CODE 83688 ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 SCIENZE DEL TURISMO: IMPRESA, CULTURA E TERRITORIO 9912 (L-15) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-LIN/12 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION SEMESTER Annual MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: ENGLISH LANGUAGE AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Course description The course continues the work begun in the first year. The major theories in pragmatics will be investigated in greater breadth and depth, with an emphasis on the social aspects of communication. The workings of the theories will be illustrated by applying them in the analysis of complete or ‘long’ texts in order to be able to better account for the socio-cultural and contextual aspects of communication. TEACHING METHODS Inductive. Students must participate actively in lessons (held in English) by commenting on examples and texts, from which the theory is induced. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Grundy P., 2000, Doing Pragmatics. London, Arnold. Kadar and Haugh, 2013, Understanding Politeness, Cambridge University Press, 2013 TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD JOHN DOUTHWAITE Ricevimento: By appointment. Please write to j.douthw@virgilio.it. Or at the end of the lesson. LESSONS LESSONS START Sem: 1° 19 sept. 2016 - 15 dec. 2016 Class schedule ENGLISH LANGUAGE (2ND YEAR) EXAMS ASSESSMENT METHODS The student must first pass the exam of the practical module. Only then can he take the exam of the theoretical module. The latter exam consists in explaining those theories and subsequently analysing an extract .employing the theoretical constructs acquired during the course. Students will be given time to prepare the text before the oral examination begins. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 17/01/2018 13:00 IMPERIA Orale 06/02/2018 09:00 IMPERIA Scritto 15/02/2018 13:00 IMPERIA Orale 04/06/2018 09:00 IMPERIA Scritto 06/06/2018 13:00 IMPERIA Orale 25/06/2018 13:00 IMPERIA Orale 09/07/2018 13:00 IMPERIA Orale 27/07/2018 13:00 IMPERIA Orale 05/09/2018 09:00 IMPERIA Scritto 10/09/2018 13:00 IMPERIA Orale FURTHER INFORMATION Attendance Students are encouraged to attend regularly, since the two main factors in successful language learning are motivation and exposure to the language. Practice is essential.
