Learning objectives
The course aims to provide students with some fundamental disciplinary, theoretical and technical tools for acquiring knowledge related to Specialised Discourse (English for Specific Purposes, ESP), related to different text types and to their popularisation, too. Special attention will be paid to the difference between vocabulary and terminology. The teaching aims to enable students to achieve the following learning outcomes:
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: By the end of the module students will be able to know, identify, present and discuss the main issues of English for Specific Purposes and popularization, with a particular focus on the language of law, economics and science.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, MAKING JUDGEMENTS and COMMUNICATION SKILLS: By the end of the module students will be able to analyse lexical, morphosyntactical and stylistic elements of various text-types and will develop their own critical judgments by using appropriate descriptive terminology. In their practical work, student will be using critical and bibliographical tools.
LEARNING SKILLS: By the end of the module, students will be able to use some bibliographical tools (manuals, dictionaries, websites) concerning the themes of the course, with a particular focus on the language of law, economics and science.