The aim is to provide a mainly pragmatic introductory approach to English language learning, paying particular attention to the cultural specificity of certain types of text. The main objective is to stimulate reflection on some specialist languages of English, including communication.
teacher profile teaching materials
- A selection of texts (essays and documents) on language acquisition and on teaching English to very young learners as a foreign / second language (available online on the professor’s web page: S. Garton, F. Copland, A. Burns "Investigating global practices in teaching English to young learners" / P. Edelenbos, R. Johnstone, A. Kubanek "The main pedagogical principles underlying the teaching of languages to very young learners" / S. Ara "Use of Songs, Rhymes and Games in Teaching English to Young Learners in Bangladesh");
- Roberta Facchinetti, Anna Belladelli, English for Educators, CEDAM, Milano, 2011 (only the following chapters: Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, John Dewey, Paulo Freire, Maria Montessori, Dalai Lama).
- TED TALKS: a selection of TED talks (by (di Kenneth Rosinson; John McWhorter; Ryan Patricia; Lera Boroditsky)
** GRAMMAR TEXT: Raymond Murphy, English Grammar in Use, CUP, Cambridge (3rd ed.) 2007.
** DICTIONARIES: -ITALIAN / ENGLISH: Hazon Garzanti , Nuova Edizione, or F.Picchi, Grande dizionario Inglese-Italiano/Italiano-Inglese, Hoepli. - MONOLINGUAL: Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners oppure Oxford Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary, or Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary.
Programme
Lessons will focus on short essays and documents on the teaching of English as a L2 in pre-primary (Italian, European, and extra European) school contexts (texts will be available on the electronic board). These materials are meant to be both theoretical and linguistic tools; the issues at stake will help enhance a linguistic competence in the specific field of study and can be read as a CLIL project. Texts will be pretexts to deal with the English language, its grammar, its structures and its idiomatic expressions. Together with these texts there will be a selection of TED talks dealing with the teaching of English. The book English for Educators is used to enhance students’ familiarity with a specific vocabulary for social studies and education.Core Documentation
** Texts:- A selection of texts (essays and documents) on language acquisition and on teaching English to very young learners as a foreign / second language (available online on the professor’s web page: S. Garton, F. Copland, A. Burns "Investigating global practices in teaching English to young learners" / P. Edelenbos, R. Johnstone, A. Kubanek "The main pedagogical principles underlying the teaching of languages to very young learners" / S. Ara "Use of Songs, Rhymes and Games in Teaching English to Young Learners in Bangladesh");
- Roberta Facchinetti, Anna Belladelli, English for Educators, CEDAM, Milano, 2011 (only the following chapters: Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, John Dewey, Paulo Freire, Maria Montessori, Dalai Lama).
- TED TALKS: a selection of TED talks (by (di Kenneth Rosinson; John McWhorter; Ryan Patricia; Lera Boroditsky)
** GRAMMAR TEXT: Raymond Murphy, English Grammar in Use, CUP, Cambridge (3rd ed.) 2007.
** DICTIONARIES: -ITALIAN / ENGLISH: Hazon Garzanti , Nuova Edizione, or F.Picchi, Grande dizionario Inglese-Italiano/Italiano-Inglese, Hoepli. - MONOLINGUAL: Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners oppure Oxford Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary, or Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary.
Type of evaluation
THE EXAM CONSISTS IN (1) – Reading Comprehension (FROM the texts on the professor’s board—bacheca elettronica) (2) GRAMMAR SECTIONS. (3) Cloze Test and multiple choice test (ON English for Educators and on further audio materials - the complete list of these files will be available on the board before the end of the semester). • Students with a certificate attesting a B1 competence in English are exempted from the grammar section of the exam (provided by our CLA - centro lingusitico di ateneo).