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Study Plan
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Laurea in Lingue e letterature per l'editoria e i media digitali - Enrollment from 2025/2026The 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
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1ST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
2ND FOREIGN LANGUAGE
1ST FOREIGN LITERATURE
2ND FOREIGN LITERATURE
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023
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1ST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
2ND FOREIGN LANGUAGE
1ST FOREIGN LITERATURE
2ND FOREIGN LITERATURE
PHILOLOGY RELATED TO 1ST OR 2ND FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Introduction to Germanic Philology
3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024
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1ST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
2ND FOREIGN LANGUAGE
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1ST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
2ND FOREIGN LANGUAGE
1ST FOREIGN LITERATURE
2ND FOREIGN LITERATURE
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1ST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
2ND FOREIGN LANGUAGE
1ST FOREIGN LITERATURE
2ND FOREIGN LITERATURE
PHILOLOGY RELATED TO 1ST OR 2ND FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Introduction to Germanic Philology
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1ST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
2ND FOREIGN LANGUAGE
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3rd foreign language B1 level
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 2 (2022/2023)
Teaching code
4S002919
Teacher
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 13, 2023 al May 27, 2023.
Learning objectives
The course aim is to provide an introduction to the study of the English language from a syntactic and semantic perspective. At the end of the course students will have awareness of the building elements of the English sentence, which they will be able to analyse from multiple perspectives. Moreover, they will possess knowledge of the cognitive mechanisms that underlie the construction of the lexicon of the English language. C1 level (Computer-based test) is a prerequisite for the course
Prerequisites and basic notions
C1 Computer-Based Test in English
English Language 1
English Literature 1
Program
The main topics covered will be:
Syntax:
- The Building Blocks of Language: Words, Word Classes and Phrases
- Clauses and Sentences (both Simple and Complex)
- Predicates, Arguments and Thematic Roles
The Information structure of the English Sentence:
- Given and New Information (topic and focus);
- Variation in the Structure of the Sentence (fronting, inversion, cleft sentences, extraposition, existential sentences)
Lexical Semantics:
- The Structure of the English Lexicon;
- Currently available Lexicographic Resources for the Study of the English Lexicon;
- Levels of Meaning;
- Main Sense Relations (syntagmatic, paradigmatic)
- The representation of Meaning: Componential Analysis, Semantic Fields, Prototype Theory, Frame Semantics
Bibliography
Didactic methods
Classes in English
Learning assessment procedures
Written exam with open questions, multiple-choice questions and exercises
Evaluation criteria
Correctness of questions and exercises
Reasoning ability
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
The final grade is made of part related to the English Language 2 course and a part related to the linguistic competence
Exam language
Inglese