English 3

The course is aimed at third-year BA students. It consists of lectures (Corso monografico) and practical language classes (Esercitazioni), held by language experts. The lectures aim to provide students with the theoretical tools to study a variety of text types and consolidate their knowledge of English through the analysis of rhetorical strategies, rhetorical and linguistic variation across texts and their linguistic forms. Practical language classes aim to develop students' receptive and productive skills in English at an advanced level.

Knowledge and understanding: the fundamental notions of text and text varieties, registers, genres, and discourse; text, register and genre variation in different communicative situations, with different functions, in oral/written interaction; the rhetorical strategies which determine the linguistic choices in the construction of texts and discourse.

Applying knowledge and understanding: students will be able to identify the main features of text types, registers, and genres; apply the tools and methods of linguistic analysis to different types of texts and interactions; identify the linguistic features relevant for discussion; interpret their functional and textual significance.

Practical language classes: students will be able to write academic essays on a given topic.