ENGLISH LANGUAGE II

Integrated educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2018/2019

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in CULTURAL TOURISM STUDIES

Moduls:

ENGLISH LANGUAGE II - MOD. I

6 credits
ENGLISH LANGUAGE II - MOD. II

6 credits

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

105

Prerequisites:

Students' oral and written skills should at least be at the B1+ level of the CEFR

AF code:

40X01576

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

The written test for the language module must be passed before taking the oral examination regarding the linguistics module.
1. Written test. It includes 2 listening comprehension exercises; 1 reading comprehension and 1 multiple choice exercise; 3 use-of-English exercises (verb tense gap filling, sentence transformation, word formation); 1 written composition.
2. Oral exam. It is based on the contents of the linguistics module.

Teaching period

Single Annual Cycle

Objectives

This 12-credit course is divided into two 6-credit modules as specified below:
a. a linguistics module (30 hours of face-to-face lectures in the second term),
b. a language module (75 hours of face-to-face language lessons in both the first and second term)

Contents

Linguistics: The linguistics module will be dedicated to an introduction to Pragmatics. The following concepts will be dealt with: pragmatics; clause, utterance, proposition; context and co-text; reference and deixis; presupposition; semantic and pragmatic meaning; speech act and felicity conditions; Grice's cooperative principle; Leech's politeness principle; Brown and Levinson's politeness theory and main strategies. Some examples of verbal exchanges and written texts belonging to various registers will be analyzed in class.
Language lessons: Language lessons will develop students' oral and written communicative skills and grammatical and lexical knowledge at the B2 level of the CEFR. Topics, grammar and vocabulary dealt with in class are those specified in the textbook.

Recommended Bibliography

Linguistics:
Culpeper, Jonathan and Michael Haugh (2014) Pragmatics and the English Language. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan. Chapter 1 (pp.1-9); Chapter 2 (pp. 13-15; 21-34); Chapter 3 (pp. 45-63); Chapter 4 (pp. 83-114); Chapter 5 (pp. 117-145); Chapter 6 (pp. 155-184); Chapter 7 (pp. 197-232). Totale pp. 155
Language lessons:
Textbook used in class: Brook-Hart, G. (2014) "Complete First" Second Ed. Student's Book and Workbook. Cambridge, CUP. (pp. 1-160).
The following is a grammar book students may want to use to develop specific grammatical points: Hashemi, L. and Thomas, B. "Grammar for First Certificate with Answers". Cambridge, CUP.
Usage of a monolingual dictionary is recommended to improve students' lexical competence.

Teaching Methods

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

Contacts/More Information

Even though the subject is divided into modules (linguistics and language), one final mark will be assigned. Linguistics and Language can be registered singly only in the case of the necessity to complete a quote of credits following transfer from another course, an Erasmus exchange or parts of the exam that have been previously registered and have not expired.

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