The aim of the course is to enable students to acquire the grammatical, lexical and syntactical foundations of the English language through translation exercises and exercises of a grammatical nature.. At the end of the course the student must be able to:

- translate from Italian to English short phrases of common use

- correctly use the main verb tenses in affirmative, negative and interrogative forms

- correctly use prepositions, adverbs, adjectives, partitives

The course mainly covers the study of:

- prepositions

- adverbs

- comparative and suplerlative adjectives

-partitives

- main verb tenses affermative, negative and interrogative

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Students must achieve:

1. Knowledge and ability to understand elements of English grammar and translation skills.

1.1. Students shall obtain this knowledge through the attendance of lectures and classroom exercises.

2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: through translation skills from Italian of common use short phrases.

2.1. Skills acquired through the classroom development of the exercises in the textbook.

3. Judgment skills: critical reflection on the ability to translate short sentences from Italian to English.

3.1. This judgement will have to be applied in the classroom comparison with the teacher and colleagues, during the exercises and and in the preparation of the final exam.

4. Communication skills: students are called to interact in the classroom through the performance of textbook exercises.

4.1. Ability that is exercised in classroom with the organization of moments of exercise.

5. Learning ability: students are required to adopt a method of application and individual exercise which is both methodical and continuous.

5.1. Ability to be enhanced by the performance, which can also be repetitive, of the exercises present in the textbook.

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

The teaching material made available by the lecturer can be found, together with other supporting activities, inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.ii

Teaching

Classroom lectures

Course books

Murphy R., Pallini L., Essential grammar in Use con soluzioni. Cambridge University Press

Assessment

Written text consisting in grammatical exercises and translation of short sentences.

Assessments of excellence: the student’s possession of a good knowledge of the English language.

Discrete evaluations: the student’s possession of a decent knowledge of the English language.

Sufficient evaluations: the student’s possession of a sufficient knowledge of the English language.

Negative evaluations: the student’s possession of an insufficient knowledge of the English language.

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.

Teaching

Individual study

Attendance

Individual exercises of the grammar text

Course books

Murphy R., Pallini L., Essential grammar in Use con soluzioni. Cambridge University Press

Assessment

Written test consisting in grammatical exercises and translation of short sentences

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.