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Study Plan
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Laurea in Lingue e letterature straniere - 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
2nd foreign literature
1 module to be chosen between
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module to be chosen between the following
3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module among the following (philology related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)
1 module to be chosen between the following
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module to be chosen between
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module to be chosen between the following
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module among the following (philology related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)
1 module to be chosen between the following
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
English language 2 (2020/2021)
Teaching code
4S002919
Academic staff
Coordinator
Credits
9
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH
Period
II semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Feb 15, 2021 al May 29, 2021.
Learning outcomes
This course aims at developing and consolidating students’ competence in syntax, lexical-semantics, and the analysis of text cohesion and coherence of contemporary English, also paying attention to varieties and textual genres. Students should also acquire a linguistic competence in English at the C1 level (only for the listening and reading comprehension skills) according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Program
Prerequisites - In order to access the exam, students need to have successfully passed:
- English C1 computer-based test
- English Language 1
- English Literature and Culture 1
Syllabus:
12 hours module (prof. Zanfei)
Historical semantics
Structuralist semantics
Cognitive Semantics
24 hours Module (prof. Corrizzato) The syllabus details and other topics ( 24 hours module) will be given by the professor in charge of this module
1. Syntax
- main definitions, sentence analysis
- Words, Word Classes and Phrases
- Clauses and Sentences
-Argumentation
-Syntactic functions
2. Semantics
- main definitions, words and their meaning
- The Structure of the English Lexicon
3. The syllabus details and other topics ( 24 hours module) will be given by the professor in charge of this module
Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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Cruse, Alan | Meaning in Language. An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics | ||||
dirk Geeraerts | Theories of Lexical Semantics | Oxford Scholarship online | 2010 | Chapters: Historical semantics, Structuralist semantics, Cognitive Semantics |
Examination Methods
The exam will be a an online test with open and closed questions.
"The final grade of the exam will be the average of the grade of the written exam and the grade obtained in the CLA computer test. The latter will be converted into /30 according to the CLA conversion table. Students who have obtained external language certificates should obtain and equivalence certificate from the CLA before the date of the exam.
Prerequisites - In order to access the exam, students need to have passed:
- English C1 computer-based test
- English Language 1
- English Literature and Culture 1"