OVERVIEW

The course, comprising 37 hours of lessons, aims to develop the learners’ communicative competence in English at the B2 level of the CEFR, focusing in particular on receptive language skills (reading and listening comprehension) and metalinguistic competence. The topics covered relate to the technical-scientific area with particular regard to the biomedical field, including robotics, artificial intelligence, automation, nanotechnologies and 3D printing.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Development of the learners’ communicative competence in English at the B2 level of the CEFR, with particular regard to receptive language skills (reading and listening comprehension) and metalinguistic competence. Expansion of the vocabulary relating to the technical-scientific area with particular regard to the biomedical field, including robotics, artificial intelligence, automation, nanotechnologies and 3D printing.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Development of the learners’ communicative competence in English at the B2 level of the CEFR, with particular regard to receptive language skills (reading and listening comprehension) and metalinguistic competence. Expansion of the vocabulary relating to the technical-scientific area with particular regard to the biomedical field, including robotics, artificial intelligence, automation, nanotechnologies and 3D printing.

PREREQUISITES

Communicative competence in English at a B1 level of the CEFR.

TEACHING METHODS

Blended learning; use of Microsoft Teams for online lessons

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Topics: Learning an L2 online; artificial intelligence and language learning; biotechnology and the medicine of the future; robotics; automation; nanotechnologies; 3D printing.

Grammar: causative structures; clauses of concession; comparatives and superlatives; the use of enough and too; modal verbs used to express ability, obligation, possibility, probability, deduction and to give advice; the infinity of purpose; fronting; future forms; future continuous; future perfect; future time clauses; inversions; participle clauses; the passive; past perfect simple and continuous; phrasal verbs; language devices to express preference; present perfect simple and continuous; conditional sentences; quantifiers; defining and non-defining relative clauses; reported speech; the use of so and such; the habitual aspect; verb patterns; the use of wish and if only.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Materials provided by the instructor

R. Murphy (2019), English Grammar in Use, CUP.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Tuesday 21st September 2021

https://corsi.unige.it/11159/p/studenti-orario

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written paper

Exam schedule