CIDI I

For the economic and legal sectoral language

I

- information systems

- digital technology and risks

- information and data

- artificial intelligence

II

- contracts

- CV, cover letter and job interview

- civil and criminal liability

- individual and collective freedoms

- State and economy

- International trade

- Economic growth and sustainable development

- Economics and geopolitics

- Decolonisation

- Europe and the European Union

- Constitution of France

- French Society

- O.I.F. and Francophonie

- The condition of women

- France's influence in globalisation

For the achievement of level C2.

The C2 level user :

- Can effortlessly understand everything he/she reads or hears
- Can summarise facts and arguments from different written and oral sources in a coherent manner, grasping all nuances, idiomatic expressions etc.
- Can express him/herself spontaneously, fluently and precisely and can distinguish finer shades of meaning with regard to complex subjects.

I.    Oral comprehension and production.
Can coherently report (report) the content of an audio and then express him/herself in a personal and finely argued manner on an aspect of the content heard.

Competences: 
Knowing how to.
- identify the theme, key words, articulations and phases of the audio document
- Defending a point of view
- Express oneself clearly and precisely in a level of language appropriate to the situation of enunciation
- Present a theme in public 
- Give constructive criticism

II.    Written comprehension and production activities

Writing an argumentative text on a societal issue, referring to a precise communicative situation in which the writer is directly involved. The text can be an editorial, an article, a speech, a manifesto etc.

Methodology of the argumentative text:
Skills:
Being able to identify
- The type of production required
- The purpose of the written production
- The recipients of the production
- The type of outline to adopt

Knowing how to structure

- The production according to a logical and coherent outline: introduction, development in 2 or 3 parts, conclusion.
- use only one idea per paragraph
- balance the individual parts
- write a clear and aerated text (wrap each paragraph) 
- Use connectives
- Follow the general outline and argumentative scheme 
- Respect the tone and type of writing chosen
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Know how to argue

- giving one's personal opinion with essential supporting ideas
- justify with precise and concrete examples

Thematic dossiers for the various activities:

1st semester
- economic growth
- technical progress
- international trade and the internationalisation of production
- unemployment
- financial crises

2nd semester
- European economic policies
- contemporary French society
- the mutations of work
- public action for the environment
- the problems of globalisation

The teaching material prepared by the language assistant in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the language assistant specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Course books

The teaching material will be provided by the language assistant

No book to be purchased