ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES
LINGUA INGLESE PER LE SCIENZE SOCIALI
The register(s) of Otherness: hyphenation, migration, alienation
I registri dell’Alterità: culture-col-trattino, migrazione, alienazione
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2022/2023 | 4 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Alessandra Calanchi | on 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
The aim of this class is to read and analyze topical texts in order to reach adequate translating and conversational skills.
Program
Through the study and analysis of a number of words, acronyms, and metaphors (such as melting pot, mosaic, symphony, frontier, beacon, etc.) we shall reflect upon and discuss the main issues linked to US society. Ranging from self-made man to hate speech, from hyphenation to cancel culture, from gender gap to environmental issues, our aim is to investigate the register(s) of Otherness from a cultural and sociological standpoint.
Bridging Courses
none
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
1. Knowledge and understanding:
Ability to read and understand a socio-political text in English
2. Applying knowledge and understanding:
Ability to translate a text
3. Making judgments:
Ability to reflect and formulate autonomous and motivated judgments and critically analyze the contents learned
4. Communication skills:
Ability to communicate effectively orally on the topics covered during the lessons
5. Learning skills
Through readings, translations, and classroom discussion, students acquire a methodological mastery that can be exported to other related contexts
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
slides, videos, etc.
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
lectures, group discussion, team work
- Attendance
when not possible, students are invited to consult Moodle platform
- Course books
Students must get:
- The Student’s Book to American Culture. An A-Z Guide to the Social Identity/ies of the United States, ed. by Luca Ambrogiani (Oakmond Publishing 2021) https://www.oakmond-publishing.com/it/contatti/
Material available on the platform:
- Essays:
Michele Bottalico, “Toward a Poetics of Liminality”, in Michele Bottalico and Salah el Moncelf bin Khalifa (eds), Borderline Identities in Chicano Culture, Mazzanti, Venezia 2006, pp. 11-19.
Daniele Fiorentino, “The World and the New Frontiers of the U.S.”, in RSA Journal, The United States. A World Within, the World Without, 21-22, 2010-2011, pp. 5-17.
Fedora Giordano, “Notes on Contemporary Indian Identity”, in RSA Journal, Amerian Patchwork. Multi-ethnicity in the United States Today, 20, 2009, pp. 47-62.
Jessica H.E. Redman, “The American happy family that never was: ambivalence in the Hollywood Family Melodrama”, European Journal of American Culture, vol. 22, no. 1, 2003, pp. 49-69.
- From the Web:
Blake Smith, “The Privilege of Being Nobody. Today’s refugees face a new pressure to narrativize and commodify their experience”, Tablet Magazine, Arts & Letters, June 9, 2022.
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/privilege-being-nobody
Further material might be uploaded on Moodle platform
- Assessment
oral exam
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
individual study, Moodle platform
- Attendance
not compulsory but recommended
- Course books
Students must get:
- The Student’s Book to American Culture. An A-Z Guide to the Social Identity/ies of the United States, ed. by Luca Ambrogiani (Oakmond Publishing 2021) https://www.oakmond-publishing.com/it/contatti/
Material available on the platform:
- Essays:
Michele Bottalico, “Toward a Poetics of Liminality”, in Michele Bottalico and Salah el Moncelf bin Khalifa (eds), Borderline Identities in Chicano Culture, Mazzanti, Venezia 2006, pp. 11-19.
Daniele Fiorentino, “The World and the New Frontiers of the U.S.”, in RSA Journal, The United States. A World Within, the World Without, 21-22, 2010-2011, pp. 5-17.
Fedora Giordano, “Notes on Contemporary Indian Identity”, in RSA Journal, Amerian Patchwork. Multi-ethnicity in the United States Today, 20, 2009, pp. 47-62.
Jessica H.E. Redman, “The American happy family that never was: ambivalence in the Hollywood Family Melodrama”, European Journal of American Culture, vol. 22, no. 1, 2003, pp. 49-69.
- From the Web:
Blake Smith, “The Privilege of Being Nobody. Today’s refugees face a new pressure to narrativize and commodify their experience”, Tablet Magazine, Arts & Letters, June 9, 2022.
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/privilege-being-nobody
Further material might be uploaded on Moodle platform
- Assessment
Oral exam consisting of a conversation in English on the topics studied during the course. Verification of learning will take place through an individual oral interview based on the reference texts for the exam, aimed at assessing both (A) the learning of the contents by the student, (B) her/his ability to express a personal opinion and ( C) her/his ability to make references and links to other texts and situations, citing sources.
Outstanding: the student possesses all skills A, B, C
Very good: the student possesses two of the three skills A, B, C
Sufficient: the student possesses one of the three skills A, B, C
Negative evaluations: insufficient use of the English language and inability to express oneself in an acceptable English with respect to the topics covered.
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Notes
students must always use their UNIURB account when writing emails to professors
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