Corso Lingua inglese - Docente: C. Ortu - 12 Maggio 2013
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(A) Simple Present o Present Continuous?
Coniugare il verbo tra parentesi al simple present o present continuous (progressive)
1. Lessons usually LAST (to last) about two hours.
2. Marc and Pam_ARE GOING (to go) to London next Sunday.
3. She LOVES (to love) travelling and taking pictures.
4. What ARE YOU DOING (to do/you)? I AM WRITING (to write) an exam.
5. Tom IS LISTENING (to listen) to his new cd at the moment.
(B) Present Perfect o Past Simple?
Coniugare il verbo tra parentesi al present perfect o past simple
1. Vanessa SOLD (to sell) her house yesterday. She’s moving to Mexico.
2. Marcus HAS JUST COME (just/ to come) back from his holiday.
3. They PASSED (to pass) their English test last week.
4. I still ride my old bicycle! I HAVE RIDDEN (to ride) it for 20 years.
5. James and I FINISHED (to finish) our homework 10 minutes ago.
Some, any or a
Inserire some, any oppure a(n)
1. Do you have ANY rice?
2. I’ve got SOME stamps in my bag.
3. Can I have A glass of water, please?
4. There isn’t ANY sugar in this coffee.
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Volgere le frasi seguenti alla forma negative e interrogativa
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
QUESTION
I’m going to leave tomorrow.
I’M NOT GOING TO LEAVE …
AM I GOING TO LEAVE TOMORROW?
They are brother and sister.
THEY AREN’T BROTHER AND S.
ARE THEY BROTHER AND SISTER?
We can play tennis.
WE CANNOT PLAY TENNIS
CAN WE PLAY TENNIS?
Maria gave her a present.
MARIA DIDN’T GIVE HER A PRES.
I’ve been to the USA in 2009.
I HAVEN’T BEEN TO THE USA IN… HAVE I BEEN TO THE USA IN 2009?
DID MARIA GIVE HER A PRESENT?
Pronomi soggetto e complemento
Inserire i pronomi soggetto o complemento
1. My sister has a new car, but _SHE_ can’t drive_IT_.
2. Luc has two sons. _HE_ plays football with_THEM_ in his free time.
3. Look! I found it! This is a photo of ME with my family.
Aggettivi e pronomi possessivi
Sottolineare la risposta corretta
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3.
Whose is / Who’s / Whose buying the drinks?’ ‘Her / She / Hers is.’
Are those her / yours / theirs children?
‘Whose / Whose is / Who’s this coffee? ’ ‘It’s mine / her / their.’
Comparativo e superlativo
Comporre le frasi seguenti col comparativo di maggioranza e il superlativo
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2.
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5.
Non-smokers usually live (long) LONGER than smokers.
Which is the (dangerous) _MOST DANGEROUS_animal in the world?
A holiday by the sea is (good) _BETTER_ than a holiday in the mountains.
It is strange but often a coke is (expensive) _MORE EXPENSIVE_than a beer.
Who is the (rich) THE RICHEST woman on earth?
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ATTIVITÀ PER ESAME da 8, 4+4 crediti o 6 crediti.
Translate the first two paragraphs of the passage and answer the questions using complete sentences in
English
The historical origins of psychology
The scientific approach to the study of the mind is based on empiricism; the theory according to which we can only know
things through physical and observable evidence.
We can say that psychology started in 435 BC, when Alcmaeon, who was born in Croton, in Southern Italy, experimented
with anatomical dissection and discovered the optic nerve. Alcmaeon theorized that the brain was connected to the rest of
the body through currents of energy. This is a surprisingly modern description of the nervous system.
Moving on five hundred years to 129 AD, we come to Galen, who was a physician, born in Asia Minor (modern turkey).
Galen’s studies of anatomy led him to identify the cranial nerves in the brain and the nervous system. This is another
early discovery that is still valid today.
For well over a thousand years after Galen’s discoveries, there was very little scientific investigation into the structure of
the brain. However, in the 16th century, the Belgian anatomist Andreas Vesalius, who lived between 1514 and 1564,
contined Galen’s work and wrote a complete textbook about human anatomy based on his dissection of the body.
A hundred and fifty years later, in 1960, the British empiricist, John Locke, argued that our perception of the world
depends entirely on our sensory experiences; but he argued that we also have a mental faculty that allows us to reflect on
wht we experience. This theory was supported later by the work of the psychologist Wilhem Wundt.
Wundt founded the first laboratory dedicated to psychological research in 1879. He is important in the history of
psychology because, in addition to researching the physical effects of stimuli on behaviour, he asked the subjects of his
experiments to reflect on and report their experiences. This combination of scientific experimentation and introspection
was a forerunner to modern approaches to psychotherapy.
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ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
How did psychology start and where?
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What did Galen identify? Is his discovery still valid now?
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What did John Locke think about our perception of the world?
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Why is Wilhem Wundt important?
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ATTIVITÀ PER ESAME da 8 o 4+4 crediti, e per quello da 4 crediti.
Translate the first paragraph of the passage and answer the questions using complete sentences in English
As psychology is such a wide discipline, it can be classified in a variety of ways. For example, it can be viewed either as a
pure science or as an applied science. It can also be classified according to approach: process or person. Alternatively,
psychology can be classed under several major theoretical principles: behaviourist, cognitive, psychodynamic, humanistic
and social constructivist. In addition to these categories, psychology can be divided into specialist fields: biopsychology,
social, developmental, forensic and clinical psychology.
When its main function is to research basic principles, psychology is regarded as a pure science. The academic
psychologist researches into theory, expands knowledge and lays the foundations for further research. Theoretical
research is usually carried out under controlled conditions and is particularly relevant to the fields of biopsychology and
Neuropsychology.
As well as being classified as science, psychology can also be divided into two main approaches: process and person. The
process approach, as the name suggests, analyses the processes, both biological and cognitive, that constitute human
behaviour. This approach is closely connected with laboratory research and does not necessarily distinguish between
human and animal behaviour. In contrast, the person approach focuses on the interaction between people and the ways in
which they understand their experience.
Psychology can be classified by its major theories. Behaviourists claim that human behaviour is almost exclusively
determined by environmental, or external influences, and reject the belief that subjective factors, such as feelings, are
valid means of explaining it. Cognitive psychologists, on the other hand, recognize the validity of subjective reporting to
explain behaviour but combine this with analysing mental processes, such as reasoning and language.
In contrast Freud took the view that the unconscious drives human behaviour. According to Gross (2007), humanistic
theory (popularized by Maslow during the 1960s) rejected determinism and asserted the importance of individual free
will.
In a further development, Gergen (1973) evolved a social-constructivist theory, claiming that individual behaviour is
affected by its socio-historical context.
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ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
According to what categories can psychology be classified?
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In what fields is theoretical psychology particularly relevant? How is psychology classed in this case?
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What does the process approach emphasize?
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Who developed the social-constructivist theory? What is its main claim?
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