Approfondimento di lingua inglese


Corso di Laurea in Conservazione dei Beni Culturali
CFU: 3
SSD: L-LIN/12
Docente: Dianna Pickens
Anno Accademico 2013/2014

ARGOMENTO DEL CORSO 
Basi grammaticali della lingua inglese e comunicazione in contesti professionali. 

 



PROGRAMMA 
Obiettivo del corso è il consolidamento delle competenze acquisite nel corso precedente, ovvero l’apprendimento delle nozioni di base della lingua inglese, dopodichè gli studenti dovranno essere in grado di leggere, capire, e tradurre testi scelti dal Professore durante il corso,e dovranno partecipare alle attività pubblicate sul blog. La prova finale consiste nella elaborazione e presentazione in inglese davanti ai colleghi del corso di un itinerario a propria scelta (turistico/culturale/musicale/artistico/gastronomico) utilizzando uno dei seguenti format: Video, Powerpoint, Depliant, o Poster. Non saranno accettate tesine.





BIBLIOGRAFIA 
English File Pre-intermediate Student’s book/workbook (Oxford University Press) 

 


I NON-FREQUENTANTI dovranno portare anche il seguente testo: 
Gebhardt, Frederika English for Cultural Heritage, (Libreria Editrice Cafoscarina, Venezia 2003) 
Capitoli 6-10. Per questi studenti, l'esame sarà scritto (propedeutico) e orale.

PER INFO:www.bbccenglish.blogspot.com - (link: Approf. Ling.)


(ENGLISH VERSION)

SUBJECTS COVERED: The basic grammatical structures and vocabulary of English and practical communication in professional contexts.

PROGRAMME: The course aims to consolidate knowledge gained in the previous course (English for Cultural Heritage); therefore basic English grammar and vocabulary will be reviewed briefly, and then students will be asked to read, understand, and translate texts chosen by the Professor during the course. They will also be asked to participate in the activities published in an online Forum/Blog. Finally, students will be asked to design a cultural/musical/artistic/gastronomic tourist itinerary which they will present to the entire class using one of the following formats: Video, Powerpoint, Brochure, or Poster. Written mini-theses will not be accepted.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: English File Pre-Intermediate Student’s Book/Workbook (Oxford University Press) 

 


NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS must also study the following short text: 
Gebhardt, Frederika English for Cultural Heritage, (Libreria Editrice Cafoscarina, Venezia 2003) 

Units 6-10. These students must pass a written exam before being admitted to the oral exam.

Last assignment! Publicizing your tour...

In order to publicize all of the wonderful things you have organized for your tour groups, you should also think about the different ways to do it. Here is an article, in Italian, that discusses the lack of 'creativity' in how Italians publicize their museums. Make sure you click on the various videos to see how museums and other cultural sites generate awareness about their events.  For your last assignment, I would like to hear your comments about the article and the links. Enjoy!

http://www.internazionale.it/opinioni/annamaria-testa/2013/05/06/spot-da-museo/

A half-day tour of Naples

PART I. Planning an itinerary: Make your proposals by answering the questions!
1) Tour sites: Where could you take the tour group? What could they do there? What surprises could you organize for them?
2) Scheduling: What time could you meet, and where? How long would you plan to stay? What will happen if it rains?
3) Purpose: What are your reasons for arranging the tour? What is your objective? Do you want to educate them? Help them to appreciate something about Naples? What?
4) Human Resources: How many people would you need to work for your tour? Musicians? Actors? Experts?
5) Expenses: How much would it cost you to take people to those places? How much would you like to charge the tourists, if anything? How much money would you make in a half-day?

PART II. Comparing your tour to other existing tours.
http://www.arthurschwartz.com/guide/one-day-walking-tour-of-naples.html
http://www.contexttravel.com/city/naples/all-walking-tours
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/naples/0058010008.html

Use comparatives to compare your tour to the tours described in the links above. Is yours more or less expensive? Which do you think would be more interesting? What other considerations do you have?

Click on 'comments' to post your answers to Part I and II.

A Prince and a Saint

 Dear Students,
This week, you have several tasks to do!
In class today, half of you read about Raimondo di Sangro (Prince of San Severo), and the other half read about San Gennaro. You should make sure to note any new vocabulary words, and write a simple summary of the text in your notebook Now, you must do a couple of things:
1) find the Italian translation of the text you received in class, and check for errors in the original and in the translation. Do the texts match? Is the original information correct, or is the translation wrong? Take notes in your notebook so we can discuss these errors in class next week.
2) read the text that you did NOT receive in class, note down any new vocabulary words, and then write a short summary here on the blog (4-5 SIMPLE sentences).

Click below to go to the webpages:

Raimondo di Sangro - Prince of Sansevero

San Gennaro

(note: after going to the webpage, to see the original text in Italian, click on the Italian flag at the top right-hand corner of the page).

What we did before Easter

We read about: Parthenope - click on the word to see the text and then click on the Italian flag (in the upper right-hand corner to find the original text.  Your job will be to choose one of the other subjects on the same webpage called

Mythical and legendary origins of the city

 and then write a short summary about it here.

Today's Lesson: Course Overview/Dublin Literary Pub Crawl

See previous post for Course Overview.

Dublin Literary Pub Crawl. Read about it here: http://www.tripadvisor.it/Attraction_Review-g186605-d546287-Reviews-Dublin_Literary_Pub_Crawl-Dublin_County_Dublin.html
and here: http://www.dublinpubcrawl.com/
And watch some highlights here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk3s_rtWsmk

Homework:
Click on the word 'comments' and write your answers to the following questions:
1) According to the Tripadvisor site, which aspects of the tour did people appreciate the most?
2) Would it be possible to do something similar in Naples? Why or why not?
3) If you wanted to organize something similar in Naples, how would you do it? What famous writers/artists/architects/philosophers/musicians would you include?

Welcome!

Course goals:
- to improve reading comprehension/vocabulary for cultural heritage
- to increase knowledge about our local cultural heritage
- to provide an opportunity to practice using spoken/written English

Course requirements:
Frequentanti: You must be present at least 75% of the time, you must complete a vocabulary journal, you must complete all online activities, and you must complete a final project OR do the final exam (writing section only).

Semi-frequentanti: You must be present in class at least 50% of the time, you must complete a vocabulary journal, you must complete all online activities, and you must complete the final project AND do the final exam (writing section only).

Non/frequentatni: You must complete a full written exam (basted on grammar, reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing) based on the reading activities you will find on this blog, or based on the book English for Cultural Heritage by Federika Gebhardt.

Final Project: Design a "Literary, Musical, Historical, Architectural and Artistic Wine Walk" itinerary for central Naples, or for your hometown. You can work in groups of 2 or 3, or work individually. Projects can in in Written, Powerpoint, or Video form, OR you can "perform" them in front of the class. We will work on your projects throughout the semester, along with all of the other activities.

Final Lesson, suggestions

Most of you should know by now exactly what you need to do to earn your final credits. Our last lesson was about the history and features of the University, Suor Orsola Benincasa - you can find information about the university on the website, and write your paragraphs here!

I also asked you to give me some feedback on the course...I will not publish your comments about that, but I promise I will read all of them and take them into account when I teach the course again next year.

As planned, the final 'quiz' for 'frequentanti' will be tomorrow, May 15. I will also check your notebooks (you must have all of your notes and keywords from the lessons) and count the number of absences. Anyone who does not meet the criteria for participation, notebooks, and quizzes, will be required to take the final exam on one of the following dates: May 22 (prenotazioni chiusi), May 29, June 12, or July 11.

Great job on the experiment - if you all practice enough, you will be able to communicate in English quite well!!
Here is the link to the history of 'underground naples':

Underground Naples

Please note down the vocabulary you have learnt, send me your summaries here, and have a good holiday!!!

Quiz results next week!

I am very happy with the students who prepared well for the quiz on Tuesday! Those of you who missed class can have a copy of the quiz next week.

Here is a link to the three articles about Castel Nuovo, Castel dell'Ovo, and Virgil, if you couldn't find it:

Castles and Virgil

We'll talk about your quiz results on Tuesday - see you then!

The Siren Parthenope

Here is your assignment: Click on the link to go to the site about Parthenope.

PARTHENOPE

Then, choose another myth or legend from the same webpage and print it. You can also find the translation by clicking on the flag in the upper right-hand corner of the page. Read the English version, underlining the words you do not know. Then, read the Italian version, and try to reconstruct the meaning of the words you underlined. Print both copies,  and bring them to class along with your vocabulary word list. We will correct your work and create summaries together in class!

Finally, write your summaries here on the blog, by clicking on the word, "comments" and writing your three sentences here.

See you on Tuesday!

An Art Adventure!

All you have to do this week is click on the link, then on "Launch Site", and then...have an adventure. To get credit for it, you have to write at least ONE sentence here by clicking on the word "comments" below this post, including your name and mate. number. That's it! Have fun...

http://www.moma.org/interactives/artsafari/index.html

Il corso di Approfondimento linguistico si terra' il II semestre

Approfondimento di Inglese (3 cfu)

I testi saranno disponibili tramite i link su questo blog

English File Elementary

Obiettivi:

Grammatica

• revisione delle forme grammaticali di base (past simple/continuous, present simple/continuous)

• introduzione di nuove forme grammaticali (present perfect simple, past perfect simple, future tenses; Passive, Conditional)

• introduzione dei vocaboli e strutture che aiutano la comprensione e la produzione (espressione delle idee/opinioni, spiegazioni, riassunti)

Abilità

• Comprensione dei testi

• Scrittura/riassunti

• Discussioni

• Ascolto/comprensione della lingua parlata

Obiettivo del corso è il consolidamento delle competenze acquisite nel corso precedente, quindi l’apprendimento delle nozioni di base della lingua inglese, che consentiranno allo studente di utilizzarla come lingua di comunicazione internazionale nella sua futura vita lavorativa.

Scopo principale del corso consiste quindi nel mettere in condizione chi lo frequenta con assiduità e impegno, di comunicare, sia verbalmente che per i scritto, con particolare attenzione allo specifico professionale in cui ciò potrà avvenire.

La prova finale consiste in una prova scritta (3 cfu).

Domande? cliccare sulla parola 'commenti' e scrivere la domanda. La risposta apparirà dopo alcuni giorni direttamente sotto la domanda, quindi dovrete ritornare sul sito per vederla.

Exam Results

The following people can book any of the exam sessions in May, June or July to register the exam:
(If your name does not appear on this list, it is possible that you were either ineligible to take the exam because you did not attend enough lessons, or your score was not sufficient to pass. Please book another exam session, but let me know on the day of the exam that you have taken it before. You are welcome to write to me in the 'comments' section and ask any question you may have. Thank you.)

Name Matr.
Amatista Daniela 012/2869
Amoruso Francesca 012/2579
Ansalone Elena 012/2892
Basile Luigi 112/0243
Bellomo Martina 015/0214
Borzillo Daniela 012/2596
Buca Maria 015/ 0219
Caiazzo Enrico 112/0242
Caiazzo Roberta 012/1665
Candurro Rosa Paola 012/2636
Capriglione Roberta 015/0225
Caravante Ludovica 012/2900
Carratu' Barbara 012/2389
Castaldi Aniello 012/2460
Castellano Flavia 112/0165
Cerrotta M. Piccola 012/2861
Coscia Rita 012/2021
Cosentino M. Sofia 012/2576
De Marco Ivana 012/2904
De Martino Paola 112/0216
De Martino Valentina 015/0233
Di Napoli Laura 012/2787
Di Vincenzo Stefania 012/2888
Fichera Laura 012/2754
Finizio Carolina 012/2804
Fuoco Ilaria 015/0243
Giussani Annalisa 012/2603
Guarino Antonella 012/2343
Ianniello Lidia 012/2539
Iodice Elisa 012/2629
Izzo Simone 112/0221
Laus Antonella 012/2536
Maggipinto Gianvito 112/0088
Mallardo Angela 012/2543
Mattera Roberto 015/0230
Mazzilli Giulia 112/0244
Miele Marika 015/0228
Muto Arianna 015/0222
Napoletano Ileana 012/2103
Navarro Gabriella 012/2893
Nicolella Sonia 012/2870
Palmer Federica 012/2839
Palumbo Nunzia 012/2840
Pecoraro Francesca 012/2639
Procida Davide 012/2698
Puleo Miriam 012/2646
Riccio Sabrina 112/171
Riolo Francesca 012/2585
Rispo Giovanni 012/2564
Romano Rosa 015/0234
Sofi Benedetta 012/2820
Tamborra Marcella 012/2666
Triunfo Ivan 112/0149
Vanacore Valeria 012/2879
Vano Natascia 012/2841
Vecchione Maria 012/2610
Vituliano Emanuele 012/2921
Zambardino Roberta 015/0232

Lesson 7: Stop, THIEF!

Dear Students,
I have purposely waited to put this assignment online because I wanted to give you an opportunity to complete all of the other assignments. Therefore - this will be your last assignment for the semester.

Last week, we described five paintings which were stolen from a Paris Art Museum last year. Click here for an article, slideshow, and video about the crime.

We also read an article about museum security, and paid particular attention to the vocabulary regarding cultural heritage crimes.

The powerpoint presentation can be downloaded here, and the article we read in class can be found here.

For anyone who is interested, all of the information and statistics I presented in class can be found on the website of the Association for Research into crimes against Art (ARCA).

Students who are 'Non-frequentanti' should also read Unit 3 of the textbook, English for Cultural Heritage.

Feedback

Dear Students,
Please let me know what types of activities you have enjoyed the most in this class so far - ANONYMOUSLY - and send me your ideas for topics or activities you would like to study in the last couple of lessons. I am very interested in reading both your positive and negative comments, and I am especially interested in your ideas, so please give me some feedback.
Thank you.

Lesson 6: Holidays

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter Holiday!


Of course, the subject of the lesson was 'HOLIDAYS' so here is the powerpoint presentation we looked at last week (AppLing6), along with some 'extra' information I added after class.
We also looked at your answers from past assignments, and tried to correct your errors as much as possible. People who were absent on Tuesday can pick up their 'corrected' answers next week.

Remember to look at all of the slides and answer all of the questions!
There is a special surprise for you in the presentation...so have fun!

If you are a 'non-frequantante, you should also read pp. 114-115 in the book "English for Cultural Heritage"

Lesson 5: Famous Places

This lesson was based on some reading passages about famous places. They were primarily written in the passive voice, which we then studied.
We also spoke about international certification for English. Suor Orsola does not have a testing center, but here is a link to another place where you can take the exam at a good price! PET/FCE/ESOL CERTIFICATION

In addition to that news, I would like to call your attention to a program sponsored by UNESCO - they are looking for students just like you to participate in a Masters Program in Turin about World Heritage at Work. Click on it and check it out!

What is your assignment this week? Write about a famous landmark that is near your hometown, a try to use the passive voice a few times in your writing. I look forward to reading your work, as always!
(Also read the first comment to find out what to prepare for next week!)

Lesson 4: Conservation and Restoration

This week we discussed Conservation and Restoration, and the various 'issues' facing archaeologists, conservators, restorers and staff members at museums, libraries or archives of all types.
Take a look at this interactive feature from the site of the Getty Museum Research Department (it is on the right side: "Interactive Feature: Two approaches to vase-painting restoration")
http://www.getty.edu/museum/research/

We also used basic vocabulary to describe buildings and the things contained in them.
You will find the entire lesson here https://public.me.com/dpickens1

Don't forget to look at the furniture vocabulary, too - there is a surprise link for you to check out at the bottom of the list!

Lesson 3: The importance of museums

Do museums play an important role in your life?
This week we discussed artistic hobbies (see http://www.stickyball.net/writing/445.html for more practice) and the importance of museums.
We also tried to come up with some ideas for making museums more interesting for young people.
What are your best ideas? Download the lesson, write up your ideas, and post them here. Then, if you wish, you can also post your ideas to the New York Times - the link is in the lesson!
The powerpoint presentation (appling2) can be downloaded from the usual site https://public.me.com/dpickens1.

NON-FREQUENTANTI: In addition to the above assignment, read and do the exercises from Unit 10 MUSEUMS in English for Cultural Heritage, pp. 101-111.