Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Study Plan
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Laurea in Lingue e culture per il turismo e il commercio internazionale - Immatricolazione dal 2025/2026.The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
1° Year
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature and culture
German literature and culture 1
2nd foreign literature and culture
German literature and culture 1
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
First language foreign literature and culture or a related course
English literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
Second language foreign literature and culture or a related course
English literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
Geography of communication and international trade
Italian literature and culture
Modern and Contemporary Economic History
Theory and Techniques of communication
3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
Comparative and European Public law
Principles of international marketing
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature and culture
German literature and culture 1
2nd foreign literature and culture
German literature and culture 1
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
First language foreign literature and culture or a related course
English literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
Second language foreign literature and culture or a related course
English literature and culture 2
German literature and culture 2
Spanish literature and culture 2
Geography of communication and international trade
Italian literature and culture
Modern and Contemporary Economic History
Theory and Techniques of communication
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
Comparative and European Public law
Principles of international marketing
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
English Language 1 [Cognomi P-Z] (2017/2018)
Teaching code
4S002896
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
9
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH
Period
Semester 2 dal Feb 26, 2018 al Jun 9, 2018.
Learning outcomes
The course aims at helping students develop their competence in English with reference to phonetics and morphology; the basics of the history of English from its origins to the present day will also be illustrated.
Program
Pre-requisite: B2 level
1. PHONETICS
- The International Phonetic Alphabet
- speech organs
- vowels and consonants
- voicing
- place of articulation
- manner of articulation
- intonation and prosody
2. MORPHOLOGY
- functional and lexical words
- morphemes
- inflectional morphology
- derivational morphology
- common affixes in English
3. HISTORY OF ENGLISH
- Mediterraneans, Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans
- Old English, Middle English, Modern English
- Main varieties of Present-day English
Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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Kuiper, Koenraad and W. Scott Allan | An Introduction to English Language: Word, Sound and Sentence (Edizione 4) | Palgrave Macmillan | 2016 | 978-0-230-20801-8 | |
Facchinetti, Roberta | English Phonetics and Morphology. A Reader for First Year University Students (Edizione 3) | QuiEdit | 2016 | 9788864642314 | |
Cruttenden, Alan | Gimson's Pronunciation of English (Edizione 8) | Routledge | 2014 | 978-0-4441-8309-2 | |
Plag, Ingo | Word-Formation in English (Edizione 1) | Cambridge University Press | 2003 | 978-0-521-52563-3 |
Examination Methods
WRITTEN EXAM: 30 items on phonetics, morphology and on the basics of the history of English.
Here follow the most important topics covered by the exam:
- phonetic transcription / English spelling of a set of words/phrases;
- articulatory description (voicing, place of articulation, manner of articulation) of a set of phonetic symbols;
- assimilation, t-voicing, dark l, clipped syllables;
- stressed/unstressed syllables, content words, nucleus;
- British English vs American English spelling and pronunciation;
- inflectional morphology;
- derivational morphology;
- prefixes and suffixes;
- Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans and their languages;
- Old English, Middle English, Modern English: basic aspects;
- Standardization of English and Present-day English.
FOR NON-ATTENDERS: Students who cannot attend the lessons are required to contat the teacher in order to agree on the exam programme.