Course catalogue | University of Parma

Professor
Academic discipline: Indefinito/interdisciplinare (NN)
Field: Per la conoscenza di almeno una lingua straniera
Type of training activity: Language/Final test

21 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
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
Macmillan Essential Dictionary for Learners of English
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 methods and criteria

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

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