Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società

All the lessons will be held in English.
REQUIREMENTS.
During their three-year (BA) degree students should have attended an English Language/Linguistics course (at least 6 credits) and have passed the course exam or they should have reached an upper intermediate level of English proficiency corresponding to the B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. These students will therefore: a) be able to understand the key ideas and theories of seminal texts, as well as the technical discourse of their chosen fields of study; b) be able to interact and exchange ideas confidently and fluently with native speakers; c) know how to produce clear and well-argued written and oral texts on a wide range of topics and be able to explain a point of view providing all the pros and cons of the various options available.

Students will be able to arrange individual study programmes with the teacher to integrate and improve the level of their English.

The student will be able to understand, using the tools of applied linguistics analysis, the key ideas and theories of seminal texts, as well as the technical discourse of their chosen fields of study. S/he will become proficient in both linguistic and paralinguistic communication so as to be able to interact and exchange ideas confidently and fluently with native speakers. S/he will acquire the ability to produce clear and well-argued written and oral texts on a wide range of topics. The student will acquire the necessary language skills to understand the anthropological discourse in English.

The student must fully master the course contents and must be able to demonstrate proficiency in and awareness of the communicative strategies that the course is based on. In order to achieve this the course will include methodological lectures, as well as individual and group activities which will be decided according to the numbers of course participants.

The language skills acquired, also covering areas related to anthropology and ethnology, will enable the student to carry out meaningful, articulated critical discussions at a global level, linking it to the local, regional, transnational and international levels. In particular s/he will be able to apply the relevant disciplinary and methodological tools necessary for analysing linguistic discourse at all levels. At the end of the course the student will be able to apply the methods and tools of English Linguistics in order to be able to communicate successfully in the knowlege domains of the degree course. 

FIRST MODULE: INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY

SECOND MODULE: LANGUAGE AND GENDER.

 The course looks at various aspects of how English is used in different contexts and its current position as the first global language. A variety of both paper and multimodal texts (including blogs and social networking) are analysed as a way of showing how language is used in the construction of identity and the relationship between language and power, with the aim of increasing the participants' awareness of the linguistic devices and rhetorical strategies deployed in texts.

Lecures and interactive activities. Except for the first introductory lesson, the course will be held in English. 

Bibliographical references will be given during the classes.

Students will agree with the teacher on the authentic materials to be read and analysed.