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Professor
Academic discipline: Indefinito/interdisciplinare (NN)
Field: Ulteriori conoscenze linguistiche
Type of training activity: More

21 hours
of face-to-face activities

3 credits

hub: PARMA

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Learning objectives

By the end of the course the students reach level B2 of the European Frame of Reference.

Prerequisites

intermediate knowledge of English (equivalent to level B1 of the European Frame of Reference).

Course unit content

All the topics for English 1.
Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous.
Second Conditional.
The Passive voice.
Indirect speech.
Modal verbs of deduction.
Main conjunctions.
Use of prefixes and suffixes to build nouns, adjectives, etc.
Expressing opinions.

Full programme

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Bibliography

For grammar and vocabulary:
M. Vince, G. Cerulli, New Inside Grammar, Macmillan.
A. Amendolagine, N. Coe, M. Harrison, K. Paterson, R. Godfrey, Grammar Spectrum Gold for Italian Students, Oxford University Press.

Textbook
C. Oxenden, C. Latham-Koening, New English File Upper-Intermediate Multipack C/C
(SB+Entry+WB+Key+MultiRom), Oxford University Press.

Further practice
S. Burgess, J.Newbrook, J.Wilson, New First Certificate Gold Exam Maximiser (with key), Longman (with audio CD set).

Recommended monolingual dictionary
Oxford Wordpower Dictionary.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.

Teaching methods

Presentation of structures, deduction of rule, contrastive use of the language, use of different teaching aids (slides, audioCDs, textbook, etc.).

Assessment methods and criteria

Achievement test with multiple choice questions on grammar, lexis, functions, reading and listening comprehension.

Other information

Teaching level: Upper Intermediate (level B2 of the European Frame of Reference).

ENGLISH LEVEL 2B (QUALIFICATION) cod. 1001577