PROGRAMMA DI LINGUA INGLESE
ANNO SCOLASTICO 2012/2013
LICEO CLASSICOCLASSE I Sez. B
Libro di testo “ Performer FCE Tutor”.
Unit 1
Grammar : Present simple and present continuous; Dynamic and stative verbs; Present perfect; Present perfect
with adverbs of time; Been and gone.
Vocabulary : Adjectives ending in –ing and –ed; Phrasal verbs : take; Word formation : suffixes.
Reading : Real vs Virtual; The Harry Potter phenomenon.
Writing : An informal email.
Use of English : A female hero?; Key word transformation.
Listening : Video games.
Speaking : Speaking about yourself.
Unit 2
Grammar : Past simple and continuous; Past simple and past perfect; Used to and would; Be used to and get
used to.
Vocabulary : Expression for the workplace; Phrasal verbs : the workplace; Easily confused words : the
workplace.
Reading : Living with danger; Not always famous.
Writing : An essay.
Use of English : The rise of the female spy; A manager’s tale
Listening : Career advice.
Speaking : Comparing different ways of working.
Unit 3
Grammar : Present perfect and past simple; Present perfect continuous and expressing duration; For and since;
Articles; Uses of articles.
Vocabulary : Compound words; Expressions with make and do; Phrasal verbs : make and do.
Reading : Unusual hobbies; Does ideal love still exist?.
Writing : An article.
Use of English : Celebrity hobbies; Keyword transformation.
Listening : Free-time activities.
Speaking : Planning a special celebration.
Literature - Libro di testo “ Performer Culture and Literature” Vol.1.
Specification 1 : The birth of the Nation.
The Celts; Caesar and the Druids; Roman Britain; The Anglo-Saxon; The treasure of Sutton Hoo; The epic poem Beowulf : a national epic; Beowulf’s funeral; The Viking attacks; The Norman invasion.
Specification2 : Developing society.
A war of succession; King John and the Magna Carta; The medieval ballad; The birth of Parliament; The three orders of medieval society; Geoffrey Chaucer; The Canterbury Tales; The wife of bath; Chaucer and Boccaccio; The Black death; The war of the Roses.
Specification3 : A cultural awakening.
The Tudors; Queen Elizabeth I ; The English Renaissance; The sonnet; The English and the Italian sonnet.
Specification4 : William Shakespeare : England’s genius.
The Elizabethan theatre; The structure of theatres; Drama as literary genre; W. Shakespeare; Romeo and Juliet; The two households (the prologue) and the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet
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