Course 2010-2011 a.y.

Course Objectives

The first year of the course aims to provide the student with the necessary tools and skills to:

• Understand the main points in current affairs or personal interest topics and express them clearly;
• Express himself confidently in dealing with routine problems in daily life;
• Understand texts written in everyday language;
• Produce a simple text about familiar subjects;
• Convey information, describe experiences and events and briefly explain the reasons for personal opinions.

Course Content Summary

The course is intensive. Phonetics, pronunciation, structure and all lexical aspects are covered from the beginning. The course is based on looking at realistic situations in everyday life and using written and spoken texts which reflect these. Aspects of language and functions linked to these situations, as well as the description of syntax and sentence structures and their usage, are all part of the course. This involves the study of both communicative and pragmatic aspects of the language and the use of more complex morphosyntactic structures. Space is also dedicated to an analysis of intercultural communication. The emphasis placed on oral interaction and project work is aimed at developing language skills, favouring the acquisition of lexical competence and awareness of the communicative and interactional aspects.
Adequate attention is reserved to specialized terminology and grammatical forms. The phonetical and morphological aspects are highlighted in order to improve pronunciation.
The listening comprehension activities are designed to develop the ability to understand and listen to simple texts.
Reading activities are mainly concerned with developing interactive (discussions, debates, role plays) and monological (short spoken reports) skills.
Attendance in class together with appropriate individual study is necessary in order to consolidate knowledge of the language.
There is an exam at the end of the first year worth three credits in the final average for the degree course.
There is an exam at the end of the first year worth three credits in the final average for the degree course.

Detailed Description of Assessment Methods

L'esame si compone unicamente di una prova scritta. Questo esame è propedeutico all'esame di prima lingua di secondo anno.
Non è consentito l'uso del dizionario né monolingue né bilingue.
Maggiori indicazioni relative agli argomenti trattati e alle modalità d'esame sono riportate nel programma d'aula e d'esame pubblicati nel sito internet dell'Università allindirizzo www.unibocconi.it/centrolinguistico in Didattica.

Textbooks

TESTI ADOTTATI

• REDSTON CH., CUNNINGHAM G., Face2Face Pre-Intermediate, Students’ Book (1-10 units) & Workbook , Cambridge University Press
• REDSTON CH., CUNNINGHAM G., Face2Face Intermediate, Students’ Book (1-10 units) & Workbook , Cambridge University Press

TESTO CONSIGLIATO

• MURPHY R., PALLINI L., Essential Grammar in Use, Cambridge University Press (nuova edizione con CD)
  

Course Objectives

The first year of the course aims to provide the student with the necessary tools and skills to:

• Understand the main points in current affairs or personal interest topics and express them clearly;
• Express himself confidently in dealing with routine problems in daily life;
• Understand texts written in everyday language;
• Produce a simple text about familiar subjects;
• Convey information, describe experiences and events and briefly explain the reasons for personal opinions.

Course Content Summary

The course is based on looking at realistic situations in everyday life and using written and spoken texts which reflect these. Aspects of language and functions linked to these situations, as well as the description of syntax and sentence structures and their usage, are all part of the course. This involves the study of both communicative and pragmatic aspects of the language and the use of more complex morphosyntactic structures. Space is also dedicated to an analysis of intercultural communication. The emphasis placed on oral interaction and project work is aimed at developing language skills, favouring the acquisition of lexical competence and awareness of the communicative and interactional aspects.
Adequate attention is reserved to specialized terminology and grammatical forms. The phonetical and morphological aspects are highlighted in order to improve pronunciation.
The listening comprehension activities are designed to develop the ability to understand and listen to simple texts.
Reading activities are mainly concerned with developing interactive (discussions, debates, role plays) and monological (short spoken reports) skills.
Attendance in class together with appropriate individual study is necessary in order to consolidate knowledge of the language.
There is an exam at the end of the first year worth three credits in the final average for the degree course.

Textbooks

Testo adottato

• D.COTTON, Language Leader Intermediate, Coursebook & Workbook, Pearson Longman Press 

Testo consigliato

• R. Murphy, L. Pallini, Essential Grammar in Use, Cambridge University Press (nuova edizione con CD-ROM)

Course Objectives

The first year of the course aims to provide the student with the necessary tools and skills to:

• Understand the main points in current affairs or personal interest topics and express them clearly;
• Express himself confidently in dealing with routine problems in daily life;
• Understand texts written in everyday language;
• Produce a simple text about familiar subjects;
• Convey information, describe experiences and events and briefly explain the reasons for personal opinions.

Course Content Summary

The course is based on looking at realistic situations in everyday life and using written and spoken texts which reflect these. Aspects of language and functions linked to these situations, as well as the description of syntax and sentence structures and their usage, are all part of the course. This involves the study of both communicative and pragmatic aspects of the language and the use of more complex morphosyntactic structures. Space is also dedicated to an analysis of intercultural communication. The emphasis placed on oral interaction and project work is aimed at developing language skills, favouring the acquisition of lexical competence and awareness of the communicative and interactional aspects.
Adequate attention is reserved to specialized terminology and grammatical forms. The phonetical and morphological aspects are highlighted in order to improve pronunciation.
The listening comprehension activities are designed to develop the ability to understand and listen to simple texts.
Reading activities are mainly concerned with developing interactive (discussions, debates, role plays) and monological (short spoken reports) skills.
Attendance in class together with appropriate individual study is necessary in order to consolidate knowledge of the language.
There is an exam at the end of the first year worth one credit in the final average for the degree course.

Detailed Description of Assessment Methods

L'esame si compone unicamente di una prova scritta. Questo esame è propedeutico all'esame di prima lingua di secondo anno.
Non è consentito l'uso del dizionario né monolingue né bilingue.
Maggiori indicazioni relative agli argomenti trattati e alle modalità d'esame sono riportate nel programma d'aula e d'esame pubblicati nel sito internet dell'Università allindirizzo www.unibocconi.it/centrolinguistico in Didattica.

Textbooks

Testo adottato

• D. COTTON, Language Leader Intermediate, Coursebook & Workbook, Pearson Longman Press

Testo consigliatO

• R. Murphy, L. Pallini, Essential Grammar in Use, Cambridge University Press (nuova edizione con CD-ROM)

Course Objectives

The aim of the first year of the course is to give the student the tools and skills so that he can:

• Follow speech at some length on a variety of both concrete and abstract subjects;
• Produce a short, clear and detailed text on a range of subjects, expressing an opinion and discussing the pros and cons of different points of view;
• Express himself clearly and in detail on subjects related to his studies;
• Discuss the pros and cons of a familiar subject;
• Interact with a certain degree of fluency and spontaneity.

Course Content Summary

Activities aimed at developing skills are based on questions of current affairs, social and cultural issues. Group work, both written and oral, allows students to learn a language in a natural and practical way, favouring the acquisition of lexical competence and awareness of the communicative and interactional aspects.
Oral comprehension skills are developed to deal with passages of some length and complexity, actively understand them and reproduce the information heard. Writing activities focus on building competence in all the main forms of standard communication, in order to produce autonomous written work using the appropriate form of expression. Speaking activities are mainly concerned with developing interactive (discussions, debates, role plays) and monological (short spoken reports) skills.
The course ends with an exam worth three credits in the final average for the degree course.

Detailed Description of Assessment Methods

L'esame si compone unicamente di una prova scritta. Questo esame è propedeutico all'esame di prima lingua di secondo anno.
Non è consentito l'uso del dizionario né monolingue né bilingue.
Maggiori indicazioni relative agli argomenti trattati e alle modalità d'esame sono riportate nel programma d'aula e d'esame pubblicati nel sito internet dellUniversità allindirizzo www.unibocconi.it/centrolinguistico in Didattica.

Textbooks

Testi adottati

• J.K. RICHARDS, C. SANDY, Passages 2, second edition, Coursebook e Workbook, CUP

Testo consigliato

• M. HEWINGS, Advanced Grammar in Use, Cambridge University Press (second edition, with answers)