English Language: specialized language
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: RAFFAELE ZAGOExpected Learning Outcomes
According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate:
1) Knowledge and understanding
Students will familiarise themselves with the notion of ‘specialised discourse’ in English from a theoretical, practical and methodological point of view.
2) Applying knowledge and understanding
Students will be able to apply their knowledge and understanding. In particular, they will learn how to linguistically and meta-linguistically analyse the varieties addressed in the course.
3) Making judgements
Drawing on the knowledge and skills acquired in the course, students will be able to interpret the typical characteristics of various specialised English registers and to reflect on these varieties autonomously.
4) Communication skills
The linguistic competence students are expected to attain is a strengthening of the B2 level (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages; C.E.F.R.; http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/source/framework_en.pdf).
5) Learning skills
Students will develop the learning skills they need to go on with their university career, both in terms of contents and in terms of methods.
Course Structure
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
Textbook Information
- Biber, Douglas. 2006. University Language. A Corpus-based
Study of Spoken and Written Registers. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John
Benjamins. Chapters: 3 (pp. 33-46), 4 (pp. 47-86), 5 (pp. 87-131), 6 (pp.
133-175).
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Learning Assessment
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
-What are the most salient characteristics of spoken/written university registers in English?
-Etc.