English Language Practical Classes (Year 1, Three-Year Course Students) 3

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English Language and Literature (Year 1, Three-year Course Students, Curricula: Language Expert for Management and Tourism; Languages, Communication and Media) 1

Professor Cristina Vallaro 1

English Language Practical Classes (Year 1, Three-year Course students) 3

Dr. Lucia Arnò; Dr. Catherine Bell; Dr. Laura Belloni; Dr. Paola Biancolini; Dr. Nara Carlini; Dr. Anthony Farrugia; Dr. Laura Ferrario; Dr. Alison Frrell; Dr. Stephen Liti Mutunga; Dr. Caterina Pavesi; Dr. Jane Pollard; Dr. Michela Porro; Dr. Paul Prostitis; Dr. Stefania Riglione; Dr. Giovanna Taglialatela; Dr. Luisa Tracogna; Dr. Mimi Watts; Dr. Tobias Willis 3

English Language and Literature (Year 1, Three-year Course Students, Curricula: Language Expert for Management and Tourism; Languages, Communication and Media)

Prof. Cristina Vallaro

COURSE AIMS

The course will study the main literary genres and major authors of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries to introduce the student to English literature. The course will start with the literary, semantic and textual analysis of some of the most important texts to provide the student with the tools needed to define an effective autonomous method of study.

In Semester Two, Romeo and Juliet and the ‘Progresses’ of Elizabeth I will enable the student to learn about the world of Shakespearian theatre and one of England’s greatest historical figures.

COURSE CONTENT

Semester One

History of English literature from the 16th to the 18th century: the evolution of the sonnet from Petrarch to Milton, the love poem, the Elizabethan and Miltonian epic, the first voyages of discovery, philosophical thought, satire, and the birth of the novel and periodicals.

The full programme is published on Blackboard and the lecturer’s webpage.

Semester Two

William Shakespeare and Elizabethan theatre. Romeo and Juliet: dating, sources printed texts analysis.

Text’s structure and temporal skill. Romeo and Juliet texts analysis: characters and places. London and Verona. The influence of Petrarca’s canon. Kenilworth and Elvetham: dating, sources, texts analysis of characters and places.

READING LIST

Texts for Semester One:

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, ed. by M.H. Abrams and S. Greenblatt, W.W. Norton & Company, New York-London, 8th edition (recommended, although any other edition will do so long as it contains all the texts indicated in the programme), Vol. I.

A. Cattaneo, A Short History of English Literature, Mondadori Università, Milano, 2011.

J. Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Penguin (or any other paper or electronic edition so long as it is a complete original-language edition).

N. Hornby, High Fidelity, Penguin (or any other paper or electronic edition so long as it is a complete original-language edition).

Texts for Semester Two:

W. Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, ed. by Jill L. Levenson, The Oxford Shakespeare, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2008.

C. Vallaro, Queen Elizabeth I on Progress, Vita e Pensiero, Milano, 2011.

G. Melchiori, Shakespeare, Laterza, Bari, 1994 (or following edition), [particularly chapters: Shakespeare e il mestiere del teatro, La tragedia lirica: ‘Romeo and Juliet’].

Suggested reading:

L. Innocenti, Il teatro elisabettiano, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1994.

B. Crystal, Shakespeare on Toast: Getting a Taste for the Bard, Icon Books, London, 2009.

S. Doran, Queen Elizabeth I, British Library Historic Lives, British Library Publishing Division, London, 2003.

TEACHING METHOD

This is a one-year course split into three hours of lectures per week. A series of practical classes taken by Dr. Giuliana Bendelli on the reading, translation and commentary of the texts analysed. In addition to the Reading List, the lecturer will indicate texts and images and publish them on her webpage and on Blackboard.

The students will also be shown film adaptations of the texts dealt with in the course.

ASSESSMENT METHOD

Final exam in the scheduled exam sessions at the end of the course, consisting of a written part on the course content of Semester One and an oral part on that of Semester Two. Both parts of the exam require the student to translate and analyse the linguistic, rhetorical and stylistic features of the course texts. In addition, the student will need to demonstrate a good knowledge of the key aspects of the historical periods dealt with in the course.

Students are reminded that to qualify for the English Language and Literature exam they first must pass the mid-term written and spoken English tests called for by the Faculty’s study programme. Further information on the exam can be found in “Norme per l’esame” (Exam Rules) published on the lecturer's webpage and on Blackboard.

NOTES

Students must comply with the Università Cattolica Code of Ethics.

Students are expected to obtain the course texts, in particular, The Norton Anthology, before classes commence.

Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at http://docenti.unicatt.it/web/searchByName.do?language=ENG, or on the Faculty notice board.

English Language Practical Classes (Year 1, Three-year Course students)

Dr. Lucia Arnò; Dr. Catherine Bell; Dr. Laura Belloni; Dr. Paola Biancolini; Dr. Nara Carlini; Dr. Anthony Farrugia; Dr. Laura Ferrario; Dr. Alison Frrell; Dr. Stephen Liti Mutunga; Dr. Caterina Pavesi; Dr. Jane Pollard; Dr. Michela Porro; Dr. Paul Prostitis; Dr. Stefania Riglione; Dr. Giovanna Taglialatela; Dr. Luisa Tracogna; Dr. Mimi Watts; Dr. Tobias Willis

COURSE AIMS

The student will learn and/or consolidate the basic grammatical and lexical structures of the English language, developing the four linguistic abilities of reading, writing, spoken communication and listening with a focus on the basic skills of phonetics and phonology.

COURSE CONTENT

The course is designed as follows:

– Study and acquisition of English grammar and vocabulary;

– Learning of the IPA;

– Introduction to translation into English, focusing on contrastive grammar;

– Oral reception and production drills;

– Exercises on phonetics and phonology;

– Dictation.

The student will also be able to attend guided study units in the multimedia lab, using online software and applications designed specifically for learning English.

READING LIST

The student is advised to buy a monolingual and a bilingual dictionary that will support them throughout their study cycle.

Recommended dictionaries

Bilingual:

Il Sansoni Italiano-Inglese, Sansoni, 2010, 5th edition.

Grande Dizionario Hoepli Inglese con CD-ROM, Hoepli, 2007.

Il Dizionario Inglese Italiano Ragazzini, Zanichelli, 2012.

Monolingual:

Advanced Dictionary, Collins Cobuild, 2008, 6th ed.

Advanced Learners Dictionary, Cambridge, 2010, 3rd ed.

Advanced Learners Dictionary, Oxford, 2010, 8th ed.

English Dictionary for Advanced Learners, Macmillan, 2007, 2nd ed.

Basic manuals

P. Dummett-J. Hughes-H. Stephenson, Life-Upper Intermediate (Student Book e Workbook), Heinle, 2011.

M. Vince, Language Practice for First, Macmillan. 5th edition with key.

Recommended reading for the recovery course and and for non-attending students:

H. Downes-J. Rock, New English Practice, Cedam, 2012, new ed.

Additional materials will be indicated during the course.

TEACHING METHOD

Lectures and guided language learning in the multimedia lab.

ASSESSMENT METHOD

Final written and oral exams (called intermediate tests). The written exam will test the student’s knowledge of grammar through different kinds of exercises: written comprehension, free writing, short translation from Italian into English, IPA recognition, and dictation.

The oral exam will require the student to discuss the written and audio content on the English-speaking civilizations of the textbook Life and to take an IPA-word recognition quizz. The oral will test the student’s ability to understand, communicate and interact in face-to-face situations, so they will need to demonstrate correct use of phonetics and phonology, communicative fluency, grammatical accuracy, good vocabulary and the ability to interact.

NOTES

The first-year courses are tailored to each student’s degree specialization in order to avoid any overlaps in basic curricular materials as much as possible. Those degree programmes wth the most students will be split into different levels, which means a different learning pace for each curriculum and not a different syllabus. In fact, the programme is the same for all curricula.

Each student will be assigned to the course that best suits their level according to a placement test, which the student will take before the courses commence. The list of groups split by curriculum and level will be posted on the notice board of the Morozzo della Rocca campus. The student must stick to the course assigned to ensure consistency of both numbers and levels.

One-year and two-year course students: Students choosing a one-year or two-year course of English will take the same English Language Workshop 2 course for the first year held by Dr. Anna Caldirola of the Primary Education Sciences Course. In their second year, the two-year course students will attend 4 hours of the J1 course held by Dr. Alison Fottrell.

Students that still need to sit their English Language written and/or oral exam must attend the semester recovery course.

Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at http://docenti.unicatt.it/web/searchByName.do?language=ENG, or on the Faculty notice board.