Summary
English Language I (Language and Phonology) (Year 1, curriculum:
Language Expert for Business)
GROUP A-K AND L-Z: PROF. PIERFRANCA FORCHINI
English Language Practical Classes (Year 1, Three-year Course students)
DR. LUCIA ARNÒ; DR. CATHERINE BELL; DR. LAURA BELLONI; DR. PAOLA BIANCOLINI;
DR. NARA CARLINI; DR. ANTHONY FARRUGIA; DR. LAURA FERRARIO; DR. ALISON FRRELL;
DR. STEPHEN LITI MUTUNGA; DR. CATERINA PAVESI; DR. JANE POLLARD; DR. MICHELA
PORRO; DR. PAUL PROSTITIS; DR. STEFANIA RIGLIONE; DR. GIOVANNA TAGLIALATELA; DR.
LUISA TRACOGNA; DR. MIMI WATTS; DR. TOBIAS WILLIS
English Language I (Language and Phonology) (Year 1, curriculum:
Language Expert for Business)
GROUP A-K AND L-Z: PROF. PIERFRANCA FORCHINI
COURSE AIMS
The course will study contemporary English phonetics and phonology, with a focus
on language varieties and contrastive aspects.
COURSE CONTENT
1. Standard British English and General American English; varieties of English.
2. The International Phonetic Alphabet.
3. Aspects of segmental and suprasegmental phonology.
READING LIST
Compulsory manuals and dictionary:
P. FORCHINI, A Description of American English Phonology, EDUCatt, Milan, 2013.
D. JONES, The Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary, P. Roach-J.Hartman-J. Setter (eds),
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2011, 18th ed.
V. PULCINI (ED.), A Handbook of Present-day English, Carocci, Rome, 2009.
Additional information on the reading list will be given during the course.
Recommended manuals:
M. HANCOCK, English Pronunciation in Use (with CD-ROM), Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, 2003.
P. TRUDGILL-J. HANNAH, International English: a guide to the varieties of standard English, Arnold,
London, 2002, 4th ed.
Additional information on the reading list will be given during the course.
The reading list for non-attending students will be published on Blackboard.
TEACHING METHOD
Lectures and practical language classes.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Written exam to qualify for the oral exam.
NOTES
The language of instruction is English.
The student must register with the Blackboard version of this course.
Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at
http://docenti.unicatt.it/web/searchByName.do?language=ENG, or on the Faculty notice
board.
English Language Practical Classes (Year 1, Three-year Course students)
DR. LUCIA ARNÒ; DR. CATHERINE BELL; DR. LAURA BELLONI; DR. PAOLA BIANCOLINI; DR.
NARA CARLINI; DR. ANTHONY FARRUGIA; DR. LAURA FERRARIO; DR. ALISON FRRELL; DR.
STEPHEN LITI MUTUNGA; DR. CATERINA PAVESI; DR. JANE POLLARD; DR. MICHELA PORRO;
DR. PAUL PROSTITIS; DR. STEFANIA RIGLIONE; DR. GIOVANNA TAGLIALATELA; DR. LUISA
TRACOGNA; DR. MIMI WATTS; DR. TOBIAS WILLIS
COURSE AIMS
The student will learn and/or consolidate the basic grammatical and lexical
structures of the English language, developing the four linguistic abilities of
reading, writing, spoken communication and listening with a focus on the basic
skills of phonetics and phonology.
COURSE CONTENT
The course is designed as follows:
– Study and acquisition of English grammar and vocabulary;
– Learning of the IPA;
– Introduction to translation into English, focusing on contrastive grammar;
– Oral reception and production drills;
– Exercises on phonetics and phonology;
– Dictation.
The student will also be able to attend guided study units in the multimedia lab,
using online software and applications designed specifically for learning English.
READING LIST
The student is advised to buy a monolingual and a bilingual dictionary that will support
them throughout their study cycle.
Recommended dictionaries
Bilingual:
Il Sansoni Italiano-Inglese, Sansoni, 2010, 5th edition.
Grande Dizionario Hoepli Inglese con CD-ROM, Hoepli, 2007.
Il Dizionario Inglese Italiano Ragazzini, Zanichelli, 2012.
Monolingual:
Advanced Dictionary, Collins Cobuild, 2008, 6th ed.
Advanced Learners Dictionary, Cambridge, 2010, 3rd ed.
Advanced Learners Dictionary, Oxford, 2010, 8th ed.
English Dictionary for Advanced Learners, Macmillan, 2007, 2nd ed.
Basic manuals
P. DUMMETT-J. HUGHES-H. STEPHENSON, Life-Upper Intermediate (Student Book e Workbook), Heinle,
2011.
M. VINCE, Language Practice for First, Macmillan. 5th edition with key.
Recommended reading for the recovery course and and for non-attending students:
H. DOWNES-J. ROCK, New English Practice, Cedam, 2012, new ed.
Additional materials will be indicated during the course.
TEACHING METHOD
Lectures and guided language learning in the multimedia lab.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Final written and oral exams (called intermediate tests). The written exam will test the
student’s knowledge of grammar through different kinds of exercises: written
comprehension, free writing, short translation from Italian into English, IPA recognition,
and dictation.
The oral exam will require the student to discuss the written and audio content on the
English-speaking civilizations of the textbook Life and to take an IPA-word recognition
quizz. The oral will test the student’s ability to understand, communicate and interact in
face-to-face situations, so they will need to demonstrate correct use of phonetics and
phonology, communicative fluency, grammatical accuracy, good vocabulary and the ability
to interact.
NOTES
The first-year courses are tailored to each student’s degree specialization in order to
avoid any overlaps in basic curricular materials as much as possible. Those degree
programmes wth the most students will be split into different levels, which means a different
learning pace for each curriculum and not a different syllabus. In fact, the programme is the
same for all curricula.
Each student will be assigned to the course that best suits their level according to a
placement test, which the student will take before the courses commence. The list of groups
split by curriculum and level will be posted on the notice board of the Morozzo della Rocca
campus. The student must stick to the course assigned to ensure consistency of both
numbers and levels.
One-year and two-year course students: Students choosing a one-year or two-year
course of English will take the same English Language Workshop 2 course for the first year
held by Dr. Anna Caldirola of the Primary Education Sciences Course. In their second year,
the two-year course students will attend 4 hours of the J1 course held by Dr. Alison Fottrell.
Students that still need to sit their English Language written and/or oral exam must
attend the semester recovery course.
Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at
http://docenti.unicatt.it/web/searchByName.do?language=ENG, or on the Faculty notice
board.