ENGLISH LANGUAGE III
LINGUA INGLESE III
Applied English Pragmatics (First semester)
Pragmatica inglese applicata (primo semestre)
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| 2017/2018 | 8 |
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| Massimiliano Morini | by appointment |
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Course entirely taught in a foreign language
English
This course is entirely taught in a foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
At the end of the course, the students must be able to apply the tools of pragmatics to all text types
Program
The course aims at developing students' linguistic and metalinguistic knowledge and competence, enabling them to analyze complext texts pragmatically
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Analytic abilities and pragmatic knowledge
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
See blended learning
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Presentation of theories and textual analyses, with seminar-like moments
- Attendance
70% (in order to be considered as "attending students")
- Course books
S.P. Levinson, Pragmatics, Cambridge University Press, 1983.
- Assessment
Written test: pragmatic analysis of a short text
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
See "Course books" for non-attending students
- Course books
P. Brown, S. Levinson, Politeness. Some Universals in Language Usage, Cambridge University Press, 1987.
M.A.K. Halliday, R. Hasan, Cohesion in English, London/New York, Longman, 1976.
G.N. Leech, Principles of Pragmatics, London/New York, Longman, 1983.
S.P. Levinson, Pragmatics, Cambridge University Press, 1983.
- Assessment
Written test: pragmatic analysis of a short text
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
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