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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.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen between
3rd foreign language
3
F
-

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
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

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module among the following (philology related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)
6
C
M-FIL/04
1 module to be chosen between the following
Final exam
6
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen between
3rd foreign language
3
F
-
activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module to be chosen between the following
activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module among the following (philology related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)
6
C
M-FIL/04
1 module to be chosen between the following
Final exam
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°

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Teaching code

4S002919

Coordinator

Anna Zanfei

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 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

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
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"

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