Chemistry | University of Parma

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

24 hours
of face-to-face activities

3 credits

hub: PARMA

course unit
in ENGLISH

lectures timetable unavailable

exam calls

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. Krantz, R. Roberts, C. Walter, Navigate B2 Upper-Intermediate Pack (Student’s book, Workbook with key, Interactive eBook, Oxford Online Skills Programme), Oxford University Press (ISBN 978-0-19-452177-2)

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

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

Assessment: achievement test with multiple choice questions on grammar, lexis, functions, reading and listening comprehension.

Assessment methods and criteria

Assessment: achievement test with multiple choice questions on grammar, lexis, functions, reading and listening comprehension.

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