (B2 - C2) Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781107699892

The language lab, the Professor’s home study guide (provided through the university e-learning platform) are also fundamental to the guided learning of this course.

Testing of course objectives and expected outcomes
Acquired competences

By the end of the second year, students will be in possession of upper intermediate to advanced competencies (B2+-C1 CEFR). The competencies will be evaluated in the following way:

WRITTEN TEST AND EXAM FORMAT:
- reading comprehension with comprehension questions
- cloze test/gap-fill related to specific grammar and/ or lexis
- listening comprehension of a text with comprehension questions
- written composition of a formal text in English (e-mail, letter, report o memo) responding to a rubric.

Dictionaries are not permitted in any test or exam.

ORAL EXAM:
- A spoken interview in English about the issues and articles present in Keynote Advanced.

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