Lesson 21

Here is a quick reminder:

tomorrow 21st May  there will be an extra lesson delivered via facebook on our page.

We will all meet  at 11:30 

See you there!! Don't be late!

Lesson _ 20

16th May

Exercises Unit 10

Grammar Revision 

How would you translate  these sentences into English?

1) Sono iscritto al corso di beni culturali da 2 anni

2) Che cosa significa l’acronimo UNESCO?

3) La città vanta un grande patrimonio artistico e culturale

4) Il tetto massimo del budget è fissato a US $ 30,000

5) L’antico Thebes rappresenta una testimonianza straordinaria delle civiltà egiziana nel suo splendore

If you havent's seen it yet 

Documentary: how was the Rosetta Stone found

Lesson 19

14th May 2014 

Revision Archeological sites 
Londinum's Roman Fort

Unit 10th
The British Museum

Natural History Museum

Science Museum 

Livelock: inspiration behind inventions

What do museums mean to you??

Lesson_18

09/05/2014

Saxon London










From the news
Bridging London's lost centuries
AD 700 – Saxon London Discovered


Dating methods in archeology

Nice video to watch!Archeological dating methods

Lesson_17

07/05/2014

English for Cultural Heritage

Unit 6: Restoration pp61-71

Restoration issues
- Baptism of Christ
- Adoration of the Magi



Self Study: 
Saxon London Unit 8

Dating Method:

• Dendrochronology

Your next lessons

I noticed "not many students" turned up at today's lesson (23rd April)!!! Did you read anywhere an official note saying the lesson had been cancelled, by any chance????


Next lesson will be on Wednesday 30th April -  We will focus on English for Cultural Heritage

Friday 2nd May there will be NO lesson 

Lesson 17  Wednesday 7th May

Lesson 18  Friday 9th May

Lesson 19  Wednesday 14th May

Lesson 20  Friday  16th May

Extra - Last lesson will possibly be on  Wednesday 21st May  

Lesson_16

30/05/2014

English for Cultural Heritage

From the news:

Da Vinci, Raphael Renaissance landscapes identified
Mona Lisa model could be buried in family tomb

Impact of new technologies on cultural heritage

Self study: 
Restoration: Windsor Castle

Choose an article on restoration from www.artwatchinternational.org Express your opinion on the issue discussed

Sistine Ceiling 2.0: Restoration of the Carracci Gallery Frescoes.

Linee guida Esame aa 2013_2014

Come da programma del corso, lo studente che intende sostenere l'esame nell'aa 2013-2014 è tenuto a preparare una presentazione scegliendo un argomento tra quelli sotto indicati. La scelta deve essere concordata con la dott.ssa Lombardi (tsolutions@tsolutions.it), docente del corso in oggetto.

1. A description of a cultural or natural property (age, size, particular characteristics) in your area, and say why it is important for your country’s heritage
2. There is much debate over the return of art objects or archeological artefacts to their original country, as they are considered to have been stolen in the past. What do you think? Would Italy have to return any objects to other countries?
3. A picture of your favourite painting. Where is it kept? What does it evoke? (This option is only for students from the artistic course).
4. Choose and article on restoration from www.artwatchinternational.org Express your opinion on the issue discussed.
5. Choose a video from the World Monuments Fund http://www.wmf.org/dig-deeper/videos and present it  by switching the volume off.
6. Legislation: Unesco Convention_ Article 1 – on preventing illicit traffic.
7. Storage and Conservation: environmental factors and storage systems
8. Matera: Candidate city European Capital of Culture 2019. Why does Matera  wish to take part in the competition? What would it be the main challenge of this nomination?
9. The impact of digital technology: the impact and revolutionary consequence.
10. List and discuss ways of improving your local museums or others that you have visited.
11. Noteworthy excavations: from Saxon London to Metaponto
12. Your contribution to Matera, candidate city European Capital of Culture.  What would be your proposal?
13. Dating methods: absolute and relative methods

In sede di esame lo studente consegna al docente copia cartacea della presentazione prodotta in power point con il frontespizio preparato in tutte le sue parti inserendo nome e cognome; titolo dell'argomento scelto; N° 6 punti che si vogliono affrontare durante la presentazione

 N.B. Parte 1: La presentazione dell’argomento deve avere una durata di non oltre i 4-5 minuti. Seguiranno domande correlate all’argomento. Il candidato deve  dimostrare di conoscere l'argomento scelto  e saper usare strutture grammaticali e funzioni comunicative adeguate, inclusa la competenza di esprimere opinioni e suggerimenti. Nella valutazione sarà tenuta in debita considerazione la componente relativa  alle tecniche di presentazione e comunicazione.

Parte 2: traduzione di frasi e brevi testi  dall’italiano in inglese

Lesson_15

23/04/2014

From Face to Face:

Unit 7
Revision: travelling vocabulary
Skills: Reading a travel magazine article

Unit 8
Present Perfect with for and since; questions with how long...?

Lesson_14

General English

From Face to Face 
Places to visit, travelling
Grammar 
Present Continuous for future arrangements

Revision: Will vs Going to 

Lesson_13

Storage

The storage environment

• Temperature and relative humidity
• Dust and Pollutants
• Light
• Mould
• Pests

The storage of photographs

Lesson_12

General English

Revision: 

• present perfect for life experience
• present perfect with just, already, yet

From Face to Face:

• Vocabulary: the environment, collocations
• Grammar: will for prediction, might, be going to

Grammar reference

• Present perfect
• Use of will, going to

Lesson_11

Art: Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa Foundation

Louvre museum

From TED education try these lessons:
Leonardo Da Vinci 
Botticelli's Adoration of the Magi 

I want you to watch the video and complete all the exercises on line. Please save your answers!

Lesson_10

2nd April

Sospensione delle attività didattiche disposta dal Rettore 

However, students are asked to work on Face to Face student book

- Vocabulary: types of Music
- Present Perfect: Interrogative, questions wiht ever
- Grammar exercises: page 33 ex 7,10

Lesson_9

Legislation

Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Proper

The 1995 UNIDROIT Convention

From news "Ill-gotten gains: how many museums have stolen objects in their collections?"

Lesson 8

Today's lesson _ 26th March 2014

Some work from  the previous lesson
- 3A employment; Grammar: have to/had to
- 3B looking for a job; present continuous
- 3C : Word building noun endings; reading a magazine article/describing your job

Vocabulary 
Types of films
Introduction of Present Perfect for life experiences

Lesson_7

First part of the lesson

Some students will be giving  a presentation . Their topic has been chosen from the World Heritage List

I expect students will have prepared their topic fully and done some research on it. They will have to use some very good persuasive language in order to convince their audience that their site is the one worth visiting!

Student's name:
Topic: 
N.B. Tell us your name, what  was your topic and how did you prepare it?


Second part:
Unit 3 Legislation
FBI Art theft

Hollywood myth of art crime:
Topkapi 1964
Thomas Crown Affair 1968 Thomas Crown Affair 1999
Danny Boyle's Trance 2013 

From the news: Gustav Klimt theft case reopens in Italy 17 years on


Third part of the lesson
Giornate FAI 2014

Lesson_6

Today's lesson

- Consolidation 2A_ Use of Past Simple
- 2B relationships; Past Continuous; 
- 3A employment; Grammar: have to/had to
- 3B looking for a job; present continuous
- 3C : Word building noun endings; reading a magazine article/describing your job

Lesson_4

From "English for Cultural Heritage"

Conservation Planning

• What is it about?
• What types of evidence are necessary to demonstrate the importance of a site?
• What kind of issues can affect a site?
• Who should be consulted when writing a policy?
• What can happen if the final plan is too short?

Futher reading:

Journal of Conservation Planning
Conservation Fund


Stonehenge
What do these number refer to in the text

1. 1400
2. 700.000
3. 1989
4. 2003
5. 10

Virtual tour _ Stonehenge  Enjoy it!!

Lesson_3

General English
From Face2Face: Unit 1A, 1B; Unit 2A

• Vocabulary: common phrases; question words; collocations work questions about travel
• Grammar: reviews of verb forms and questions; subject questions; Past Simple
• Past time phrases

Thanks to your colleague Sara we have managed to find the correct text book available on line.

You can actually buy Face2Face Pre-intermediate e-book for € 18,34 instead of € 26 normal price 

Here you can also find copy of that entry test we had on our first day!

Lesson_2

Unit one

World Heritage

Briefly state the aims of the Convention adopted by UNESCO in 1972
Define "Cultural Heritage" and "Natural Heritage"
List the different  types of international assistance
Find two words that express "protection"

Vocabulary

• church
• mill
• manor
• minaret
• palace
• mausoleum
• monastery
• fortress

The World Heritage List

Venice and its Lagoon
Great Barrier Reef
Angkor
The Great Wall
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
Acropolis
Taj Mahal
Minaret and archeological remains of Jam
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls 
Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Cmpeche
Grand Canyon National Park


Students' activity
Look these place up on the UNESCO's website and try to draw out some good descriptive language.

Lesson one

5th March 2014


Programma del corso e linee guida per gli esami
Entry test
Students have introduced themselves 

As much as I wanted to devote my teaching time entirely to expanding  more and more ESP, ie  English for Cultural  Heritage, students have asked to still have some general English classes. 

We have therefore decided to work on

• General English on Wednesday
• ESP English for Cultural Heritage on Friday

Bibliography
F. Gebhardt: English for Cultural Heritage, 2003, Cafoscarina
C. Redston, G. Cunningham: Face2face Pre-intermediate Student's Book , 2012, CUP

We will also be using our blog and our facebook page
http://operatorebeniculturali.blogspot.it/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Operatore-Beni-Culturali-Matera/526681930690568?filter=3

Academic Year 2013-2014

Welcome to our new course "English for Cultural Heritage"  for OBC students;

Despite the fact that our course programme includes a combination of general English and ESP English it is my firm intention to focus our attention mainly on developing the use of vocabulary connected to Cultural Heritage.

The course will cover different aspects of Cultural Heritage ranging from from institutions that represent the sector and their legislative aspects, to conservation and restoration, to archaelogy, libraries and museums.

• UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

• MINISTERO DEI BENI  E DELLE ATTIVITA' CULTURALI E DEL TURISMO

• WORLD MUSEUMS

• EUROPEAN COMMISSIONS _ Culture 
• UK DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE  MEDIA & SPORT

• BASILICATA BENI CULTURALI

I am hoping to involve most of my students into what I call a life time opportunity: to promote Matera in any possible way giving the fact that we might stand a chance to be the European Capital of Culture.

• MATERA 2019  short-listed for European Capital of Culture 2019

• MATERA CITTA' NARRATA  a digital media platform 

From the news

27 January 2014

Pope John Paul ll relic stolen from chapel in Italy

By Alan Johnston BBC News, Rome

Thieves ignored the collection box, apparently targeting the relic

Italian police are hunting for a stolen holy relic that contains the blood of Pope John Paul ll.

It appears to have been taken during the burglary of a small chapel that was a place of special significance to the late Pope.

The church of San Pietro della Ienca lies in an isolated spot in the mountains of central Abruzzo region.

Over the weekend, thieves broke some protective iron bars and forced their way in through a window.

They left the collection box, but took a crucifix and the priceless relic, which contains a piece of gauze once soaked in the blood of the late Pope - one of only three such relics in the world.

Members of the local cultural association supporting the chapel are distraught.

"We are very displeased by the theft. We have no idea of who could have done it. The police are carrying out a search," said Franca Corrieri, a member of the association, speaking to the BBC.

The Pope used to escape the pressures of life in the Vatican by coming to the mountains.

"This is an area that John Paul II visited often, with his secretary and not too many bodyguards. We feel very connected to him. After his death, his secretary, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, came and told us that he wanted this church to become a sanctuary," said Ms Corrieri.

Dozens of police officers are now searching the area with sniffer dogs.