Information for III Year Students, 2009/2010

TIMETABLE Group A Tues. 08.30 - 10.30 Aula III
Thurs. 08.30 - 10.30 Aula III

Group B Wed. 08.30 - 10.30 Aula IV
Fri. 08.30 - 10.30 Aula V

INDIVIDUAL LESSON DATES (first term)

Group A
October : 13th ,15th, 20th, 22nd, 27th.
November: 3rd, 5th, 10th, 12th,17th, 19th, 24th,26th
December: 1st,3rd, 10th, 15th- mid-module test .

Group B
October : 14th,16th,21st,23rd,28th.
November: 4th, 6th,11th,13th,18th,20th,
December : 2nd,4th,9th, 11th- mid-module test.


ATTENDANCE

To be a “frequentante” you need to attend 75% of lessons for EACH SEMESTER ( 12 out of 16 lessons/24 out of 32 hours). There will be a mid-course exam (written) in December, and an end-of-course exam ( written and oral ) in May,2010.

LANGUAGE LABORATORY

“ Frequentanti “ must do eight hours of language laboratory in the first semester and eight in the second for a total of 16 hours. There is a lot of new material in the laboratory . I will give you advice on what material to use during lessons. Conversation classes are also available ( four hours of conversation= eight of language laboratory) which you can sign up for in the lettori office.

OFFICE HOURS

Wed. 10.30 - 12.30 (lettori room Tel: 06-49917320/06-49917321)

Contacts

mhillan@hotmail.com.
http://www.hillansapienza.blogspot.com
See also www.dilectio.net –bacheca Anglistica SU , or follow link to new site, http://w3.uniroma1.it/lingueletterature




COURSE BOOKS

Written English for Advanced Learners, Jennifer Pudney. Roma - available at Feltrinelli International

Mastering Advanced English Language, Sara Thorne. Palgrave
Chapters :

The Structure of English
Style
How to Use your Knowledge
The Language of Newspapers
The Language of Advertising
Other Varieties
How to Use your Knowledge (last chapter )


Practical English Usage, Third Edition, Michael Swan. O.U.P.

Grammar Scan, Swan & Baker. OUP

English Collocations in Use, Upper- Intermediate. McCarthey & O’Dell. C.U.P.

Additional course work will be distributed at lessons



COURSE WORK

You will be expected to do a considerable amount of work as preparation for your lessons. Consider for every two-hour lesson at least 2 hours of preparation as private study. This is a fundamental part of your course and you will not get the best out of lessons without consistent study. You will also be set two pieces of written work per semester. This work must be brought along to your oral exam.



WRITTEN AND ORAL TESTS

The course will cover upper-intermediate grammar as well as linguistic analysis. The written test will focus on translation( Italian- English) and the linguistic analysis of an advertisement. The oral exam will be based on a contrastive analysis of newspapers.