Unit ENGLISH FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- Course
- International relations
- Study-unit Code
- GP000932
- Curriculum
- Conflitti internazionali, studi strategici e analisi di politica estera
- Teacher
- Patrizia Giampieri
- Teachers
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- Patrizia Giampieri
- Hours
- 60 ore - Patrizia Giampieri
- CFU
- 8
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2025
- Offered
- 2026/27
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Formazione linguistica
- Sector
- L-LIN/12
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- English
- Contents
- The course consists of four modules. The first module aims to develop oral communication skills by addressing topics such as public speaking, international business meetings, and negotiations. The second module focuses on developing writing skills, covering academic and persuasive writing as well as the preparation of summaries and essays on international issues. The third module aims to enhance students' ability to understand political rhetoric in an international context through the study and analysis of speeches delivered by prominent political figures from the past and the present. The fourth module involves the study and analysis of journalistic language.
- Reference texts
- Attending students:
-Materials uploaded to UniStudium.
-Ebook "English for International Relations": https://store.streetlib.com/lingue-estere/english-for-international-relations-984068/
Non-attending students:
-Materials on UniStudium.
Mandatory e-book:
-"English for International Relations": https://store.streetlib.com/lingue-estere/english-for-international-relations-984068/
Suggested reading:
-“A Guide to Summaries in Business, Economics and Law”: https://store.streetlib.com/lingue-estere/a-guide-to-summaries-in-business-economics-and-law-283243/”
-Academic English, UTET / De Agostini: https://www.mondadoriuniversita.it/libri-universitari/academic-english-patrizia-giampieri/ - Educational objectives
- Developing reading, writing and listening skills in students with intermediate-advanced language competences. The main L2 skills acquired will be:
- News production
- Political discourse and debates
- Textual analysis
- Grammatical structures at an academic and formal level
The main skills (i.e. the ability to apply the knowledge acquired) will be:
- Autonomous learning
- Journal article drafting and strategies
- Political rhetoric
- Academic and formal writing - Prerequisites
- To attend the course, students must possess at least level B2 competenceì, certified by CLA or by an international certification institution, further validated by CLA. The CLA certificate is valid for 24 months; international certifications are valid for 36 months (from the date of achievement)
- Teaching methods
- The course will consist of a series of lectures and practical activities carried out by students individually, in pairs, and in groups. Student presentations will also be included, with the aim of developing oral presentation skills. The course, hence, follows a practica approach with face-to-face lessons, group works, and individual exercises.
- Other information
- Attendance is not mandatory. Only students who have a CLA certificate or an international B2 level certification at the beginning of the course, who attend at least 75% of the classes and who participate actively in the lessons will be considered attending students. Attending students must also take the exam and complete tasks, which will be assigned during the course.
- Learning verification modality
- Attending students may take a written exam in addition to the oral exam.
The written exam consists of a 45-minute test in which they will write a summary or an essay based on a given topic and will answer a few open questions on the topics addressed in class. The writing style must be formal and academic. Assessment will be based on coherence with the topic, clarity and fluency, grammatical accuracy (B2 level). Dictionaries or other materials must NOT be uòsed. The oral examination will be based on a project work (such as a research project, a case study discussion, or an individual piece of work) related to the topics covered during the course. The project work must be presented orally in class, and students may use slides containing videos, images, and text. Assessment will be based on a range of linguistic criteria, including appropriateness, fluency, accuracy, and relevance to the topics addressed in the course.
For the project work, students are NOT expected to reproduce or merely repeat the concepts presented and studied during the course. Rather, they are required to APPLY those concepts to a concrete case of their own choosing, selected on the basis of its relevance, which must be clearly explained and justified. The final mark will be based on the mark obtained in the written examination and the mark obtained in the oral examination. The grade obtained in the CLA test or an internationally recognized language certification will also be taken into consideration.
For non-attending students:
A 45-minute written exam focusing on a summary of a text or an essay based on a given topic. The writing style must be formal and academic. Dictionaries or other materials must NOT be used.
The written exam also features a few open-ended questions focusing on some of the course content and topics.
Assessment will be based on grammatical accuracy, clarity and fluency, appropriate use of terminology, use of formal language. The grade obtained in the CLA test or an internationally recognized language certification will also be taken into consideration. - Extended program
- The course consists of four modules. The first module aims to develop oral communication skills by addressing topics such as public speaking, international business meetings, and negotiations. The second module focuses on developing writing skills, covering academic and persuasive writing as well as the preparation of summaries and essays on international issues. The third module aims to enhance students' ability to understand political rhetoric in an international context through the study and analysis of speeches delivered by prominent political figures from the past and the present. The fourth module involves the study and analysis of journalistic language through the analysis of British and North-American newspaper articles. The course aims to provide students with knowledge to improve their written and oral comprehension and production skills in English. Through the use of online resources such as dictionaries, linguistic corpora, search engines, artificial intelligence, and encyclopedias, students will be guided to develop metalinguistic and independent learning skills, primarily functional to writing the final essay and taking the oral exam.
- Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- 4, 9, 10