ENGLISH LANGUAGE CONVERSATION
Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: VALENTINA BURRAFATORequired Prerequisites
English level A1 (CEFR)
Textbook Information
M. Vince, Macmillan English Grammar in Context - Intermediate, Macmillan, 2007
or
R. Murphy, English Grammar in Use - Fifth Edition, Cambridge, 2019.
Schoolbooks and online materials may be used as well.
The lecturer will provide the texts for Module B.
The use of a monolingual dictionary is recommended.
or
R. Murphy, English Grammar in Use - Fifth Edition, Cambridge, 2019.
Schoolbooks and online materials may be used as well.
The lecturer will provide the texts for Module B.
The use of a monolingual dictionary is recommended.
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Entry test; Present tenses: present simple and present continuous (form and use) | M. Vince, English Grammar in Context. Intermediate, Macmillan, 2007, pp. 6-13 |
| 2 | Present simple vs. present continuous; past simple (form) | M. Vince, English Grammar in Context. Intermediate, Macmillan, 2007, pp. 6-13 |
| 3 | Past simple (use); introduction to hydroponics | M. Vince, English Grammar in Context. Intermediate, Macmillan, 2007, pp. 14-35; materiali forniti dalla docente |
| 4 | Past continuous (form and use); used to ; present continuous | M. Vince, English Grammar in Context. Intermediate, Macmillan, 2007, pp. 14-35 |
| 5 | Countable and uncountable nouns | M. Vince, English Grammar in Context. Intermediate, Macmillan, 2007, pp. 106-109 |
| 6 | Quantifiers: some, any, no, and compounds | M. Vince, English Grammar in Context. Intermediate, Macmillan, 2007, pp. 122-133 |
| 7 | Future tenses: will; present continuous; be going to; future continuous and future perfect (form and use) | M. Vince, English Grammar in Context. Intermediate, Macmillan, 2007, pp. 36-43 |
| 8 | Comparatives and superlatives (adjectives and adverbs) | M. Vince, English Grammar in Context. Intermediate, Macmillan, 2007, pp. 144-151 |
| 9 | Conditionals: zero conditional; conditional 1; conditional 2; conditional 3; mixed conditional | M. Vince, English Grammar in Context. Intermediate, Macmillan, 2007, pp. 70-77 |
| 10 | Modals (ability/probability) | M. Vince, English Grammar in Context. Intermediate, Macmillan, 2007, pp. 86-105 |
| 11 | Passive voice (form and use): present simple, past simple, present continuous, present perfect, will future. | M. Vince, English Grammar in Context. Intermediate, Macmillan, 2007, pp. 78-81 |
| 12 | Question tags: present simple, past simple, present continuous, can, will, imperative, requests with “Let’s..”; Module B | M. Vince, English Grammar in Context. Intermediate, Macmillan, 2007, pp. 52-53 |
| 13 | Module B (Water, plants and soil) | Learning materials will be provided by the lecturer |
| 14 | Module B (Agricultural practices and methods) | Learning materials will be provided by the lecturer |