ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2017/2018

Type of Course:

Basic

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

English Language and Translation

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

150

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE

COMMUNICATION SCIENCES

AF code:

40000059

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

B1 level or above or those how passed an entry test and feel they have already reached a B1 level should inform their tutor on the first day of lessons (7th October at 12:30) or come to her office hour.

FOR ALL COURSES:
Before enrolling to any exam, students must create their on profile on the e-learning platform. After that, they can enroll but they must do so 3 working days before the exam. The detail on the student profile will help them identify themselves when the exams results are posted on the platform. To watch the online tutorial on how to create your profile, please visit the following link: http://sdco.uniss.it/moodle/course/view.php?id=806.
Those students who do not enroll online will NOT be admitted to the exam. Students must should a valid ID before taking the exam.

Teaching period

Single Annual Cycle

Objectives

Zero Course (optional) e Beginners Course (first semester)
English Tutor: Ruth Chapman
Students should be able to communicate in writing in the past, present and future in familiar situations, and should be able to understand written texts at a European A2 level (ex.KET).

INTERMEDIATE (fist and second semester)
English Tutor: Sasha Beavis
Students should be able to communicate without a dictionary (Reading, Writing and Listening), using a variety of structures and vocabulary at European B1 level (e.g. PET).

Intermediate (first and second semester)
English Tutor: Fenu Claudia
Students should be able to write a short message/informal letter without the use of a dictionary, making use of functional language

Contents

Zero Course (optional) e Beginners Course (first semester)
English Tutor: Ruth Chapman
Elementary grammatical structures and vocabulary leading up to the European A2 level (ex. KET).
The active forms of the Present Simple and Continuous, Past Simple, Present Perfect, going to, can/could7would;

INTERMEDIATE (fist and second semester)
English Tutor: Sasha Beavis
Skills in reading without a dictionary (eg. understanding the meaning from context, grammar analysis ...), listening to short dialogues and writing short messages/informal letters.
The grammar structures and vocabulary to reach European B1 level (eg. PET) (see the list in the Dispensa for details) .
English tutor:Fenu Claudia
Writing short messages/informal letters following PET format, error correction activities, review of grammar points chosen on the basis of the feedback given.

BASE 2 SEMESTRE
English tutor: Fenu Claudia
Remedial lessons for students who failde the exam on the first appello in February

Recommended Bibliography

Zero Course (optional) e Beginners Course (first semester)
English Tutor: Ruth Chapman
1 English File Elementary Digital (Student's Book e Workbook (WITH KEY), Oxford University Press
2. Handouts for the Beginners English Course by Beavis/Chapman, available at Unidata, Pzza. Università, Sassari (those students who are attending the course should bring books and handouts to their first lesson)
3. Students should be also consulting Essential Grammar in Use with key and CD ROM, Raymond Murphy, Cambridge University Press, English and Italian versions available.

INTERMEDIATE (fist and second semester)
English Tutor: Sasha Beavis
1 English File Pre-intermediate Digital Student's Book & Workbook WITH KEY, Oxford University Press.
2. Handouts for the Intermediate English Course by Beavis/Chapman, available at Unidata, Pzza. Università, Sassari (it includes a mock exam, frequent Progress Checks / Tests to monitor learning in a systematic way and a list of useful learning websites).
(those students who are attending the course should bring books and handouts to their first lesson)

Teaching Methods

The course comprise two Modules: Base (and Zero for absolute beginners) and Intermediate. Full-time students are obliged to attend the course while it is strongly recommended that part-time students who will not pass the English entry test also attend it. Those students who will not take the entry test but feel their knowledge of English reaches the A2 level, should contact their English tutors as soon as possible.
Students cannot sit the English Intermediate Exam if they have not passed the entry, the beginners test (BASE) or haven't submitted an international certificate stating at least an A2 level in English (e.g. KET). To know more about what certificate are considered valid, please visit: http://www.uniss.it/php/proiettoreTesti.php?cat=653&xml=/xml/testi/testi... internazionali di lingua inglese

Contacts/More Information

Office hours:
Ruth Chapman, just after each lesson, at 12.00 and 16.30, English Tutor's rooms in fornt of Aula Verde, Vle Mancini

Dott.ssa Sasha Beavis, just after each lesson, at 12.00 and 16.30, English Tutor's rooms in fornt of Aula Verde, Vle Mancini

Dott.ssa Fenu Claudia responsible for the course
Please, send an email to clfenu@uniss.it to arrange a meeting

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