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Università del Salento, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Lingue e Beni Culturali
Prova Scritta Lingua e Traduzione Inglese 1° Anno Triennio
Simulazione 2: 2 hours
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Translation / Reading / Writing Task / Listening TasksEn - It / It - En
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Part 1 – Translation / Reading
Translate the parts of the text in English into Italian and vice-versa. (60 MARKS)
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English to Italian (30 marks)
The English language is changing faster than ever, says expert7
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The English language is evolving at a faster rate now than at any other time in history because of social media and instant messaging according to John Sutherland, professor of English at University College London, who led a study into common social media and “text speak” terms.
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According to the study, there was a “seismic generational gap” between the older and younger generations when it came to how modern informal language was used.
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As many as 86% of parents who took part in the survey said they felt that teenagers spoke an entirely different language than them on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook.
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Sutherland said: “The limited number of characters on old mobile keyboards were a key factor in therise of acronyms in text messaging such as TXT, GR8 and LOL.
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“However technological evolution has meant that these words are now effectively extinct from the text speak language and are seen as antique text speak.”
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English to Italian(30 marks)
L'aumento di emojis potrebbe costituire la fase successiva nel linguaggio e nella comunicazione, e l'uso crescente di icone ha un legame storico, come sostiene Sutherland.
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"L'uso della messaggistica audio e video è diventato più comune con la crescente popolarità dei social media e di applicazioni di messaggistica istantanea come Instagram, Vine e Snapchat", ha detto.
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"In effetti ci stiamo muovendo verso una forma di comunicazione più pittografica con la crescente popolarità di emoticon.
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Questo si rifà ad una forma di comunicazione tipica dei cavernicoli in cui una singola immagine riusciva a trasmettere una vasta gamma di messaggi ed emozioni.
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In futuro verranno utilizzate meno parole e lettere nella messaggistica perché le immagini e le icone prenderanno il posto dei messaggi di testo."
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Sia le piattaforme mobili iOS di Apple e quelle Android di Google hanno ora tastiere emoji integrate nel loro software.
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Adapted from The Guardian 1 May 2015)
2) WRITING TASK
Choose ONE of the tasks below. Write legibly and in pen. Write 120-180 words. (30 MARKS)
1) You have read in a newspaper that the Government plans to allocate more funds for young people. Write a letter to the newspaper expressing your opinion.
- Briefly talk about the areas of young people’s lives that, in your opinion, are most important for students.
- List and describe the facilities for young people in your area that need extra financing.
2) An English-speaking friend studying languages tells you that He/She wants to come to learn Italian. He/She asks for your advice about where to apply. Write an email in reply.
- Briefly describe the different universities / towns that he/she could choose to go to study Italian.
- Say at which university it would be best to study and why.
3)Your town wants to attract more visitors from abroad have asked you to write a short advertisement to be put on an internet site.
- Briefly describe your town and where it is.
- List the facilities that the own offers, and the periods of the year in which it is best to visit.
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