LINGUA INGLESE PER STUDI ANGLO-AMERICANI 1 - E1

Pubblicato il 26/08/2026 da Christina CAWTHRA

Anglo-americano 1 esercitazioni 2026/2027

First semester timetable – 3 lessons each week:

Tuesday: 8.45 – 10.15 and 10.30 – 12.00 (Aula azzurra, Ca Bernardo)

Thursday 14.00 – 15.30 (Aula azzurra, Ca Bernardo)

Course book:

English File C1 5th Edition Student book and Workbook with Digital Pack (new edition)

ISBN 9780194147255

Oxford University Press 

Grammar:

Vince Grammar in context advanced Macmillan

ISBN 1405070528

Ricevimento/Office hours:

by appointment. Send an email to: cawthra@unive.it

In order to take the module exam, you have to have passed the midterm (the week of January 19) and final assessments of the Esercitazioni course (last week of the second semester) (further information below).

Course content

Grammar: Consolidation and revision of C1 grammar as well as introduction of new advanced grammar, paying particular attention to areas that are problematic for Italian mother tongue speakers.

Lexis: emphasis on word building (morphology), phrasal verbs, idioms

Reading: improving reading skills by skimming and scanning

Pronunciation: Word stress, sentence stress, contrastive stress and connected speech.

Listening: improve comprehension with special focus on note taking skills

Speaking: General presentation skills with practice in giving presentations (individual and in groups).

Writing: Basic sentence structure; paragraphs; punctuation; informal vs. formal; emails, essay, report, article, review.

There will be five in-class writing assignments: 3 in the first semester (last lesson in October, November and December) and two in the second semester (last lesson in February and March). The marks are included in your average for ongoing assessment. Those who do not complete all five written in-class assignments will have an additional written assignment in the final assessment at the end of the second semester.

Ongoing assessment in class. The marks will form an average with your final assessment marks.; non-attending students are asked to keep an eye on the Moodle page so they can also do these assignments, for example, presentations

Midterm assessment:

last week of first semester (January 21 2027):

Written test on the grammar and vocabulary from book

Final assessment:

Last two lesson in second semester

Written test on the grammar and vocabulary from book

Written assignment for those who did not complete the five in-class writing tasks.