martedì 25 marzo 2014

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

venerdì 21 marzo 2014

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









mercoledì 19 marzo 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

venerdì 14 marzo 2014

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

giovedì 13 marzo 2014

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!








giovedì 6 marzo 2014

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.







mercoledì 5 marzo 2014

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

lunedì 3 marzo 2014

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

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