LEARNING OUTCOMES

This module aims to:

- introduce students to the scientific study of the English language, in particular English syntax,

- develop students’ analytical skills,

- bring students to the B2.2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. 

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

This module aims to:

- introduce students to the scientific study of the English language, in particular English syntax;

- develop students’ analytical skills,

- bring students to the B2.2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. 

PREREQUISITES

55870   Lingua Inglese I or equivalent.

TEACHING METHODS

The linguistics module is made up of weekly lectures (3 hours a week over 10 weeks in the first semester).  

The practical module is made up of weekly classes (4 hours a week over 20 weeks, i.e., 10 weeks per semester + an online course).

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

English Language II is divided into two parts: a one-semester linguistics module ("modulo teorico"), which is held in the first semester, and a two-semester practical module ("esercitazioni").

Each component ("esercitazioni" and "modulo teorico") is assessed separately. The practical module is assessed at the end of the second semester through a written test (grammar, vocabulary, listening, and writing) and an oral test. The linguistics module is assessed through a written test at the end of the first semester.

The linguistics module ("modulo teorico") is an introduction to English syntax and aims to enable students

- to categorise words into word classes,

- to learn about the form and function of phrases,

- to identify tense, aspect, mood and modality,

- to describe finite and non-finite clauses and sentences,

- to identify the major types of marked sentences,

- to draw syntactic trees.

The practical language module aims to bring students to level B2.2 (upper end of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages B2 level) through reading, writing and speaking activities as well as vocabulary/grammar exercises.

The syllabus for attenders and non-attenders is the same.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

For the theory part:

Ballard, Kim. 2007 (2nd ed.). The Frameworks of English: Introducing Language Structures. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. [Chapter 2]

van Gelderen, Elly. 2010 (2nd ed.). An Introduction to the Grammar of English. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. [textbook]

Berk, Lynn. 1999. English Syntax: From Word to Discourse. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Chapter 3 and pp. 237-249 ("Infinitive clauses")]

For the pratical part (i.e. esercitazioni):

Dellar, Hugh and Andrew Walkey. 2016. (2nd ed.) Outcomes: Upper Intermediate. National Geographic Learning/Cencage Learning. (ISBN-13: 978-1-305-65190-6)