INGLESE

Part I - General English:

1) Presentarsi e descriversi
2) Descrivere situazioni ed azioni abituali: Present Simple
3) Descrivere azioni in corso: Present Continuous
4) Descrivere persone e cose:
Personal pronouns (subject/object)
Possessive adjectives and pronouns
Some/Any/No
Composti di some/any/no
Much/Many/a lot of
5) Comparare persone e cose: Comparatives and Superlatives
6) Esprimere azioni nel passato: Past Simple
7) Esprimere azioni nel passato: Past Continuous
8) Esprimere azioni nel passato/presente: Present Perfect
9) Present Perfect continuous, since e for
10) Esprimere azioni al futuro:
Future with ‘will’
Future with ‘be going to’
Present Continuous as future
11) Esprimere possibilità ed obbligo:
Can/could/may/might/be able to
Must/have to/should

1) Lettura e comprensione di testi di livello A2
2) Lettura e comprensione di testi di carattere generale di livello B1

Parte 2 (20 ore): La lingua inglese per la comunicazione specialistica

Strutture tipiche di testi per la Fisica:
Passive form: present tenses
Passive form: past tenses
Passive form: future tenses
Zero e First Conditional
Second and Third Conditional

Analisi di testi specialistici di Fisica con focus sul lessico

Esercizi di applicazione del lessico a contesti lavorativi ed accademici

1) S. Pople, Complete Physics for Cambridge IGCSE. Oxford University Press.
2) Estratti da:
Christoph Schiller, Motion Mountain - The adventure of Physics (voll. 1-6), www.motionmountain.net
3) Estratti da:
L. Lyons, Statistics for nuclear and particle physicists, Oxford University Press (9780521379342).
4) L. Bonci, S. Howell, Grammar in Progress, Zanichelli.

Competenza in inglese scritto e parlato di livello B1;
Capacità di comprensione, traduzione e rielaborazione di testi specialistici del campo della Fisica e scientifici

Conoscenza dell'inglese livello A2

Lezioni frontali
Esercitazioni e produzioni scritte in lingua
Analisi testuale e micro-linguistica di un corpus di testi di fisica

Prova scritta alla fine del primo modulo (General English)
Colloquio orale e/o prova scritta sull'inglese specialistico alla fine del corso

Part I - General English:

1) Presentarsi e descriversi
2) Descrivere situazioni ed azioni abituali: Present Simple
3) Descrivere azioni in corso: Present Continuous
4) Descrivere persone e cose:
Personal pronouns (subject/object)
Possessive adjectives and pronouns
Some/Any/No
Composti di some/any/no
Much/Many/a lot of
5) Comparare persone e cose: Comparatives and Superlatives
6) Esprimere azioni nel passato: Past Simple
7) Esprimere azioni nel passato: Past Continuous
8) Esprimere azioni nel passato/presente: Present Perfect
9) Present Perfect continuous, since e for
10) Esprimere azioni al futuro:
Future with ‘will’
Future with ‘be going to’
Present Continuous as future
11) Esprimere possibilità ed obbligo:
Can/could/may/might/be able to
Must/have to/should

1) Lettura e comprensione di testi di livello A2
2) Lettura e comprensione di testi di carattere generale di livello B1

Parte 2 (20 ore): La lingua inglese per la comunicazione specialistica

Strutture tipiche di testi per la Fisica:
Passive form: present tenses
Passive form: past tenses
Passive form: future tenses
Zero e First Conditional
Second and Third Conditional

Analisi di testi specialistici di Fisica con focus sul lessico

Esercizi di applicazione del lessico a contesti lavorativi ed accademici

1) S. Pople, Complete Physics for Cambridge IGCSE. Oxford University Press.
2) Estratti da:
Christoph Schiller, Motion Mountain - The adventure of Physics (voll. 1-6), www.motionmountain.net
3) Estratti da:
L. Lyons, Statistics for nuclear and particle physicists, Oxford University Press (9780521379342).
4) L. Bonci, S. Howell, Grammar in Progress, Zanichelli.

English

Part I - General English:

1) Self-introduction
2) Describing habitual actions and everyday situations: Present Simple
3) Expressing actions in progress: Present Continuous
4) Describing people and things:
Personal pronouns (subject/object)
Possessive adjectives and pronouns
Some/Any/No (and compounds)
Much/Many/a lot of
5) Comparing people and things: Comparatives and Superlatives
6) Expressing actions in the past: Past Simple
7) Expressing actions in progress in the past: Past Continuous
8) Expressing connections between past and present: Present Perfect
9) Expressing duration: Present Perfect continuous, since and for
10) Expressing actions in the future:
Future with ‘will’
Future with ‘be going to’
Present Continuous as future
11) Expressing possibility and obligation:
Can/could/may/might/be able to
Must/have to/should

1) Reading and comprehension of general texts at A2 level
2) Reading and comprehension of general texts at B1 level

Part 2: English for Specialised Communication

Morpho-syntactic constructions in texts about Physics
Passive form: present tenses
Passive form: past tenses
Passive form: future tenses
Zero e First Conditional
Second and Third Conditional

Analysis of specialised texts with focus on Physics vocabulary

Practice in applying Physics vocabulary to professional and academic contexts

1) S. Pople, Complete Physics for Cambridge IGCSE. Oxford University Press.
2) Excerpts from:
Christoph Schiller, Motion Mountain - The adventure of Physics (voll. 1-6), www.motionmountain.net
3) Excerpts from:
L. Lyons, Statistics for nuclear and particle physicists, Oxford University Press (9780521379342).
4) L. Bonci, S. Howell, Grammar in Progress, Zanichelli.

Competence in written and spoken English, level B1;
Comprehension, translation and elaboration of specialized texts in scientific fields, esp. Physics

English language skills at A2 level

Lectures;
Exercises and written production in English;
Text and Micro-linguistic analysis of a corpus of texts about Physics

Written test at the end of Part I (General English)
Oral or written test about specialized English at the end of the course

Part I - General English:

1) Self-introduction
2) Describing habitual actions and everyday situations: Present Simple
3) Expressing actions in progress: Present Continuous
4) Describing people and things:
Personal pronouns (subject/object)
Possessive adjectives and pronouns
Some/Any/No (and compounds)
Much/Many/a lot of
5) Comparing people and things: Comparatives and Superlatives
6) Expressing actions in the past: Past Simple
7) Expressing actions in progress in the past: Past Continuous
8) Expressing connections between past and present: Present Perfect
9) Expressing duration: Present Perfect continuous, since and for
10) Expressing actions in the future:
Future with ‘will’
Future with ‘be going to’
Present Continuous as future
11) Expressing possibility and obligation:
Can/could/may/might/be able to
Must/have to/should

1) Reading and comprehension of general texts at A2 level
2) Reading and comprehension of general texts at B1 level

Part 2: English for Specialised Communication

Morpho-syntactic constructions in texts about Physics
Passive form: present tenses
Passive form: past tenses
Passive form: future tenses
Zero e First Conditional
Second and Third Conditional

Analysis of specialised texts with focus on Physics vocabulary

Practice in applying Physics vocabulary to professional and academic contexts

1) S. Pople, Complete Physics for Cambridge IGCSE. Oxford University Press.
2) Excerpts from:
Christoph Schiller, Motion Mountain - The adventure of Physics (voll. 1-6), www.motionmountain.net
3) Excerpts from:
L. Lyons, Statistics for nuclear and particle physicists, Oxford University Press (9780521379342).
4) L. Bonci, S. Howell, Grammar in Progress, Zanichelli.