MAKE-UP LESSONS FOR STUDENTS WHO MISSED ONE OR ALL OF THE SPECIAL LECTURES WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE WEEK BEGINNING 27th MAY:

Prof.ssa Lazzaro Monday 27th May at 1pm Room 10 VSR

Prof.ssa Sainsbury Friday 31st May at 3pm Room 10 vSR

Prof.ssa Dvorak  (changed due to strike on May 31st) Monday 3rd June 9am Room 9 VSR

Sign-ups for these lectures will open on 8th May at 9am but there will be no limitations on numbers. After the  make-up special lessons students will be able to sign up to choose the subject of their paper on Monday 3rd June  at 11am. Papers should then be handed in by 7th June.

After attending all 3 lectures students will  choose one of the three topics  and complete a short paper to be handed in to individual teachers.

Special lecture dates and times

Prof.ssa Dvorak

Tuesday 26/2/19   11-13 Apollo ex arch. PB

                              13-15 Aula Magna PB

Friday 1/3/19    13-15 room 1 VC

                          15-17 room 1 VC

Prof.ssa Lazzaro

Wednesday 27/02/19 11-13 STANZA seminario 8 VSR (1° piano)

Thursday 28/02/19   9-11 room 1 VSR

                                   11-13 room 10 VSR

                                   13-15 room 10 VSR

Prof.ssa Sainsbury

Thursday 28/02/19 13-15 room 20 VSG

                                  15-17 room 7 VSR

                                  17-19 room 10 VSR

Friday 28/02/19 15-17 room 10 VSR

YOU WILL FIND SIGN-UP LISTS AT THE END OF THIS SECTION

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

 Prof.ssa Dvorak      The Language of Physical Education and Sport in the United States

 A lecture which outlines a brief history of Physical Education and Sport in the United States, concentrating on the period of its most significant development (1850-1920).  Student participation in discussions (small groups and pair work) also plays an important role throughout the lesson.  For example, students are asked to share their respective experiences regarding physical education in their schooling.  Reference texts include  Daryl Siedentop,  Introduction to Physical Education, Fitness, and Sport; (McGraw-Hill Education  2008)   Subsequently,  relevant data and statistics are examined in order to stimulate a discussion on the efficacy of physical education in the American school system in combating the evermore serious social/health problem tied to a sedentary lifestyle and obesity.  Throughout, certain linguistic aspects (especially lexical) are highlighted as well as various idiomatic expressions related to the topic. If students choose this topic for their final evaluation, they are asked to write a brief paper based on one of  the various questions  discussed in class.

 Prof.ssa Lazzaro     Landscape/Langscape 

In this lecture, students will become familiar with the language of Australian poetry. They will see how poetic expression was initially influenced by the European tradition and how the physical experience of the landscape shaped the work of twentieth-century poets. Students will analyse how the language and the lexis helped create a personal and social identity of a newly colonised country. The sources used are C. Wallace Crabbe, The Golden Apples of the Sun; Twentieth Century Australian Poetry (MUP, 1980) and P. Pierce, The Cambridge History of Australian Literature (CUP, 2009). Students will select a landscape poem that they have studied or encountered in their lives and present a brief written analysis of how it has influenced their own personal or social identity. Please download the notes below and bring them to the lecture.

Prof.ssa Sainsbury      Caribbean English

This lecture presents the principal linguistic characteristics of the geographical variety of English used in the Caribbean through the detailed analysis of three poems. Though principally a frontal lecture, with lecture notes provided by the professor, the students actively intervene and do some pair work during class. Reference texts include Jennifer Jenkins, World Englishes: A Resource Book for Students, (London,Routledge, 2003) and Stephan Gramley, Kurt-Michael Pátzold, A Survey of Modern English,(London, Routledge, 2004). If students choose this topic for their final evaluation, they are asked to write a brief paper which centres on the linguistic analysis of a short poem. They base their work mainly on the information given during the lecture and on the lecture notes provided.