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Programma di Foreign Language:

Please find below details on syllabus, with a description of the contents and aims of each lesson (total of 13 lessons) as well as indications on the exam structure. For any questions, please email me at: carlotta.dell.arte@uniroma2.it

SYLLABUS

Lesson 1 - 13th October 2016

Entry Test to evaluate students’ current level of English.

Lesson 2 - 20th October 2016

Contents and aims of the lesson:

To revise the form and general use of verb tenses for further development in the following lessons of the course. Tenses revised include: present simple, present continuous, past simple, past simple continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous, future forms, present simple passive and past simple passive in the context of three short texts about French people living in London.
To illustrate the differences in use of the auxiliary verbs ‘to be’, ‘to have’ and ‘to do’.
To test students’ current knowledge in question formation, negative statements formation and in active and passive forms.
To give students initial practice in recognising the differences in meaning between present simple and present continuous, past simple, present perfect simple and future forms.
To help students develop a cooperative attitude towards language learning by encouraging pair work and group work.

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

Recognise different tenses and name them.
Understand which auxiliary verb needs to be used for each tense.
Make questions, use negative forms and convert active statements into passive ones.
Have an initial understanding of the potential difficulties in the use of the present perfect simple and continuous.

Lesson 3 - 26th October 2016

Contents and aims of the lesson:

To illustrate the meaning and use of the present perfect to express 1) an unfinished past, 2) a present result and 3) an indefinite past in the context of an article about Bob Dylan.
To compare and contrast the differences in meaning between the simple and continuous aspects of the present perfect.
To enable students to start developing the ability of noticing language in authentic texts.
To raise students’ awareness of target language by facilitating students peer check and feedback.

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

Identify present perfect verbs in authentic texts.
Notice the differences in meaning among the three uses of the present perfect listed in the above section.
Recognise the differences in meaning between simple and continuous aspects.
Explain to other students the meanings and use of the present perfect.

Lesson 4 - 3rd November 2017

Contents and aims of the lesson:

To consolidate the meaning and use of the present perfect to describe: 1) an unfinished past, 2) a present result and 3) an indefinite past in the context of three short readings about travel guides, travellers and about people living in hotels.
To give students practice through three different types of exercise: 1) gapped text with graded difficulty, 2) question formation and 3) error correction.
To give students the opportunity to practice their speaking skills during pair/group work.
To give students control over their own learning by facilitating controlled peer correction during pair/group work.

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

Understand the differences in meaning and use of the present perfect.
Use the present perfect simple and continuous contrastively with the past simple, past continuous, present simple and present continuous.
Identify, correct and explain misuses of the present perfect.
Use the present perfect in controlled practice environments.

Lesson 5 - 10th November 2016

Contents and aims of the lesson:

To illustrate the meaning, use and form of the modal verbs ‘must’, ‘mustn’t, ‘have to’, ‘don’t have to’ and ‘should’ to express advice and obligation.
To give students the opportunity to develop the ability of deducing grammar rules from context.
To give students controlled practice through different types of exercises: options, gapped text, error correction, sentence formation.
To give students freer speaking practice in a role play activity.

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

Understand the differences in meaning and use of the modal verbs mentioned in the section above.
Deduce grammar patterns from context.
Explain to their peers the meaning and uses of the modal verbs.
Identify and correct misuses of the modal verbs.
Use modal verbs in controlled and freer practice environments.

Lesson 6 - 17th November 2016

Contents and aims of the lesson:

To give students freer speaking practice in the use of the modal verbs ‘must’, ‘mustn’t, ‘have to’, ‘don’t have to’ and ‘should’ to express advice and obligation in a role play activity.
To enable students to develop their ability to negotiate and to express agreement and disagreement.
To give students the opportunity to practice their writing skills in the context of a news channel.

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

Express advice and obligation properly.
Express agreement and disagreement as well as developing negotiation skills.
Have an initial understanding of the main linguistic features of news articles.
Write an article of approximately 150 words.

Lesson 7 - 24th November 2016

Contents and aims of the lesson:

To illustrate the meaning, use and form of the past perfect to describe an action that happened in the past before another action in the past.
To illustrate the meaning, use and form of ‘used to’ to describe a habit or state in the past that is finished now.
To compare the differences in meaning among the uses of the past simple, past continuous and past perfect.

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

Define the rules of use of the past perfect and of ‘used to’.
Use the past perfect contrastively with the past simple and past simple continuous.
Identify incorrect uses of the past perfect and correct them.
Explain to their peers the meaning and use of the past perfect and ‘used to’.

Lesson 8 - 1st December 2016

Contents and aims of the lesson:

To give students the opportunity to practice expressions of predictions and guessing.
To illustrate the meaning, use and form of different verb patterns: 1) verb + to 2) verb + -ing 3) verb + sb + to 4) verb + sb + -ing 5) verb + sb + infinitive (without to)
To give students practice in the use of informal language in the context of email and dialogue writing.

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

Recognise different verb patterns and use them accordingly.
Convert a written text into a spoken dialogue.
Use dictionary entries to correct mistakes.
Identify and correct misuses of the target grammar item.

Lesson 9 - 15th December 2016

Contents and aims of the lesson:

To illustrate the differences between formal language and informal language.
To enable students to notice the structure and contents of formal and informal emails.
To give students practice in writing a formal email to a professor.
To give students the opportunity to develop the ability of learning new language by correcting sample tests.

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

Recognise and use appropriately formal and informal language.
To use different registers and expressions according to the context.
Noticing and correcting formal emails.
Plan the structure and write a formal email to a professor.

Lesson 10 - 22nd December 2016

Contents and aims of the lesson:

To give students the opportunity to test their current knowledge of compound nouns.
To illustrate the meaning, use and form of prefixes and suffixes.
To give students pronunciation practice in words using prefixes and suffixes.

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

Form compound nouns and be aware of different spelling conventions.
Have a wider knowledge of prefixes and suffixes to form new words.
Identify different stress patterns involving words using prefixes and suffixes.
Adapt correctly the spelling of the base word when adding a prefix or a suffix.

Lesson 11 - 12th January 2017

Contents and aims of the lesson:

To illustrate the meaning, use and form of definite and indefinite articles and of the zero article.
To enable students to deduce rules of use from context.
To give students practice in correcting misuses of the definite/indefinite article and zero article.
To give students the opportunity to explore the subtleties of the language in two vocabulary exercises.

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

Recognise and correct misuses in the use of the articles.
Identify recurrent patterns in language and summarise them in rules of use.
Consolidate and expand their current vocabulary knowledge.

Lesson 12 - 19th January 2017

Contents and aims of the lesson:

To raise students’ awareness in the use of linking words to express attitude in the context of a short dialogue between two students.
To give students controlled practice in the use of linking words in the context of an informal email.
To give students the opportunity to practice their creative writing skills in the context of a short story.

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

Recognise the importance of linking words to express attitude and to add emphasis.
Adapt the intonation of the sentence accordingly if linking words are being used.
Select the correct linking word in the context of informal writing.
Use linking words when writing their own piece of work.

Lesson 13 - 26th January 2017

Contents and aims of the lesson:

To raise students’ awareness of the differences in meaning in countable and uncountable nouns.
To illustrate the meaning, use and form of the quantifiers: ‘some’, ‘any’, ‘much’, many’, ‘a lot of’, ‘lots of’.
To give students the opportunity to practice the ability of noticing and deducing language rules from context.

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

Recognise countable and uncountable nouns and specify any differences in meaning.
Use a variety of quantifiers in affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences.
Rephrase sentences using different words.
Compare and contrast recurrent patterns in language in order to identify rules of use.

EXAM STRUCTURE

The exam consists of a written paper of 60 minutes. There will be 10 exercises covering the topics dealt during the lessons.