An annual course composed of lectures and elective modules, designed to develop oral, written and analytical abilities within the framework of English for academic purposes.
Materials are prepared and/or written by the teachers specifically for each module.
Learning Objectives
All modules consolidate and extend academically oriented language skills at the B2/C1 level of the CEFR. For details, see Programma esteso.
Prerequisites
English Language B2 level of the CEFR.
Teaching Methods
Lectures, group work, seminar discussions, blended learning, research projects, cooperative learning (depending upon module).
Further information
Many of the teachers on the course make use of the e-learning platform Moodle, where students can find materials, links, homework assignments, information about exams and so forth. Moodle also reduces the need to communicate by e-mail.
Type of Assessment
Predominantly continuous assessment, oral and written, research papers, written and oral examinations, with variations according to module.
Course program
Lectures:
Language, Ideology and Culture (Christine Richardson) An investigation of the ways in which linguistic forms and choices in a variety of non-literary text types can communicate and perpetuate ideologies and how aspects of British culture inform the language.
Annual courses:
Narrative Translation into English (John Gilbert) focusses on an investigation of contrastive grammatical analysis, lexical choice, dictionary usage, questions of style, and the concepts of equivalence and cultural untranslatability.
Dramatic Adaptation (Elizabeth Sainsbury) requires individual research on a selection of texts, group discussion and analysis of the problems of an actual performance, re-writing and experimentation with different readings.
Single semester courses:
Dramatic Adaptation (Elizabeth Sainsbury) requires individual research on a selection of texts, group discussion and analysis of the problems of an actual performance, re-writing and experimentation with different readings.
Cognitive Grammar - Prepositions (Scott Staton) introduces the meaning-based and usage-based approach of Cognitive Grammar, by examining the theoretical framework and exploring a central area of conceptualization normally realized in the language in the word classes of nouns and prepositions. Required text: G. Radden & R. Dirven, Cognitive English Grammar (John Benjamins, 2007).
Cognitive Grammar - Concept Metaphor (Scott Staton) introduces the meaning-based and usage-based approach of Cognitive Grammar, by examining the theoretical framework and exploring the central area of conceptualization.
Detailed course descriptions, schedules and materials are available on Moodle.