LESSON DATES

Please remember that there will be no lessons on 29th/30th October as can be seen by consulting individual lesson dates on this blog.

CLASSROOM CHANGE - GROUP A

From now on ,Thursday morning lessons will be in Aula 5

ASSIGNMENT for 3rd/4th November

Analysis of one of the slogans given in class. Work must be handed in on 3rd November,(Group A) and 4th November,( Group B). No assignments will not be corrected after these dates.

OPPORTUNITY for Conversation in English

The Temple University of America is holding a Round Table so that its students can meet Italians and Italians have an opportunity to speak in English. This will be at its Rome campus site. There are no credits for this meeting, but it should be an opportunity for you to practise your English in real conversation.

ROUND TABLE Tuesday, October 27th! ROUND TABLE at 9:00 PM followed by refreshments. Informal get together in room 4 for questions and answers. Refreshments served afterwards. Temple University Rome Lungotevere ,Via Arnaldo da Brescia 15.

CHANGE IN HOMEWORK

As a lot of students have not been able to purchase the Sara Thorne text yet, the lesson on Chapter One of the same book will take place on 3rd November (Group A) and 4th November (Group B). For next week's lesson students are required to study pages 23-24 of the III year dispensa.

CORRECTION - INDIVIDUAL LESSON DATES GROUP B

I have missed out 2 of the dates of Group B lessons. They are 25th and 27th November.

HOMEWORK - GROUPS A & B

1)Complete work begun in class - EU monitors, Ian McEwan.
2)Pudney - Sentences 1-20 ( pages 96/7)
3)Dispensa - Slogan sheet
4) For 27th October - read Chapter 1 - Sara Thorne and complete worksheet in dispensa

ROOM CHANGE - GROUP A

From now on lessons on Tuesdays will be in Aula 5 .

USEFUL SITES FOR III YEAR STUDENTS

On-line Newspapers and News Sites

http://www.bbc.co.uk
http://www.dailymail.co.uk
http://www.dailystar.co.uk
http://www.express.co.uk
http://www.independent.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk
http://www.mirror.co.uk
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk.
http://www.thesun.co.uk
http://www.the-times.co.uk
http://www.timesonline.co.uk
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 – lots of articles translated into Italian from English

Language Learning Sites

The following sites are for self-study.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish

http://www.britishcouncil.org


http://www.oup.com/elt/students

http://www.cambridge.org/elt

http://www.pearsonlongman.com

http://www.a4esl.org/

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar

RICEVIMENTO

WEDNESDAY 10:30 - 12:30

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.