Objectives
The CdS aims to:
- lead students to an excellent command of the English language, not only in oral communication but also in writing;
- provide metalinguistic knowledge that will serve as a foundation for further interlinguistic and translational transitions;
- equip students with the tools to organise complex written discourse, in accordance with the conventions of scientific/academic prose, or in any case with a high level of formal elaboration;
- provide in-depth knowledge of English and American culture, primarily through literature and the history of literature, as it encompasses cultural history;
- offer complex synergies both with non-foreign language disciplines (such as Italian literature, philosophy/linguistics and linguistics) and with related and complementary disciplines aimed at broadening the range of knowledge in contiguous areas of learning, depending on the student's specific interests and choices.
The ultimate goal of the degree programme is therefore to enable students to navigate these cultural areas independently and to have sufficient points of reference to be able to produce knowledge and research with a degree of autonomy and originality.
Through a diverse student body, the course aims to create an environment that fosters intercultural exchange; to connect the distinctive cultural/linguistic core with that of the host environment (Italy) and the international student's environment of origin; and to stimulate established teaching methodologies; thus laying the groundwork for a series of specific guidelines for internationalisation.
The course is aimed at students whose mother tongue or vehicular language is English (national or international).
The course, which has a single curriculum, is structured in such a way that the first year is devoted to completing language learning and studying the literature of specific areas, including through an interdisciplinary approach. This is achieved through two compulsory courses. Three optional groups complete the first year, with at least one course in Italian and philology (allowing students to connect the cultures they are studying with their own, and international students to gain a deeper understanding of their host country and mutual cultural relations); with at least one metalinguistic course (linguistics or philosophy of language), and with a course that already introduces a distinct specialisation: language and its history, or literature, in its English and American contexts.
A course in language teaching allows students to embark on a teaching career. In the second year, students can choose from modules focusing on linguistics, literary criticism and history. With regard to literature, students can choose to focus on English or American literature, or balance the two cultural and literary areas.
In terms of language teaching, specialisation modules are offered, with courses also focusing on sector-specific and technical language, specifically for the audiovisual media. Language teaching courses include courses dedicated to sector-specific and technical language, specifically for the audiovisual media. On the linguistic side, specialisation modules in translation are offered, with courses also dedicated to sectoral and technical languages, and specifically for audiovisual media. Courses in English language teaching (or L-Lin/10-11) are provided to allow students to acquire credits useful for starting a teaching career in secondary schools.
The programme is complemented by a series of related and complementary optional subjects ranging from digital computing to other Western cultural fields, art history and philosophy.
The training programme is completed with internship activities (such as creative writing workshops in English and Italian; translation workshops; internships for the planning of cultural and tourist events; applications of new digital and artificial intelligence techniques) and, of course, with the dissertation, a moment of advanced linguistic-rhetorical assessment, acquisition and implementation of research methodology, with objectives of relative originality. The areas of
learning are:
Modern Languages and Literatures;
Linguistic, philological, comparative and literary translation methodologies;
Italian linguistics and literature;
Foreign language teaching.
In addition to Italian, graduates in English and Anglo-American Studies will be able to use the English language effectively at a level not lower than CEFR C.2.1, both written and oral, with reference also to disciplinary lexicons.