Magistrale - Lesson Prepartion

For 6th  November: 

 1)  Worksheet 1 - Read Thorne,S , Mastering Advanced English  Language. Chapter One (The Structure of English) then  complete.

1. Give definitions of the following terms:

Grammar 

Morphology

Syntax

Discourse

Form

Function

Phrase

Head word

Pre-modifiers

Post-modifier/qualifier

     2. Give examples of the following :

Open class words

Closed class words

Common nouns

Concrete nouns

Abstract nouns

Countable uncountable nouns

Collective nouns

modifiers

Static verbs

Dynamic verbs

Transitive verbs

Intransitive verbs

Lexical  verbs

Auxiliary verbs

Modal  verbs

The perfect aspect of verbs

The  progressive aspect

                     Finite verbs

Non-finite verbs

Adverbs of time, manner, frequency, place

Adverbs of degree

Sentence adverbs –disjuncts/conjuncts

Pronouns with  a deictic function

 The five main type of determiner

Co-ordinating conjunctions

Subordinating conjunctions

Free morphemes

Bound morphemes

Words formed by derivational morphology

 Words formed by inflectional morphology

 A noun phrase

 2) Print off the material below .

What is literature?

1.       Read the following opening lines. Which  ones do  you think  are the openings of poems?

The table below sumarises the different aspects of language in very broad terms. Using this table as a checklist,  say  which   aspects in the lines below give them a “poetic” feel.  

Meaning	e.g. Lexis ('word meaning') e.g. Semantics ('sentence meaning')
Grammar	i.e. Syntax and Morphology
Sounds/Writing Shapes	i.e. Phonology (speech) i.e. Graphology (writing)

a)      The English language,  with  its elaborate generosity, distinguishes between  the  naked and the nude.

b)      The past is forever with  me and I remember it all.

c)       The few. The Proud .The Marines.

d)      A bicycle shed is a building; Lincoln  Cathedral is a piece of architecture.

e)      Water is H20,  hydrogen  two parts, oxygen  one; but there is also  a third thing that  makes it water.

f)       Have you ever spent two  and a half of your three hours allotted shopping time hunting for a parking space?

g)      Is there any knowledge in the world so  certain that man  cannot doubt it?

h)      Impossible is nothing.

i)        She had nothing to  eat.They  made a film about her because she had nothing to  eat.

j)        A young boy being led away from  a staion by his mother was brandishing a large knife with a serrated blade .It was plastic but realistic.

k)      ‘Come to  sunny Prestatyn,’ laughed the girl on the poster.

l)        A  Diamond is Forever.

40 - Love - Roger McGough

middle                           aged
couple                           playing
ten                                 nis
when                             the
game                             ends
and                                they
go                                  home
the                                 net
will                                still
be                                  be
tween                            them           

COMECLOSE AND SLEEPNOW
1	it is afterwards and you talk on tiptoe happy to be part of the darkness
5	lips becoming limp a prelude to tiredness. Comeclose and Sleepnow for in the morning when a policeman
10	disguised as the sun creeps into the room and your mother disguised as birds calls from the trees
15	you will put on a dress of guilt and shoes with broken high ideals and refusing coffee run alltheway
20	home
	Roger McGough

Cake by Roger McGough

i wanted one life
you wanted another
we couldn't have our cake
so we ate eachother.

MLI - LESSON PREPARATION

The worksheet below is to  be completed for Tuesday, 6th  November

Worksheet 1 -Thorne, S, Mastering Advanced English Language,( Palgrave Macmillan)  Chapter One  (The Structure of English) then  complete.

1. Give definitions of the following terms:

Grammar 

Morphology

Syntax

Discourse

Form

Function

Phrase

Head word

Pre-modifiers

Post-modifier/qualifier

     2. Give examples of the following :

Open class words

Closed class words

Common nouns

Concrete nouns

Abstract nouns

Countable uncountable nouns

Collective nouns

modifiers

Static verbs

Dynamic verbs

Transitive verbs

Intransitive verbs

Lexical  verbs

Auxiliary verbs

Modal  verbs

The perfect aspect of verbs

The  progressive aspect

                     Finite verbs

Non-finite verbs

Adverbs of time, manner, frequency, place

Adverbs of degree

Sentence adverbs –disjuncts/conjuncts

Pronouns with  a deictic function

 The five main type of determiner

Co-ordinating conjunctions

Subordinating conjunctions

Free morphemes

Bound morphemes

Words formed by derivational morphology

 Words formed by inflectional morphology

 A noun phrase

MLI / MAGISTRALE 1

 As requested, there will  not be lessons on Friday, 2nd October .

MAGISTRALE 1 IMPORTANT CHANGE TO CLASSROOM

As of 30th October Tuesday's lesson will  now be in room TO1

sessione straordinaria lettorato d'inglese - III anno LCLT/MLI

LCLT /MLI 3  EXAM DECEMBER

Martedí 11 dicembre, ore 9.00, Ex-poste/Marco Polo, Aula T02.

APPELLI STRAORDINARI riservati agli studenti fuori corso, ripetenti e lavoratori (estesi rispettivamente ai laureandi della I sessione di laurea 2018-19, II sessione di laurea 2018-19, I sessione di laurea 2019-20, e anche agli studenti disabili o con disturbi specifici di apprendimento).

1. un documento di identità valido e con foto

2. il libretto giallo o LO STAMPATO da Infostud che attesta il superamento di tutti gli esami di inglese del secondo anno (NON E' CONSENTITO MOSTRARLO SUL CELLULARE).

PRENOTAZIONI:

 STUDENTI LCLT3 

dalle 12.00 del 23/11/2018 alle 12.00 del 07/12/2018 e non oltre.

Online registration here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-2VWpJGLqVM2xWB-dtdJR3QFhNq8XUlZ1Ci-dultk6E/viewform

 STUDENTI MLI 

dalle 12.00 del 23/11/2018 alle 12.00 del 07/12/2018 e non oltre

Prenotare con mail al seguente indirizzo specificando cognome, nome e numero  di  matricola : maria.hillan@uniroma1.it     

MLI - Classwork

Complete  the exercises below for Friday  26th October 

I)                    Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word  given. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD.

1)      He decided to go  on holiday despite the fact he couldn’t really afford it. ALTHOUGH

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2)      I don’t believe he got full marks in the exam. CAN’T

                           ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3)      Jane has asked me to help  her to find somewhere to  live. WANTS

                           ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4)      I regret being so unkind to Peter at  the party. WISH

                            ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..

5)       Angela said Paul was responsible for the accident, not John. IT

                             ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

6)      They think  the findings of the study will help medical research. THOUGHT

                              ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………              /6

II)                  Complete the text below by filling each gap with ONE WORD ONLY

The Royal free Hospital in north London has (1) …………….. that the condition of the British nurse diagnosed with Ebola (2) ……………… deteriorated and is now critical . Pauline Cafferkey, a Scottish public health nurse(3) …………….. had been volunteering  (4) ……………… Sierra Leone, was diagnosed with the virus after  returning to Glasgow via Casablanca in Morocco.

A brief statement on the hospital’s website said: “The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is sorry (5) ………………. announce that the condition of Pauline Cafferkey has gradually deteriorated over the past two days and is now critical.” It did not comment further but  it is understood  (6) …………….  the next  24 hours (7) ……………. be crucial. Cafferkey, 39, (8) ……………. admitted to hospital in Glasgow on Monday morning after arriving at Heathrow airport  (9)………… previous night.

The hospital, (10) ……………. Cafferkey has been treated  (11) ……………. Tuesday, was unable to obtain  an experimental drug that has been used on other international Ebola patients (12) ……………… it is no longer available.

                                                                                                                                                                                         /6

III)                Put the text below  into English

Ha  114 anni ed è giapponese la donna più anziana del mondo. Lo ha stabilito il Guinness World Records. La signora, Misao Okawa, vive in una casa di riposo* ad Osaka e compirà 115 anni il prossimo 15 marzo. Nata  nel 1898, si sposò nel 1919.Ha lavorato  fino  a settant’anni  nel  negozio di  famiglia. Ha avuto tre figli, due dei quali sono novantenni. Quando le è stato chiesto come si sentisse ad essere la donna più vecchia al mondo ha risposto: "Sono molto felice".  Il direttore della casa di riposo in cui vive ha detto  che la donna non è sottoposta a particolari restrizioni dietetiche, ma mangia ciò che le piace. In Giappone vivono oltre 51mila centenari, l'87% dei quali donne, secondo dati del ministero della Salute.

MLI / MAG. GROUP B

Please print off the worksheet  below for next week's lessons.

Cultural Awareness in a Globalized World | Ralph Strozza | TEDxNorthern Illinois University

Watch  the video  and make notes on the following:

A Changed World

  What does the cartoon imply?

Culture is the collective programming of the mind …………………………………………………………………………

…………………….( complete)

Consequences of bad marketing strategy

Indicators of culture

Scooby Doo

Market unfamiliarity

Transcreation

MAGISTRALE GROUP B - KEY TO CLOZE TEXT

The tragic case of Charlie Gard will be reconsidered by the High Court in London on July 13. Since its first ruling in April, baby Charlie’s plight has attracted international attention, including comments from the Pope and Donald Trump.

The case is significant for its poignancy and its international profile, but its legal significance arises from the dispute between Charlie’s parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, and his medical team. This dispute includes their opinions on Charlie’s condition and the likely benefits of an experimental medical treatment. Such disagreements are uncommon, but when they arise there are a number of reasons why they need an independent arbiter to resolve the competing issues.

Charlie suffers from a rare and debilitating illness called encephalomyopathic mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome. As a result of his condition, Charlie has already suffered irreversible brain damage. His parents wish to take him to the US for an experimental treatment, called nucleoside therapy but both courts and the doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital have so far concluded that it would be “futile”.

Charlie’s parents have the legal capacity to consent to the treatment or to the withdrawal of treatment on behalf of their child and some would argue that the parents’ view should prevail. But as Lord Justice McFarlane stated in the Court of Appeal:

It is well-recognised that parents in the appalling position that these and other parents can find themselves may lose their objectivity and be willing to ‘try anything’, even if, when viewed objectively, their preferred option is not in a child’s best interests.

Equally parents and patients should not be left without the ability to review the expert decisions of medical professionals. In this sense all power requires checks and balances even that wielded by those with nothing but the best of motives. The question then becomes who is best placed to resolve these competing but equally well-intentioned viewpoints?

Who decides and why?

As justice secretary, David Lidington, recently said, the government has “no role to play” in the resolution of this case. Rather the UK’s constitutional arrangements, government policy and the law all require that the courts are used to resolve such disputes. No one is above the law and the rule of law itself means that medical decisions are reviewable in the courts.

Importantly, when doing so, the courts are not asked to find in favour of either the parents or the medical team. Nor are they asked to consider what they would do as a parent or doctor. While they will consider evidence from both parties, the sole issue for the court is to identify what is in the best interests of the patient.

This process ensures that medical opinion is rigorously tested and, where appropriate, it provides legitimacy to the difficult decisions that doctors are called on to make about life and death.

For a liberal democracy it is crucial that all evidence is heard in a public forum that is independent and impartial, subject to an appeals process, and which regards the best interests of the patient as the paramount consideration.

The next hearing

So far the courts have concluded that it would not be in Charlie’s best interests to undergo the experimental treatment and that it would be in Charlie’s best interests, and therefore lawful, for his life support to be withdrawn. Before the court could change this view, additional evidence would need to be produced that undermined its earlier conclusion that the proposed treatment would be futile. The purpose of the July 13 hearing is to explore whether such evidence exists.

While the case has been emotionally fraught, evidentially it has been relatively straightforward as all the UK medical experts, including an independent consultant paediatric neurologist instructed by the parents, have agreed that the experimental treatment would have no benefit. Even the US doctor offering to treat Charlie agreed that the treatment had not been tested on Charlie’s exact condition. Mr Justice Francis summarised his evidence as follows:

While there was reason to be hopeful that the treatment might make a modest difference to life expectancy, it almost certainly could not undo the structural brain damage that had taken place.

If fresh evidence is now produced that supports the treatment and that evidence is disputed by the hospital doctors, the judge will have a much harder judgment to make. However, in a society that recognises the fundamental importance of the individual citizen and their human rights, it is a task that properly falls to the courts and no other.

                                                                                           The Conversation , Nicholas Clapham, Teaching Fellow, School of Law, University of Surrey

MLI - Material for Friday 12th October

.

i.        Finish  sentences given in class

ii.      Translate sentences below

     TO THINK

1)    Penso  di andare in America a Natale .

2)     Pensa  di  essere intelligente ma non lo è.

3)     Pensaci  su e dimmi cosa vuoi fare.

4)    Si  pensa che sia all'estero.

5)    Pensavo  di  andare al cinema stasera.

6)    Cosa pensi  del  nuovo  disco  di  Mika?

7)    Pensavo  che sarebbe stato più difficile. 

3.What  do  you think  these slogans are advertising?

1.     Nothing is More Effective than Anadin.

2.     I can’t believe I ate the whole thing!

3.     Don’t Leave Home Without it.

4.     The power to  be your best.

5.     Because Life’s complicated Enough

6.     Have it  Your Way.

7.       Does she or Doesn’t she?

8.     It’s the real  thing.

9.     It’s what your right arm’s for.

10.  Be the first to  know

11.    The best  a man  can get.

12.  because mums are heroes.

13. “Finger-licken  good”  -

14. Because I’m worth it.

15. Don’t live a little,  live a lotto.

16 .   I’m lovin’ it  -

17. Just do it

18. Fun anyone?

19.Keep  Walking  -

20.  Let your fingers do  the walkin

    21) The Independent. It is, Are you?