"G. d'Annunzio"
Prerequisites
A2- B1 level competences (following the European language framework) Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations likely to arise while travelling in an area where the language is spoken. Can produce simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
TEACHING/LEARNING AIMS
The course aims to develop in an integrated way the receptive and productive abilities, in this case either listening and oral or written comprehension, together with the ability to use the foreign language in a flexible and effective way. Finally the language reflection on a morpho-syntactic, semantic-communicative level will be developed and improved.
In order to make the teaching of the English language a cross curricular discipline in the degree course curriculum, following an interdisciplinary approach, the following issues will be taken into consideration, extracted from the text pointed out in the section "References". In particular: Caring for families and children (module 3, pp. 113-138) - Being parents - Family forms - Having a baby: preconception health and genetic counselling - Maternal bond - Little kids - Playing means learning - Toys as learning objects Grammar revision and practice: main verb tenses Adolescence:an age of transition (module 4, pp. 152-174) - An overview of adolescence - looking for an identity - gender identity and sexual orientation - parental pressure - Peer pressure - toxic friends: when friendship is no longer healthy - The impact of social network - smoking, alcohol and drugs Grammar revision and practice: articles, indefinites, comparative forms Social services for adults (module 5, pp.190-216) - Unemployment in Italy - Unemployment benefits - Poverty and food aid - Senior Volunteers - The benefits of volunteer work for the elderly - Examples of volunteering activities for the elderly - Social care for the elderly - Residential homes and sheltered housing Grammar revision and practice: :compound nouns
FULL PROGRAMME Caring for families and children (module 3, pp. 113-138) - Being parents - Family forms - Having a baby: preconception health and genetic counselling - Maternal bond - Little kids - Playing means learning - Toys as learning objects Grammar revision and practice: main verb tenses Adolescence: an age of transition (module 4, pp. 152-174) - An overview of adolescence - looking for an identity - gender identity and sexual orientation - parental pressure - Peer pressure - toxic friends: when friendship is no longer healthy - The impact of social network - smoking, alcohol and drugs Grammar revision and practice: articles, indefinites, comparative forms Social services for adults (module 5, pp.190-216) - Unemployment in Italy - Unemployment benefits - Poverty and food aid - Senior Volunteers - The benefits of volunteer work for the elderly - Examples of volunteering activities for the elderly - Social care for the elderly - Residential homes and sheltered housing Grammar revision and practice: :compound nouns
Ardu, R.beolè, R.Palmer, A Caring Society, Edisco, Torino, 2015. Per le esercitazioni: : Marengo M., Brush up your English, Agorà Edizioni scolastiche, Voll. 1 e 2, Torino, 2011
TEACHING METHODS
Interactive lessons based on inductive and deductive approaches and strategies. Cooperative learning, learning by discovery, learning by doing.
ASSESSMENT METHODS The follow-up assessment, in compliance with the learning aims above mentioned will be carried out by a written/oral structured test, in order to assess reading comprehension and structural skills, as far as level B1 concerns. In the assessment test a value for each item will determine the final evaluation expressed in 20/20s or 30/30s. The student who has got at least 12/20 or 18/30 will pass the examination
COURSE ORGANIZATION 18 class hours and interactive lessons including exercises; 51 hours of individual study
