Ricevimento

Tuesday,  10,00 - 11,00.  Room 203 , 2nd floor, Marco Polo
Friday,   10,00 -11,00.

Magistrale 1 EAAS/SLLT Lettorato a.a. 2018/2019

Lessons begin on Tuesday,9th October.

          Magistrale 1 EAAS /SLLT Lettorato                                   a.a. 2018/19

PROGRAMME

This course aims to extend students’ speaking and writing abilities. All students are expected to participate actively. The course will cover a number of writing skills including, summary writing and essay writing, incorporating elements of academic writing. Public speaking skills include presentations and speech making. Students are expected to reach a C1+ level in speaking and writing by the end of the year

Students must complete an assignment in order to take end of semester ‘esoneri’. Additionally, 75% of lessons must be attended. 6 & 12 credit students take the same exam.

Students are expected to do a considerable amount of work as preparation for lessons. Every two-hour lesson requires at least two hours of preparation as private study. Students requesting to change alphabet division need to send an explanatory e-mail to the teacher of their group copying it to the teacher of the proposed group explaining the valid motive behind their request. This must be done during the first two full weeks of lessons.

 SELECTED  BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR SELF-STUDY PURPOSES

Vince, M , Advanced Language Practice with Key. Macmillan Education, 4^th edition , 2014

Swan, M  Practical English Usage. OUP, 3rd edition, 2005.

Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary 9th edition, OUP

Thorne, S, Mastering Advanced English Language, Palgrave Macmillan

Further information regarding  course material will be given by lettori at the start of the course.

   GROUP DIVISIONS

Group A  Nicholas Toll   surnames A-E

Monday 11-13  room 102 / Wednesday 15-17 room 109

Group B  Maria Hillan     surnames F-O

Tuesday 13,00 - 15,00 Room 105, Semester 1, Room 110 Semester 2 / Friday  - 13,00 -15,00 Room 201

Group C  Margaret Horrigan  surnames P-Z

Monday 11.00-13.00, Room 109

Wednesday 17.00-19.00, Room 106

Non-frequentante exam

Part 1 reading comprehension with exercises including paraphrasing and summarising.

Part 2 a 400 word formal essay incorporating elements of academic writing such as in-text and reference citation based on the general theme of the text. A monolingual dictionary may be used in this part of the exam.

Oral

The oral exam is done in pairs. Students are given 10 minutes to read an unseen text before being asked to summarise the salient points of their article. A freer discussion of some of the points raised ensues during which both students are expected to contribute equally. The final grade is a straight  average of the marks given for the written and oral sections.

CONTACT INFO

Maria Hillan maria.hillan@uniroma1.it 

Margaret Horrigan margaret.horrigan@uniroma.it

Nicholas Toll  nicholas.toll@uniroma1.it

E-LEARNING

Maria Hillan:  hillansapienzablogspot.com

Margaret Horrigan:  http://hollymarg.pbworks.com

Nicholas Toll:  http://www.lettere.uniroma1.it/users/nicholas-toll

III YEAR MLI LETTORATO 2018/2019

MLI  ( all III year MLI students)

Lessons begin on Tuesday, 9^th  October.

Timetable

 Tuesday 9.00 – 11.00  Marco Polo, T01

 Friday    11,00 -13,00 Marco Polo, 109

   

PROGRAMME

The course aims to further develop the four skills to C1 level with particular emphasis on writing, the comparative analysis of the Italian and English grammar systems and discourse analysis being its main components. At the end of the course students are expected to be able to apply their grammar knowledge to producing correct English versions of Italian texts, completing cloze texts and structural transformation exercises. They will also write a brief academic essay based on the linguistic analysis of an advertisement. Students are expected to   do a considerable amount of work as preparation for lessons. Every two-hour lesson requires at least two hours of preparation as private study. Students will also be required to complete 2 assignments, one in the first and one in the second semester. To be eligible for the exemption test 75%of lessons must be attended. Please consult blog (see below) for a more detailed description of the course and the exam format.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mastering Advanced English Language, Sara Thorne. Palgrave. (Selected chapters - see below)

The Structure of English

Style

How to Use your Knowledge

The Language of Advertising

Other Varieties

How to Use your Knowledge

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

Practical English Usage is a reference text that you should consult whenever you need to study/revise grammar points. The sections below, instead, are recommended study for all III year students.

1. 240-headlines
2. 147- Emails
3. Pages xvii - xxv – language terminology
4. Pages xxvi- xix - common mistakes
5. 255 - idioms, collocations and fixed expressions
6. 308 – 312 - kinds of English
7. 389 - numbers
8. 445 - prefixes and suffixes
9. 473 – 479 - punctuation
10. 509 -512 - sentence structure

A good dictionary is a basic study aid. The texts below are recommended :
Collins Cobuild Advanced Dictionary, Collins. Glasgow
Concise Oxford Dictionary , Oxford. O.U.P.

Further material will  be distributed during lessons. A hand-out containing past exam papers for practice is available on request at the department for those students who  do  not attend lessons. These students should follow the blog on a regular basis to have further information about the bibliography and exam  format.

On-line Newspapers and News Sites

 http://www.bbc.co.uk

http://www.independent.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk

http://www.telegraph.co.uk

http://www.timesonline.co.uk  - this site charges you to access most of the articles

http://www.uk.news.yahoo.com

 http://www.corriere.it/english - a selection of articles translated into English

 http://internazionale.it – articles from around the world – l articles translated into Italian from English

http://theconversation.com/uk - “The Conversation is a collaboration between editors and academics to provide informed news analysis and commentary that’s free to read and republish.”

 Links on Advertising

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/advertising/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/advertising

Language Learning Sites

The following sites are for self-study.

http://www.newsinlevels.com/

Contact info

email : maria.hillan@uniroma1.it

                        http://hillansapienza.blogspot.com

RICEVIMENTO

Tuesday, 25th September, 11,00 - 13,00.

RESULTS LCLT WRITTEN EXAM SEPTEMBER 2018 - ANGELINI - DE PINO

Please read ALL of this post carefully.

The students in the table below have passed the written  exam. Oral exams will  be on Tuesday, 18^th September starting at 11,00 am. Students will be examined in  alphabetical  order. Please be punctual.

Those students who  did not pass the exam  may see their papers on Tuesday, 18^th September  - 9,30 -11,00 am.

SURNAME	NAME	MATRIC
ARCANGELI	ANDREA	1698653
AUGUSTI	CLAUDIA	1533111
BOTARIU	ILINCA	1703990
CANDIDO	ANGELICA	1694904
CERCI’	JESSICA	1700706
CIALLELLA	ANDREA	1718722
CIAVOTTA	FABIANA	1695609
CRESCENZO	FRANCESCA	1671035
D’ELIA	GIULIA	1711412
DE PINO	ANTONINO	661511

PARTIAL RESULTS - LETTORATO III YEAR EXAM SEPTEMBER 2018

Listed below are the results of   MLI students and those of the LCLT students who  took  the advert analysis paper.

MLI students should contact Prof.ssa Wardle to  set  a date for the oral  exam.

Those students who  failed may see their papers on Tuesday, 11^th  September, 9,30 -11,30   

SURNAME	NAME	# MATRIC	RESULT
DEL ROSARIO	ROBIN MAGLALANG	1619221	SUFF
DONÃ	GIULIA	1180559	INSUFF
GRECO	GIACOMO	1699915	SUFF
HARIRI	SARA	1228876	SUFF
KOVALENKO	VIKTOR	1661561	ABSENT
LEONE	SIMONA	1655420	INSUFF
MOTOC	LACRAMIOARA DANIELA	1660472	SUFF
PULITI	LUCA	1715620	SUFF

LCLT  - ADVERT ANALYSIS PAPER

SURNAME	NAME	MATRIC	RESULT
ROSSI	PATRIZIA	1614351	INSUFF
SALERNO	CRISTINA	1493234	INSUFF

Lettorato written exam - results

Hillan  - MLI students/ LCLT students advertisement analysis paper/ LCLT students Angelini – De Pino

Horrigan – Laureandi (  September session ) / Gaito ( recup. Crediti) LCLT  -  Derubis – Leoni

Peterson –More  - LCLT  - Lemjaled – Zuppardi

I  will be publishing my results by 13th September . Oral  exams will  be on 18th & 19th September.

RICEVIMENTO

Tuesday 2nd October ,  12,30 -14,30