Inglese

Avviso importante: Si ricorda che è competenza dei corsi di studio deliberare l'accreditamento dei corsi specialistici, sulla base delle valutazioni didattiche effettuate dai Consigli unificati.
Tutti gli studenti interessati ai corsi specialistici sono pertanto tenuti a verificare presso le Segreterie didattiche del proprio corso di laurea e/o presso le Segreterie studenti del proprio Dipartimento che il corso specialistico risulti accreditato e altresì a verificare il numero dei cfu eventualmente attribuiti.

Contenuti del corso "Understanding political discourse":  What is Boris Johnson up to when he says: ‘Humanity are 5-1 down on the climate crisis.’? How was Shakespeare able to make the word “honourable” drip with sarcasm? What is “The Hill” slam poet Amanda Gorman alluded to? Why do mere words rouse people to act? Or cause them to turn away in disinterest? What do we need to know to understand when we are being manipulated? And why is this important in our times?
This short course – Understanding Political Discourse - will focus on some fundamentals of political discourse in English. Beginning with an overview of some of the key elements that make a speech great, the class will then take a blitz through history and explore the topic looking at different aspects of famous speeches. From literature we will look at Marc Anthony in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar for pathos and sarcasm, from history, at Queen Elizabeth I's Tilbury speech for her rallying positive imagery, from wartime at Churchill’s use of anaphora, from gender politics, at Hillary Clinton for her trustworthiness and Julia Gillard’s lethal repetition of the words “this man”, to the present time with Boris Johnson’s football and Kermit the frog analogies, to the critical phenomenon of timing (Kairos) with Colin Kaepernick and Nike and we will finish with literature once again and Amanda Gorman’s allusions in her 2021 reading of “The Hill..” at President Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony.
The course will feature in-class workshops to identify rhetorical features and analyze their use. The course will culminate in a final submission at the end of the course in which students will choose and critique a speech (or part of a speech) which they have themselves chosen.
Durata del corso: 16 ore
Il corso ha un numero massimo di posti pari 60 (prioritariamente studenti di Mediazione e in caso di posti liberi a studenti del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza).

Contenuti del corso "Creative Writing": The course will focus on the fundamentals of creative writing. Beginning with the key elements of a great story, the class will then explore the topics of character development, plot development, dialogue, exposition, point of view, theme and motif, pace, voice, and suspense. The course will feature in-class workshops for brainstorming ideas for characters, plots and themes while also giving students time to work on their writing skills. During the course, students will be asked to develop, write and present parts of a short story, a prologue or a first chapter (their choice). Class time will be used to analyze and critique student submissions. This writing process will culminate in a final submission at the end of the course.
Durata del corso: 16 ore
Il corso ha un numero massimo di posti pari a 60 (prioritariamente studenti L12 e LM38)

Contenuti del corso "Lingua inglese: Linguaggio specialistico economico finanziario": questo corso esaminerà la terminologia e la grammatica relative al mondo aziendale, all’economia internazionale, alla finanza e alle banche. Appropriato per quegli studenti che hanno già acquisito un livello di inglese pari almeno a B1.
Durata del corso: 20 ore (in presenza)

Contenuti del corso "Arguing and Discussing in English": The course offers theoretical and practical insight into the nature of argumentation - both eristic (concerned with winning) and dialectic (arriving at a mutually-satisfying compromise). Aristotelian rhetoric and the Toulmin method will be explored as eristic approaches, while the Rogerian method will be studied as a dialectic tool to negotiate a shared outcome. It then builds upon this theoretical foundation to introduce the students to the practical work of leveraging critical thinking to construct and present arguments on topical questions of fact, value, and policy, using the three methods in question.
Classes will blend theory with writing workshops, presentations and debates. Submission of a final piece of writing is required to pass the course.
Duration: 15 hours