ESP English vs General English

A partire da martedi 27 novembre, la lezione di inglese per scopi specifici (ESP)  ovvero inglese per Beni Culturali si terrà il martedi dalle 10:30 alle 12:30.

Le giornate del giovedi e venerdi saranno dedicate al corso di inglese generale.

La frequenza di entrembi i corsi è sempe fortemente consigliata!!

Presentation Language

To help you with your topic presentation have a look at this useful language:
Presentation language 

Un consiglio nella scelta dell'argomento.. go for something YOU really enjoy investigating and like to talk about.

You need to use  accessible and easily-understood words rather than technical or obscure words.

Try to avoid long sentences. Short sentences are much better.

Use mind maps to help you organize your  thoughts,or cue cards as well as power point presentations or photos to support your work.

Windsor Castle

Today I had the impression YOU really appreciated that video about Windsor Castle. 
Unfortunatelly, we never managed to finish watching it  but at least we were able to get some flavour of what this World Heritage site is like. 
You can  however watch it as well as other and maybe share with us some of the nice words/phrases used to describe the castle.

- Windsor Castle Video
- BBC Windsor Castle - part one
- BBC  Windsor Castle - part two


Language from the videos:

• oldest and largest inhabited castle
• an unparalleled theatre of history
•  magnificent State Apartments furnished with treasures from the Royal Collection
• St George's Chapel one of the most beautiful ecclesiastical buildings in England

Esame Lingua Inglese

Come da programma del corso, lo studente che intende sostenere l'esame nell'aa 2012-2013 è tenuto a preparare una presentazione scegliendo un argomento tra quelli sotto indicati. La scelta deve essere concordata con la dott.ssa Lombardi, 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?

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 switching the volume off

6_ Unesco Convention_ Article 1 – on preventing illicit traffic

7_Storage and Conservation: environmental factors and storage sytems

8_ Noteworthy excavations

9_ The impact of digital technology

10_List and discuss ways of improving your local museums or others that you have visited

In sede di esame lo studente consegna al docente un topic form .. preparato in tutte le sue parti come nel prospetto sotto, 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 realtiva alle tecniche di presentazione e comunicazione.
Parte 2: traduzione di frasi e brevi testi  dall’italiano in inglese

Friday Homework

Since we decided not to have the lesson today..

The least we can do is ...some homework to catch up with what we missed ...
Unit 4 pp 41-50


To start with ... here is a lovely song from Nat Cole "Mona Lisa"

If you are really interested in learning more about this "mystic, sacred, devine"  piece of art .. visit the Foundation Mona Lisa website