INTRODUCTION TO COURSE

INGLESE LIN-OC

THE GROUPS

• B1: Wednesday Lab B CLA 15.00-17.00

Friday Aula 5 CLA 11.00-13.00

• B2c: Wednesday Aula 1 CLA 14.00-15.00

Friday Aula D Ist. Lingue 14.00-16.00

• B2d: Monday Lab A CLA 9.00-11.00

• C1a: Monday Aula 6 CLA 11.00-13.00

Friday Aula D Ist. Lingue 16.00-17.00

Please check/download the following:

The VADEMECUM from the Faculty of Languages website – both general and for Inglese I or II for details of the overall programmes and exams

The Academic Calendar from the Faculty website for details of exams and semester dates

My teaching material which you can find on www.uniurb.it/lingue - materiale didattico. Please check this on a regular basis as it is a work in progress and will be updated continuously.

The Last Minute section for past exam papers.

Books you must buy:

• For first year students: English Grammar in Use Third Edition by

Raymond Murphy, published by CUP. Roald Dahl “Tales of the Unexpected”. (One of

these must be presented at the oral exam) English Vocabulary in Use by Stuart Redman

Second Edition CUP (Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate level)

English Grammar in Use Supplementary Exercises by Louise Hashemi CUP (for self-study)

BOOKS YOU MUST BUY:

• For second year students: Longman Avanced Learner’s Grammar Short stories Reading Classics published

by Blackcat (4 must be presented for the oral exam).

My contact details:

• Email address (you can use to send me your written work to read and correct) – NB – will be provided in first week of our lessons

• My office hours (to discuss problems you may be having or go over a language point) – MONDAY 13.00-14.00 CLA

The importance of self-study:

You will be spending 20 weeks in the classroom but 32 weeks out of the classroom so self-study is of the utmost importance.

Here are some things you can do to study alone:

study all the grammar points in the book not covered in class Use such sites as BBC Learning English to improve your language

skills Access newspapers on line to practise reading newspaper articles

(especially the second year students) such as the Guardian, the Times, the Independent, the Economist and so on.

Access EFL websites such as Dave’s ESL Café, English-zone and Learn English to practise a variety of aspects

Use the self-access material at the faculty and the CLA