The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning outcomes

Module: I MODULO PARTE (I)
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The course aims at helping students improve, consolidate and further develop their competence in English for the Media, particularly with reference to their reading and listening skills within the fields advertising, journalism and politics


Module: II MODULO PARTE (P)
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The course aims at helping students improve, consolidate and further develop their competence in English for the Media, particularly with reference to their reading and listening skills within the fields advertising, journalism and politics.

Program

Module: I MODULO PARTE (I)
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Pre-requisites
Entry level required: B1 (intermediate), according to the European framework.

Programme

INTRODUCTORY MODULE (36 hours)
1. basic aspects of the history of the English language;
2. main phonetic symbols (IPA alphabet);
3. English morphology, with special reference to the most recurrent affixes;
4. analysis and discussion of English TV programmes (mostly TV news and political debates from SKY NEWS, BBC WORLD, CNN and FOX NEWS);
5. analysis of TV / on-line / print advertisements, highlighting the rhetorical-discursive structures typical of the language of advertisements.

Teaching methodology:
Lectures, tutorials, seminars and practice sessions.

Suggested texts
BEARD, Adrian (2000) The Language of Politics, London: Routledge.
FACCHINETTI Roberta (1999) English in the Humanities: History and Philosophy, Padova: CEDAM.
HERMERÉN, Lars (1999) English for Sale: A Study of the Language of Advertising, Lund: Lund University Press.
HODGSON, F. W. (1996) 4th ed. Modern Newspaper Practice: A Primer on the Press, Oxford: Focal Press.
Further texts will be given handed out to the students during the lessons.


Module: II MODULO PARTE (P)
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Pre-requisites:
In order to give the exam, the students need to have reached the B2 level (post-intermediate).

Programme

ADVANCED MODULE (36 hours)
1. the basic specialised lexicon of the Media;
2. analysis and discussion of political speeches, highlighting the rhetorical-discursive structures typical of political language;
3. analysis of newspaper texts (print and on-line versions), with special reference to news reports, features and commentaries;
4. presentation and evaluation of a few internet sites to be accessed in order to select articles and documents (pertaining to the language of news and politics).

Teaching methodology
Lectures, tutorials, seminars and practice sessions.

Suggested texts
BEARD, Adrian (2000) The Language of Politics, London: Routledge.
FACCHINETTI Roberta (1999) English in the Humanities: History and Philosophy, Padova: CEDAM.
HERMERÉN, Lars (1999) English for Sale: A Study of the Language of Advertising, Lund: Lund University Press.
HODGSON, F. W. (1996) 4th ed. Modern Newspaper Practice: A Primer on the Press, Oxford: Focal Press.
Further texts will be given handed out to the students during the lessons.

Examination Methods

Module: I MODULO PARTE (I)
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1. Contents and lexicon
2. Phonetics
3. Morphology
4. Textual analysis: the language of advertising


Module: II MODULO PARTE (P)
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1. Listening comprehension
2. Contents and lexicon
3. Textual analysis: newspaper language
4. Textual analysis: political language.