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Laurea in Lingue e culture per il turismo e il commercio internazionale - Enrollment from 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.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

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2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2024/2025

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3° Year   It will be activated in the A.Y. 2025/2026

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Teaching code

4S002896

Credits

9

Language

English en

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH

Period

II semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Feb 19, 2024 al May 25, 2024.

Courses Single

Authorized

Learning objectives

This class aims at developing and consolidating students’ competence in the phonological and morphological aspects of contemporary English, also paying attention to their evolution over time. Students should also acquire a linguistic competence in English at a B2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Prerequisites and basic notions

B2 Level of Linguistic Competence
Erasmus students must also possess a valid B2 language certificate. They are therefore invited to consult the CLA website to have their certificate validated if possessing an external certificate or enrol in CLA courses/exams.

Program

ntroduction to English Linguistics: Focus on Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology
Syllabus
1. HISTORICAL ORIGIN OF ENGLISH WORDS
2. PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
- The International Phonetic Alphabet
- speech organs
- vowels and consonants
- voicing
- place of articulation
- manner of articulation
- intonation and prosody
3. MORPHOLOGY
- functional and lexical words
- morphemes
- affixes
- word formation processes:
- inflection
- derivation
- compounding
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Roach, Peter (2013) "English Phonetics and Phonology. A Practical Course", Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. (4th edition)
Plag, Ingo (2003) "Word-Formation in English". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Svartvik, Jan and Geoffrey Leech (2006) "English. One Tongue, Many Voices", London, Palgrave Macmillan.
Class presentations will be made available on-line during the course.

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

Classes in English with a focus on practical exercises
Class attendance and active participation in class is highly encouraged
Powerpoint presentations will be made available online on the Moodle platform during the course
Non-attending students:
The syllabus, study materials and assessment methods will be the same for attending and non-attending students. However, non-attending students are encouraged to contact the instructor for clarifications on the syllabus or the exam preparation
Methods of teaching support:
Guidelines and teaching materials will be uploaded to the Moodle platform of the course.

Learning assessment procedures

Written exam lasting 80 minutes with exercises of various typologies and multiple-choice questions

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Evaluation criteria

Correcteness of questions and exercises
Reasoning ability

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The final grade is made of the average between the mark in part related to the English Language 1 course and the linguistic competence.

Exam language

inglese/English