BERGAMO
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Course Objectives
From a metalinguistic perspective, the educational goals aim to develop students' ability to analyse the language of English-language newspapers and advertisements published online or in newspapers and magazines. In particular, students will learn to identify the rhetorical techniques and stylistic features that characterise these types of texts.
The educational goals of this module are consistent with the objectives of the ANGL-01/C disciplinary sector. Specifically, they focus on the study of the English language at the B2 (Vantage) level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). They are also consistent with the educational objectives of the Communication Sciences degree programme (Area 10), within which the module is offered, particularly with regard to the role of the English language in mass media discourse.
Course Prerequisites
Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods
The examination is organised as follows:
A) Written computerised exam (no dictionaries allowed) composed of the following parts: - Listening comprehension, - Use of English - Grammar - Reading comprehension (Lingua Inglese AAL B2).
B) Oral exam. The oral exam consists of: a) an interview in English with the course instructor on the topics covered in class concerning advertising and newspaper language, as well as the contents of the course textbooks; b) the application of the theoretical concepts discussed in class to advertisements and newspaper articles provided by the course instructor on the day of the oral exam.
Contents
The course covers topics related to media discourse - with particular emphasis on the language of advertising and the language of the news. Lexical and grammatical analysis will be developed through reading, translation and commentary on texts considered in the classroom. The analysis of the adverts will be carried out through the methodologies of (verbal and visual) semiotics, intermedial studies, and discourse analysis. It will be necessary to learn the constituent elements of adverts and newspaper/ magazine articles.
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Students are allowed to take the oral exam ONLY after passing the written exam; the oral exam should be taken in any case within 18 months after passing the written exam. For beginners, there are intensive English courses available in September as well as other support courses throughout the academic year.
Students with international language certifications obtained within the last two years (B2 level, see UNIBG website) are invited to get in touch with the Students' Office to have them recognised; students will thus be exempt from taking the written exam.
Non-attending students are kindly requested to get in touch with the professor at least two months before the oral exam.