ENGLISH LANGUAGE I

Integrated educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2016/2017

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES FOR CULTURAL MEDIATION AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

Moduls:

ENGLISH LANGUAGE I - MOD. II

6 credits
ENGLISH LANGUAGE I - MOD. I

6 credits

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

105

Prerequisites:

Students' communicative skills should be at the B2+ level of the CEFR

AF code:

40Y01575

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

There is a test per module. Tests will have to be passed in the following order:
1. a C1-level written language exam will test students' communicative competence;
2. an oral exam will test students' understanding of the concepts dealt with in the linguistics module.

Teaching period

Single Annual Cycle

Objectives

In the English linguistics module, students will develop the necessary knowledge to analyze news reports, promotional texts and political speeches from the point of view of Critical Discourse Analysis. The relationship between English and the social variables of gender and ethnicity will also be dealt with.
During the language module, students will develop their oral and written language skills at the C1 level of the CEFR.

Contents

The linguistics module is dedicated to an introduction to Critical Discourse Analysis. Key theoretical and practical aspects of this approach will be dealt with in class and particular attention will be devoted to various types of institutional mass communication. News reports, promotional texts and political speeches will be focussed on. Moreover, part of the course will deal with gendered discourse and the construction of social identity.
Language lessons will develop students' oral and written communicative skills at the C1 level of the CEFR.

Recommended Bibliography

Linguistics module:
Simpson, P. and A. Mayr (2010) "Language and Power". London: Routledge.

Language module:
1. Leonard, A. (2010) "The Story Of Stuff". London: Constable.
2. Foley, M. and Hall, D. (2003). "Advanced Learner's Grammar". Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.

Teaching Methods

Face-to-face lectures in the linguistics module.
Face-to-face lessons in the language module.

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