Educational objectives The aim of the course is to introduce students to the main features of contemporary English, and to revise grammar, syntactic, lexical and phonetic aspects at the intermediate level (B1/B2). Important English varieties aimed at international communications and cooperation will be presented, along with an overview of the main world English varieties. In addition to improving the skills of using English, this course aims to raise students’ awareness to different varieties of English and different communication styles and situations.
The hours making up the course are based on practical exercises carried out by an English mother-tongue ‘lettore’.
The main course objective is to consolidate and extend students’ abilities in all four language skills in English (Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing), to enable them to cope more effectively with, not only specialized genres pertinent to the three year degree course - journalism, social and communication sciences, business and economics -, but also those texts and contexts students are likely to meet in their future professions.
1. Knowledge and Learning: Presuming students will start at a general English B1 level (according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, or CEFR), the primary objective of the course is to bring students up to a B2 level (according to CEFR) in some of the skills and in specialized areas relevant to the degree course and beyond by adopting an applied linguist approach to learning, that is, meaning is activated by context, with linguistic elements being presented in a variety of texts and contexts.
2. Ability to apply knowledge acquired: the second objective is of the course is to provide students with adequate theoretical principles of English, accompanied with ample opportunity to apply theory to practice through a variety of means.
3. Student autonomy: another objective is to foster student autonomy in their learning, where students are encouraged, not only to develop specific study skills, but also to assess their own performance through comparison of their own work and model answers.
4. Communicative ability: to foster students’ communicative ability in English, student participation during the course is actively encouraged, through discussion and assessment of genres, and debates, as is a sense of critical analysis of their own performance and output, and those of their peers.
2. Ability to apply knowledge acquired: the second objective is of the course is to
provide students with adequate theoretical principles of English, accompanied with ample opportunity to apply theory to practice through a variety of means.
3. Student autonomy: another objective is to foster student autonomy in their learning, where students are encouraged, not only to develop specific study skills, but also to assess their own performance through comparison of their own work and model answers.
4. Communicative ability: to foster students’ communicative ability in English, student participation during the course is actively encouraged, through discussion and assessment of genres, and debates, as is a sense of critical analysis of their own performance and output, and those of their peers.
5. Learning strategies: overall, the lessons and practical exercises aim to provide the students with both the means to continue to independently progress in their knowledge and application of English, and a flexibility of approach to adapt their language knowledge and learning to the different contexts they will meet in their future professions.
Expected results: at the end of the course, students are expected to have extended their knowledge and application of specialized genres in English, more fully understanding intended messages, and also being able to use appropriate forms to communicate in a clear and more efficient manner.
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Educational objectives The purpose of the course Psychosocial approaches to Peace and Development is to provide psycho-social knowledge and tools for the purposes of understanding the processes of intergroup conflict, peace and reconciliation, and community development.
Specific objectives:
1. Knowledge and Understanding: the first objective of the course is to introduce students on the main topics of peace psychology, highlighting the topics, vocabulary and methodologies of this field of social and community psychology: for this purpose the course will present classical studies and contemporary re-interpretations proposed by peace psychology.
2. Applying Knowledge and Understanding: the second specific objective of the module is to be able to apply the acquired knowledge to problems concerning community development and the constructive management of interpersonal and intergroup relationships, and to develop arguments in light of the contribution made by peace psychology, social psychology and community psychology.
3. Making judgments
4. Communication skills
Further specific objectives of the module concern the ability to analyse and reflect autonomously on societal issues in light of the theoretical-methodological tools provided by the course, these objectives will be pursued through small group activities, written reports and presentations in the classroom.
Expected results: students will develop, starting from the lectures, the knowledge related to the main topics and methods of peace psychology, and will acquire through practical exercises and in-depth analysis new skills and mastery of the fields of study, vocabulary and methodologies of discipline.
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Educational objectives The course is aimed to illustrate the logic and tools of demographic analysis, the main sources of data, the structural and dynamic characteristics of the population. Students will be aware of the international demographic debate, of the causes and consequences of the demographic dynamics in the world.
At the end of the course students will be able to proceed independently in the study of demographic phenomenon; particular attention will be dedicated to the use of IT tools in finding and analyzing demographic data as well as in literature search strategies.
The students will be able to read and correctly interpret statistical information with demographic content; to find relevant data from official statistical sources; to create the main indicators of trends and population structure; to consider the impact of social and economic policies on demographic and family behavior; to participate in the debate on the implications of the demographic dynamics in the different countries of the world.
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Educational objectives The course provides basic knowledge of the main topics of economic policy in an open economy, as well as the basic concepts on market failures, short-term and long-term theoretical models, and the issues related to the international interdependence of the economic policy. A specific module is dedicated to the problem of global coordination for sustainable development. The course aims to develop a critical approach to the contemporary debate on the central issues of international economic policy and development and the effectiveness of alternative economic policy options. At the end of the course, the student will acquire adequate knowledge to interpret the main topics of international economic policy and undertake advanced economics studies with a sufficient degree of autonomy.
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Educational objectives The course explores the origin and evolution of the liberal nation State and focuses on the western legal tradition and on contemporary constitutional frameworks in Italy and in main western Countries.
The second part of the course deals with some of the most important extra-European countries.
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