Università Roma Tre

This course illustrates the main phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical features of contemporary English. It also trains students in the use of monolingual dictionaries. Language improvement classes: reading, writing, listening and speaking activities leading to the required level (B1+).

• Virginia Pulcini (ed.), A Handbook of Present-day English, Roma: Carocci 2018, 2a edizione.
• Jackson H., Words and Their Meaning, Longman, 1988 (chapters 2, 3, 12).
• One of the following monolingual dictionaries (latest edition):
- Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
- Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- MacMillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners
- Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

Main themes:
• History of English
• Linguistic changes
• Varieties of English
• Pronunciation
• Phonology
• Phonetics
• Grammar
• Morphology
• Syntax
• Lexicon
• Dictionary skills

• Virginia Pulcini (a cura di), A Handbook of Present-day English, Roma: Carocci 2018, 2a edizione.
• Jackson H., Words and Their Meaning, Longman, 1988 (cap. 2, 3, 12).
• Un dizionario monolingue a scelta tra i seguenti, nell’edizione più recente.
- Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
- Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- MacMillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners
- Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

This course illustrates the main phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical features of contemporary English. It also trains students in the use of monolingual dictionaries.
Language improvement classes: reading, writing, listening and speaking activities leading to the required level.
Learning objectives:
- Achievement of B1+ level in both receptive and productive skills
- Introduction to:
a) basic knowledge and understanding of the main features of the foreign language;
b) application of acquired knowledge to short texts from different text types;
c) ability to understand and communicate information.

- Pulcini, Virginia (ed.). 2018. A Handbook of Present-day English (2nd edition). Roma: Carocci. (chapters 1, 2, 3, 4).

- Jackson, Howard. 1988. Words and Their Meaning. London/New York: Longman. (chapters 2, 3, 12).

- One of the following monolingual dictionaries (latest edition):
- Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
- Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- MacMillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners
- Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary