ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Academic Year 2020/2021 - 2° Year - Curriculum Educatore nei servizi per l'infanzia and Curriculum Educatore sociale di comunita'
Teaching Staff: Angelo FRASCHILLA
Credit Value: 9
Scientific field: L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH
Taught classes: 108 hours
Term / Semester: One-year

Learning Objectives

The course aims at providing students with the knowledge to reinforce and extend English language skills , particularly concerning the grammatical , morphological , lexical and phonological aspects of language (B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) , reading comprehension and the ability to comment on topics related to the pedagogical field and literary texts .


Course Structure

Lectures + lab.


Detailed Course Content

Grammatical morphological, lexical and phonological aspects of English language (B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages); the most common elements of scientific lexicon; reading comprehension and the ability to comment on topics related to the pedagogical field and literary texts, and particularly the following topics:

- The Educational Experience

- Learning environments

- The British Education System

- Children’s Literature

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

  • express opinions
  • recognize grammatical and syntactical structures;
  • recount present, past and future events,
  • recognize and use the most common elements of scientific lexicon;
  • read, analize and comment on pedagogical and literary texts;
  • sum up information found in texts;

Textbook Information

Grammar and language skills:

- M.Swan, C.Walter, D.Bertocchi, The Good Grammar Book for Italian Students, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2015 (reference grammar)

- M.Hancock, A.McDonald, English Result, Pre-Intermediate, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2010

Monographic course

- S.Notini, H.Monaco, Issues in Education, Clueb, Bologna, 2001

- C.Dickens, Oliver Twist (qualsiasi edizione)

- O.Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Tales (qualsiasi edizione)