Hello everyone,
The summer is finally drawing to a close and our thoughts turn to English again (if you haven't been using it all summer that is!)Just like last year there will be spaces online to help you study and use the language with each other even when you are not in class, because we all know that the lnguage must be used MORE than for the few hours we have available each week.
This year there is a new course: the C2 which will replace the C1 acc and later on also the C2 acc course so look for the description of this course if you think it is the one for you.The books for courses this year have already been decided and you can find them listed in the "Guida Cla"Anyway, I look forward to seeing you all next week in class and I hope we'll have a very fruitful academic year.
Sharon Hartle
Monday 28 September 2009
New C2 Course
The new C2 course is designed to test students' performance of both written and oral production of academic English.
The Written Work
Candidates will be required to read texts (written and audio visual and both related to general topics and to their areas of study) and to show that they can understand the writer's/speaker's intent (by means of simple discourse analysis) as well as being able to discuss the ideas introduced in the text, where appropriate referring to other references as well.
They will be asked to write about 750-800 words on this text (The texts themselves will be approx. 600-800 words or will be from 15-20 mins in the case of audiovisual texts.) Students should be able to express themselves in formal academic English to do this.
The Oral Work
The final oral exam will consist of two parts: a presentation and discussion of a subject which is closely related to the student's specialised field of study.
Students should be able to present their ideas clearly and then discuss them, giving reasons for their opinions and extending their ideas as is appropriate in an appropriate academic register.
The Written Work
Candidates will be required to read texts (written and audio visual and both related to general topics and to their areas of study) and to show that they can understand the writer's/speaker's intent (by means of simple discourse analysis) as well as being able to discuss the ideas introduced in the text, where appropriate referring to other references as well.
They will be asked to write about 750-800 words on this text (The texts themselves will be approx. 600-800 words or will be from 15-20 mins in the case of audiovisual texts.) Students should be able to express themselves in formal academic English to do this.
The Oral Work
The final oral exam will consist of two parts: a presentation and discussion of a subject which is closely related to the student's specialised field of study.
Students should be able to present their ideas clearly and then discuss them, giving reasons for their opinions and extending their ideas as is appropriate in an appropriate academic register.
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