The course delves more deeply into the nature of human communication, employing texts (novel, film, official document) as the source which must be interpreted analytically in order to identify what happens in a speech event and how and why this happens.
Inductive. Students must participate actively in lessons (held in English) by commenting on examples and texts, from which the theory is induced.
Grundy P., 2000, Doing Pragmatics. London, Arnold.
Kadar and Haugh, 2013, Understanding Politeness, Cambridge University Press, 2013
SERENA PELLEGRINI (President)
ELGA NICOLINI
GERARDINA ANTELMI
Sem: 1°
19 sept. 2016 - 15 dec. 2016
ENGLISH LANGUAGE (2ND YEAR)
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.
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.
