L2 II° 2007-08

June 11, 2008: This page will be be updated as needed. During the second semester I will be available for helping and counselling students on Mondays, from 10-12 a.m., in Prof. Di Sparti's rooms (Second Floor, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia). I suggest you should make an appointment (send me an e-mail) in order to be sure you find me there on the day you come, because I am sometimes elsewhere on campus if needed.

The written exam took place on February 5, 2008. You can download the results below. The second written exam took place on June 3, 2008. These results are now available below for downloading too.

The first session of the oral exams took place on February 14th. The next session was on Thursday, February 28. The next session of oral exams will be on June 18th. See you there!

Below you will find a summary of the grammar we studied this year. You will also find a list of discussion topics, and a list of the phrasal verb stories we translated.

Professors Cacioppo and Burket have given me materials which you should download and study. The files have been compressed into 2 .zip files. Course programs can also be downloaded below.

Downloads	Criteria for evaluating an oral exam
- Course Program L2 II° (A-L) - Course Program L2 II° (M-Z) - From Prof. Marina Cacioppo - From Prof. Richard Burket - Written Exam results A-L February 2008 - Written Exam results M-Z February 2008 - Written Exam results A-Z June 2008	grammar vocabulary pronunciation fluency confidence syntax ambition synthesis logic quality of dialogue


Speaking Topics	Phrasal Verb stories - taken from Introduzione ai "Phrasal Verbs", Matthew Furfine, Sellerio, 2006.
- ICT language and terminology - Brands - The World of Work - Globalization - Trade, business, money - Education - Homes, places and cities - The press and the media - Travelling & Tourism	PV Story 3, pages 103-134 PV Story 4, pages 135-163 PV Story 9, pages 273-302 PV Story 11, pages 331-359 PV Story 13, pages 391-416


Additional classroom discussions	Grammar - taken from Total English Students' Book, Antonia Clare and J.J. Wilson, Pearson, 2006.
- Talking about friends • Where and how you met • How close are you? • Vocabulary o Student’s book p.5, ex. 2, 3 o write as many adjectives as you can to describe a person o fight, argue, fall out with, discuss, make up -Talking about the success of reality shows • stronger viewer identification • towards a definition of reality • new ideas for a reality show -Talking about lifestyles and cell phones • describe your home and your area • Student’s book p.37, ex. 4a – Vocabulary for describing places • what lifestyle do you have vs. what lifestyle you’d like • what you enjoy doing • I prefer A to B • hectic, quiet, exciting, boring, healthy, unhealthy, stressful, schizophrenic • odd things people do with their cell phones -Describing books and films • Student's book p.65, ex. 2a, 3 - Introductory vocabulary -Decision making • are you good/bad at making decisions • the last hard decision you had to make • how did you decide? what made up your mind? -What job qualifications do you have? • Student’s book p.126, Ex. 10a, 10b – Introductory vocabulary • which qualification do you have, not have? • which do you need to be an interpreter? a psychiatrist? a sales manager? a photographer? a scientist? -What do you wish for? • Student’s book p.134, Ex. 10 – Introductory vocabulary • what did you wish for as a child? and now?	Week 1 Oct 15-18 Student's book p.4, ex. 1, 2, 4, 5 - Grammar elements and their names Student's book p.7, ex. 5 - Auxiliaries Student's book p.165 - Irregular verbs Student's book p.11, ex. 9, 10, 13 - Present Simple and Continuous Student's book p.14, ex. 8, 9, 12 - Present Perfect and Past Simple Student's book p.17, all exercises, especially Key vocabulary - Review Week 2 Oct 22-25 Present perfect vs. past simple Student's book p.21, ex. 4, 6 - the passive Student's book p.22, ex. 10 - opinions and disagreeing Student's book p.24-25, ex. 8 (read the story), 10, 11, 12 - relative clauses Student's book p.28, ex. 8, 9 - Past simple vs. continuous Student's book p.31, all exercises, especially Key vocabulary - Review Week 3 Oct 29-Nov 1 Student's book p.165 - irregular verbs Student's book p.35, ex. 6 - Present continuous, going to, will Student's book p.39, ex. 9 (box), 10 - Comparatives and superlatives Student's book p.40-41, ex. 4, 8, 9 - Future probability and predictions Student's book p.43, ex. 1, 2, 3 - Prefixes and suffixes Student's book p.46, ex. 1, 2, 3, 4 - Review Week 4 Nov 5-8 Future tense Student's book p.50, ex. 7, 8, 9 - Question tags Student's book p.52, ex. 5 (see ex. 3c), 6 - Modals of obligation, prohibition, recommendation Student's book p.56, ex. 9, 10, 11, 12 - First Conditional Student's book p.57, ex. 1, 2, 3 - Vocabulary requiring special attention Week 5 Nov 12-15 Student's book p.63, ex. Active Grammar, 5 - Present Perfect Simple vs. Continuous Student's book p.67, ex. 9, 10 - Gerunds and infinitives [see Murphy, Unit 47] Student's book p.69, ex. 6, 7, 8 - Countable and uncountable nouns, a and an Student's book p.74, ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - Practice and Review Week 6 Nov. 19-22 Student's book p.77, ex. Active Grammar, 7-8 - Past Perfect Simple Student's book p.81, ex. 9 - "like" Student's book p.85, ex. 1, 2, 3a - "get" Student's book p.83, ex. 6, 7 - a/the/- Student's book p.88, ex. 1, 4 - Practice and Review Week 7 Nov. 26-29 Student's book p.101, subject/object questions, used to/would, modals of ability, idioms for learning Student's book p.95, ex. 11 - used to/would Student's book p.98, ex. 10 - modals of ability Student's book p.99, ex. 1a, 1b, 3, 4 - idioms about learning Student's book p.102, ex. 1, 4, 5 - Practice and Review Week 8 Dec. 3-6 Student's book p.95, ex. 11 - *used to/would/to be used to / to get used to / usually, to use, si usa..., solitamente, essere solito fare* Student's book p.105, Ex. 6 - Second conditional Student's book p.109, Ex. 11a, 11b - Adverbs Student's book p.111-112, Ex. 5a, 6 - Third conditional Student's book p. 113, Ex. 1, 2, 3, 4 Student's book p. 115-116, Ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - Review and practice Week 9 Dec. 10-13 Student's book p.119, ex. 8 - make, let, allow Student's book p.121, Ex. 4, 5 - adjectives with -ing and -ed Student's book p.122, Ex. 10 - say, tell Student's book p.122 Ex. 9, 11 - reported speech Student's book p.123, Ex. 13, 14 - reported questions Student's book p.125, Ex. 6a, 7 - past obligation, permission Student's book p.127, Ex. 2, 4a, 4b - UK and US English Review and Practice in Student's book p.129-130 Week 10 Dec. 17-20 Student's book p.133, ex. 7, 8, 9 - wish Student's book p.144, ex. 1 - Review and Practice wish