CODE 55988 ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023 CREDITS 4 cfu anno 1 SCIENZE E TECNICHE PSICOLOGICHE 8751 (L-24) - GENOVA LANGUAGE English TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course is designed to help students gain confidence and ability in their reading skills for specialised psychological texts. It uses authentic material taken from a personality theory course at an American university. During the course the students will become acquainted with a new language and register by studying the lessons of an American and English professors and will acquire the necessary skills and ability to read effectively in English as well as learning specialised academic terms AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims at giving students familarity with specialised lexis so as to help them understand research articles in English with greater confidence. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES Lingua e Traduzione Inglese is a course designed to help students become acquainted and familiar with academic English of a psychological nature. The laboratory work in small groups using authentic material from psychology classes will enhance the reading skills of the students and consolidate their lexis. PREREQUISITES Students should have a B1 level of English to be able to tackle with confidence the articles to be studied. Therefore students without recent B1 certification or better should contact me at the beginning of the first semester. TEACHING METHODS Lessons and small groups in the laboratory with access and reference to online material SYLLABUS/CONTENT We will be using e texts which address psychoanalytical, behaviorist, and humanist schools of thought. There will be 2 hour laboratory sessions for all the students in small groups based on these texts with additional material to help reinforce fundamental grammar issues. Students will also be encouraged to read around the subject in an automonous fashion so as to acquire greater confidence and familiarity with the subjects dealt with. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY E texts from the following links http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/perscontents. https://www.simplypsychology.org https://www.verywellmind.com https://learning-theories.com TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD ELIZABETH HELEN COTTON Ricevimento: After lessons or by appointment via aulaweb and email Exam Board ELIZABETH HELEN COTTON (President) JUSTIN ROSENBERG LESSONS LESSONS START Second semester of the academic year 2022/23 Class schedule ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The exam is written with an eventual oral for attending students whilst non attenders will have to complete a series of assignments prior to enrolling for the written exam . The written exam consists of comprehension exercises designed to assess the students' familiarity with academic lexis An example of the written exam will be posted on the online noticeboard. Non attenders should make an appointment to decide on the contents of their exam. There is no mark for this exam only pass or fail. ASSESSMENT METHODS A final test at the end of the course. An example of the written exam will be posted on the online noticeboard. Non attenders should make an appointment to decide on the contents of their exam Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 11/01/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 25/01/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 08/02/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 17/05/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 31/05/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 14/06/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 12/07/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 13/09/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale FURTHER INFORMATION Students with special needs should contact me to clarify any particular requests. Foreign students can choose to follow the course in English best suited to their ability and the course material is all in English
