Lingue e culture straniere per l'era digitale: scuola, società e professioni LM-37

Lingua e linguistica inglese 1

Settore scientifico disciplinare Numero crediti formativi (CFU) Docente
L-LIN/12 (ANGL-01/C) 9 Rosalba Rizzo

Obiettivi formativi

Students explore relationships between global English, communicatiive models, specialised communication, and translation.

This holistic approach aims to equip learners with a deeper awareness of how English operates across cultures, media, and professional domains, and how translation mediates meaning in multilingual environments and heterogeneous contexts.

Risultati di apprendimento attesi

 

Programma del corso

 

Programma del corso

 

Testi consigliati

Modalità di accertamento dei risultati di apprendimento acquisiti dallo studente

 

Modalità di esame

 

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Prerequisiti

 

Organizzazione didattica

 

Ricevimento studenti

 

Lezioni

English as a global language

Historical background of English as a global language

English as a global language: the cultural foundation

English as a global language: the cultural legacy and the media

English as a global language: the cultural legacy and international issues

New Englishes: an overview

English as a lingua franca today

Communication: an introduction

Multimodal communication

Personal and professional communication

International and Institutional communication

LSP micro-textual level: morphology

Legal discourse

LSP micro-textual level: syntax

LSP macro-textual level: text genres

Oral Communication

Verbal and non-verbal communication

Written communication

Speech acts

LSP micro-textual level: terminology

Legal English

Introducing LSP

Introducing translation and translation studies

Equivalence and adequacy in translation studies

Discussing text types and translation strategies

Discussing adaptation(s)

Adaptation and sentence structure

Why punctuation

Verbs: tense, aspect, mood

Translating Literature

Translating Direct Speech: Limits and Possibilities of Literary Translation

Translating Free Direct Speech

Indirect Speech

Introducing Tourism

Language and Tourism

Analysing and Translating Tourist Texts

Reading and Translating Charts and Graphs

Informative Texts in Translation

Operative Texts in Translation

From Information to Communication: Expository Texts

Discussing Argumentative Writing

Translating Argumentative Writing: George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language"

Discussing and Translating Playtexts

Cultural Aspects of Language: Defining and Translating Idioms

The Eco-tourist Text: A Conversation with Lorenzo Buonvivere