ENGLISH LANGUAGE QUALIFYING EXAM B2
cod. 1005267

Academic year 2013/14
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Maria MELLEY
Academic discipline
Indefinito/interdisciplinare (NN)
Field
Ulteriori conoscenze linguistiche
Type of training activity
More
10 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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Learning objectives

This course aims to bring students to B2 level (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages of the Council of Europe) in the skills of reading and listening, and in Use of English.

Prerequisites

This course is aimed at students who already have a B1 knowledge of English and who can understand rather complex communication.

Course unit content

The course is structured in interactive lessons focusing on the following topics:

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
Describing feelings and emotions

Full programme

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Bibliography

Testo consigliato per la grammatica e il lessico:

M. Foley, D. Hall, My GrammarLab, Pearson

Testo adottato nel corso
C. Oxenden, C. Latham-Koening, New English File Upper-Intermediate Misto STND C/C
(SB+Entry+WB CC+MDB + Esp Online), Oxford University Press

Per ulteriore esercitazione
S. Burgess, J.Newbrook, Gold First Exam Maximiser (with key and audio CD), Pearson

Teaching methods

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

Assessment methods and criteria

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

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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