1) Disciplinary objectives (official course taught by the lecturer)
The aim of the course is to develop proficiency in the language (C1+ level, as described by the CEFR).
At the end of the course, students:
2) Instrumental objectives (practical classes/AAL)
At the end of the course, students will also have acquired, deepened and improved their instrumental competence in the four communicative skills at C1+ level of the CEFR for the English language, as well as their translation skills (English-Italian). To this end, it is essential (although not formally compulsory) to attend the dedicated language learning activities (AAL)
Knowledge of the English language equivalent to level C1 of the European Framework of Reference (CEFR).
1) Disciplinary competences (official course taught by the lecturer)
Lectures and seminars held by professional translators and use of multimedia technologies.
2) Instrumental competences (practical classes/AAL)
Consult the section of the website dedicated to the University Language Centre by choosing English - LLCS: https://www.unibg.it/studiare/frequentare/apprendimento-linguistico/inglese/inglese-llcs
Learning verification
The examination consists of 2 parts: 1) written component; 2) oral examination (only accessible after passing the computerised test
1) Written component (90 minutes): Listening; Reading; Use of English and Translation of a short text from Italian to English.
The written test may only be taken on completion of Module A (first semester) + Module B (second semester).
The written examination is preparatory to the oral examination: the student cannot take the oral examination without having passed the written one.
The result of the computerised examination (passed level) is valid for 18 months.
2) Oral examination: interview on the topics covered in the course. The examination consists of a discussion in English on the course topics: at least three questions will be asked in order to assess the acquisition of the course content.
Evaluation criteria
The assessment criteria for the computer-based test are: 1. linguistic accuracy; 2. lexical and register accuracy;
The assessment criteria for the oral test will take into account expressive skills, lexical, morphosyntactic, pragmatic and phonological correctness and disciplinary competence.
IIn particular, the assessment will be divided into five bands:
1) Disciplinary content (official course taught by the lecturer)
During the course, the theory and practice of tourism translation through an intercultural communicative approach will be explained. Authentic tourist texts will be analysed for translation purposes. A series of exercises and contrastive analyses between English and Italian will be carried out in order to prepare students for translation practice according to linguistic and intercultural mediation techniques.
2) Instrumental content (practical classes/AAL)
The contents of the exercises (AAL) at C1+ CEFR level are indicated in the section of the website dedicated to the University Language Centre by choosing English - LLCS (https://www.unibg.it/studiare/frequentare/apprendimento-linguistico/inglese/inglese-llcs)
Students with a C2 language certification can contact the student office to obtain recognition valid for partial exemption from the written test.
Attending and non-attending students have the same reading list
