Livello A2 secondo il CEFR.
PROGRAMMA

Grammar:
1. Auxiliary verbs : to Be and to Have; There + to be. Indefinite articles. Singular and plural nouns. Demonstratives. Personal pronouns.
2. Present Tenses: Present Simple and Present Progressive. Adverbs of frequency. Abilities and obligations: Can, Must, Have to.
3. Quantifiers. Comparatives and superlative forms. Interrogative forms and pronouns. Short replies, tag questions.
4. Object pronouns. The Imperative. Can and Will for requests. Prepositions of place and movement.
5. Present Perfect. Past Tenses: Past Simple, Past Progressive. Relative pronouns.
6. Future tenses: Simple Future, Going to, Present Continuous for arrangements.
7. Conditionals. Modal verbs. If -clauses.
8. Il passive.

Vocabulary:
1. Nationality. Family members and relations.
2. Life events. Jobs and occupations. Military ranks. Army structure and Military careers.
3. The human body, age and psycho-physical description. Health and medical conditions.
4. Dates and time expressions. Numbers and measurements.
5. Clothes and Uniforms. Military equipment.
6. Sports and leisure time activities. Food. Likes and dislikes.
7. Places to live: town and city locations, military buildings and bases. Land features. Weather conditions.
8. Training programs and military daily tasks. Common military commands. Notices and Signs.
9. Transportation and Military vehicles.
10. Arms and weapons. Military units and organizations.

Functions:
1. Introductions/ Giving and getting personal information.
2. Daily Routines/Talking about routine and recreational tasks and activities.
3. Descriptions- comparisons/Describing things, places, positions and military bases.
4. Requests-orders and permissions/asking and giving information and instruction/ordering food and drink.
5. Reporting procedures/Describing recent and past events and life experiences.
6. Expressing opinions, ambitions and intentions/ Talking about plans.
7. Reporting back
8. Negotiating and expressing hypothesis/Giving advice.
Contents:
Grammar:
1. Auxiliary verbs : to Be and to Have; There + to be. Indefinite articles. Singular and plural nouns. Demonstratives. Personal pronouns.
2. Present Tenses: Present Simple and Present Progressive. Adverbs of frequency. Abilities and obligations: Can, Must, Have to.
3. Quantifiers. Comparatives and superlative forms. Interrogative forms and pronouns. Short replies, tag questions.
4. Object pronouns. The Imperative. Can and Will for requests. Prepositions of place and movement.
5. Present Perfect. Past Tenses: Past Simple, Past Progressive. Relative pronouns.
6. Future tenses: Simple Future, Going to, Present Continuous for arrangements.
7. Conditionals. Modal verbs. If -clauses.
8. Passive forms.

Vocabulary:
1. Nationality. Family members and relations.
2. Life events. Jobs and occupations. Military ranks. Army structure and Military careers.
3. The human body, age and psycho-physical description. Health and medical conditions.
4. Dates and time expressions. Numbers and measurements.
5. Clothes and Uniforms. Military equipment.
6. Sports and leisure time activities. Food. Likes and dislikes.
7. Places to live: town and city locations, military buildings and bases. Land features. Weather conditions.
8. Training programs and military daily tasks. Common military commands. Notices and Signs.
9. Transportation and Military vehicles.
10. Arms and weapons. Military units and organizations.

Functions:
1. Introductions/ Giving and getting personal information.
2. Daily Routines/Talking about routine and recreational tasks and activities.
3. Descriptions- comparisons/Describing things, places, positions and military bases.
4. Requests-orders and permissions/asking and giving information and instruction/ordering food and drink.
5. Reporting procedures/Describing recent and past events and life experiences.
6. Expressing opinions, ambitions and intentions/ Talking about plans.
7. Reporting back
8. Negotiating and expressing hypothesis/Giving advice.


MODALITA’ DI VALUTAZIONE
Modalità d'esame:
L'esame finale consisterà in un test integrato con prove di reading e writing da svolgersi senza l'ausilio del dizionario e vertente sui contenuti del corso. Verranno valutate le abilità di lettura e scrittura in lingua secondo quanto indicato di seguito:
Abilità:
Reading skills: Alla fine del corso gli studenti dovranno essere in grado di comprendere testi di media difficoltà contenenti istruzioni, relazioni e descrizioni concernenti situazioni lavorative quotidiane, ambienti di lavoro, tattiche ed operazioni militari.
Writing skills: Alla fine del corso gli studenti dovranno essere in grado di scrivere un messaggio breve nella forma di nota, email o memo, contenente istruzioni, richieste o comunicazioni personali e/o di servizio, nonché descrivere luoghi ed attività.

Examination method:
The final exam will consist of an integrated test with reading and writing exercises to be performed without the use of the dictionary and aimed at assessing the acquisition of the course contents.
The final test will assess the following language skills:
Writing skills: At the end of the course, students will be able to write a short message in the form of note, email or memo containing instructions, requests or announcements and / or instructions and describe places and activities.
Reading skills: At the end of the course, students will be able to understand texts of average difficulty containing instructions, reports and descriptions of everyday work situations, military bases, military tactics and operations.

TESTI
Raymond Murphy, Lelio Pallini, Essential Grammar in Use, 2nd ed. CUP.
Holly Brummel, Oliver Page, Loud and Clear, 2nd ed. SLEE.
SLEE, Line of Communication. 2nd ed.
Flash on English for Armed Forces, ELI


MODALITA’ DI SVOLGIMENTO
Lezioni frontali condotte secondo una metodologia CoBaLTT (Content Based Second Language Instruction) con supporto di materiale interattivo online disponibile sulla piattaforma di Ateneo al sito:https://moodle.unitus.it/moodle/course/view.php?id=530 (accesso libero)
ed al sito della vecchia piattaforma Moodle:
http://moodle19.unitus.it/moodlel/login/index.php
Percorso Scienze Organizzative e Gestionali
Curriculum Esercito
Corso Lingua e Traduzione: Lingua inglese
http://moodle19.unitus.it/moodlel/course/view.php?id=564
Password: MilitaryEnglish

Class lessons employing Content -based instruction and online interactive teaching material available on the Moodle platform al sito https://moodle.unitus.it/moodle/course/view.php?id=530 (free access)
and at the sitehttp://moodle19.unitus.it/moodlel/course/view.php?id=564 of the old platform;
Password: MilitaryEnglish

TESTI
Raymond Murphy, Lelio Pallini, Essential Grammar in Use, 2nd ed. CUP.
Holly Brummel, Oliver Page, Loud and Clear, 2nd ed. SLEE.
SLEE, Line of Communication. 2nd ed.
Flash on English for Armed Forces, ELI

Grammar:
1. Auxiliary verbs : to Be and to Have; There + to be. Indefinite articles. Singular and plural nouns. Demonstratives. Personal pronouns.
2. Present Tenses: Present Simple and Present Progressive. Adverbs of frequency. Abilities and obligations: Can, Must, Have to.
3. Quantifiers. Comparatives and superlative forms. Interrogative forms and pronouns. Short replies, tag questions.
4. Object pronouns. The Imperative. Can and Will for requests. Prepositions of place and movement.
5. Present Perfect. Past Tenses: Past Simple, Past Progressive. Relative pronouns.
6. Future tenses: Simple Future, Going to, Present Continuous for arrangements.
7. Conditionals. Modal verbs. If -clauses.
8. Il passive.

Vocabulary:
1. Nationality. Family members and relations.
2. Life events. Jobs and occupations. Military ranks. Army structure and Military careers.
3. The human body, age and psycho-physical description. Health and medical conditions.
4. Dates and time expressions. Numbers and measurements.
5. Clothes and Uniforms. Military equipment.
6. Sports and leisure time activities. Food. Likes and dislikes.
7. Places to live: town and city locations, military buildings and bases. Land features. Weather conditions.
8. Training programs and military daily tasks. Common military commands. Notices and Signs.
9. Transportation and Military vehicles.
10. Arms and weapons. Military units and organizations.

Functions:
1. Introductions/ Giving and getting personal information.
2. Daily Routines/Talking about routine and recreational tasks and activities.
3. Descriptions- comparisons/Describing things, places, positions and military bases.
4. Requests-orders and permissions/asking and giving information and instruction/ordering food and drink.
5. Reporting procedures/Describing recent and past events and life experiences.
6. Expressing opinions, ambitions and intentions/ Talking about plans.
7. Reporting back
8. Negotiating and expressing hypothesis/Giving advice.

Raymond Murphy, Lelio Pallini, Essential Grammar in Use, 2nd ed. CUP.
Holly Brummel, Oliver Page, Loud and Clear, 2nd ed. SLEE.
SLEE, Line of Communication. 2nd ed.
Flash on English for Armed Forces, ELI

Grammar:
1. Auxiliary verbs : to Be and to Have; There + to be. Indefinite articles. Singular and plural nouns. Demonstratives. Personal pronouns.
2. Present Tenses: Present Simple and Present Progressive. Adverbs of frequency. Abilities and obligations: Can, Must, Have to.
3. Quantifiers. Comparatives and superlative forms. Interrogative forms and pronouns. Short replies, tag questions.
4. Object pronouns. The Imperative. Can and Will for requests. Prepositions of place and movement.
5. Present Perfect. Past Tenses: Past Simple, Past Progressive. Relative pronouns.
6. Future tenses: Simple Future, Going to, Present Continuous for arrangements.
7. Conditionals. Modal verbs. If -clauses.
8. Passives.

Vocabulary:
1. Nationality. Family members and relations.
2. Life events. Jobs and occupations. Military ranks. Army structure and Military careers.
3. The human body, age and psycho-physical description. Health and medical conditions.
4. Dates and time expressions. Numbers and measurements.
5. Clothes and Uniforms. Military equipment.
6. Sports and leisure time activities. Food. Likes and dislikes.
7. Places to live: town and city locations, military buildings and bases. Land features. Weather conditions.
8. Training programs and military daily tasks. Common military commands. Notices and Signs.
9. Transportation and Military vehicles.
10. Arms and weapons. Military units and organizations.

Functions:
1. Introductions/ Giving and getting personal information.
2. Daily Routines/Talking about routine and recreational tasks and activities.
3. Descriptions- comparisons/Describing things, places, positions and military bases.
4. Requests-orders and permissions/asking and giving information and instruction/ordering food and drink.
5. Reporting procedures/Describing recent and past events and life experiences.
6. Expressing opinions, ambitions and intentions/ Talking about plans.
7. Reporting back
8. Negotiating and expressing hypothesis/Giving advice.

Raymond Murphy, Lelio Pallini, Essential Grammar in Use, 2nd ed. CUP.
Holly Brummel, Oliver Page, Loud and Clear, 2nd ed. SLEE.
SLEE, Line of Communication. 2nd ed.
Flash on English for Armed Forces, ELI

Contenuti:

Grammar:
1. Auxiliary verbs : to Be and to Have; There + to be. Indefinite articles. Singular and plural nouns. Demonstratives. Personal pronouns.
2. Present Tenses: Present Simple and Present Progressive. Adverbs of frequency. Abilities and obligations: Can, Must, Have to.
3. Quantifiers. Comparatives and superlative forms. Interrogative forms and pronouns. Short replies, tag questions.
4. Object pronouns. The Imperative. Can and Will for requests. Prepositions of place and movement.
5. Present Perfect. Past Tenses: Past Simple, Past Progressive. Relative pronouns.
6. Future tenses: Simple Future, Going to, Present Continuous for arrangements.
7. Conditionals. Modal verbs. If -clauses.
8. Il passive.

Vocabulary:
1. Nationality. Family members and relations.
2. Life events. Jobs and occupations. Military ranks. Army structure and Military careers.
3. The human body, age and psycho-physical description. Health and medical conditions.
4. Dates and time expressions. Numbers and measurements.
5. Clothes and Uniforms. Military equipment.
6.. Sports and leisure time activities. Food. Likes and dislikes.
7. Places to live: town and city locations, military buildings and bases. Land features. Weather conditions.
8. Training programs and military daily tasks. Common military commands. Notices and Signs.
9. Transportation and Military vehicles.
10. Arms and weapons. Military units and organizations.

Functions:
1. Introductions/ Giving and getting personal information.
2. Daily Routines/Talking about routine and recreational tasks and activities.
3. Descriptions- comparisons/Describing things, places, positions and military bases.
4. Requests-orders and permissions/asking and giving information and instruction/ordering food and drink.
5. Reporting procedures/Describing recent and past events and life experiences.
6. Expressing opinions, ambitions and intentions/ Talking about plans.
7. Reporting back
8. Negotiating and expressing hypothesis/Giving advice.

Raymond Murphy, Lelio Pallini, Essential Grammar in Use, 2nd ed. CUP.
Holly Brummel, Oliver Page, Loud and Clear, 2nd ed. SLEE.
SLEE, Line of Communication. 2nd ed.
Flash on English for Armed Forces, ELI

Grammar:
1. Auxiliary verbs : to Be and to Have; There + to be. Indefinite articles. Singular and plural nouns. Demonstratives. Personal pronouns.
2. Present Tenses: Present Simple and Present Progressive. Adverbs of frequency. Abilities and obligations: Can, Must, Have to.
3. Quantifiers. Comparatives and superlative forms. Interrogative forms and pronouns. Short replies, tag questions.
4. Object pronouns. The Imperative. Can and Will for requests. Prepositions of place and movement.
5. Present Perfect. Past Tenses: Past Simple, Past Progressive. Relative pronouns.
6. Future tenses: Simple Future, Going to, Present Continuous for arrangements.
7. Conditionals. Modal verbs. If -clauses.
8. Il passive.

Vocabulary:
1. Nationality. Family members and relations.
2. Life events. Jobs and occupations. Military ranks. Army structure and Military careers.
3. The human body, age and psycho-physical description. Health and medical conditions.
4. Dates and time expressions. Numbers and measurements.
5. Clothes and Uniforms. Military equipment.
6. Sports and leisure time activities. Food. Likes and dislikes.
7. Places to live: town and city locations, military buildings and bases. Land features. Weather conditions.
8. Training programs and military daily tasks. Common military commands. Notices and Signs.
9. Transportation and Military vehicles.
10. Arms and weapons. Military units and organizations.

Functions:
1. Introductions/ Giving and getting personal information.
2. Daily Routines/Talking about routine and recreational tasks and activities.
3. Descriptions- comparisons/Describing things, places, positions and military bases.
4. Requests-orders and permissions/asking and giving information and instruction/ordering food and drink.
5. Reporting procedures/Describing recent and past events and life experiences.
6. Expressing opinions, ambitions and intentions/ Talking about plans.
7. Reporting back
8. Negotiating and expressing hypothesis/Giving advice.

Raymond Murphy, Lelio Pallini, Essential Grammar in Use, 2nd ed. CUP.
Holly Brummel, Oliver Page, Loud and Clear, 2nd ed. SLEE.
SLEE, Line of Communication. 2nd ed.
Flash on English for Armed Forces, ELI

Lingua e Traduzione- Lingua Inglese A.A. 2020/21 Syllabus_Esercito

Programma
1. Presentazione dei contenuti e degli obiettivi del corso. Indicazioni riguardo alle modalità di somministrazione e valutazione delle prove d'esame. Illustrazione dei contenuti ed obiettivi di accertamento di una prova d'esame delle scorse sessioni, che useremo come Midterm test il 13/05/2021.
Obiettivi: fornire il lessico e strutture elementari per poter descrivere se stessi e la propria famiglia.
Grammatica: Il sistema verbale inglese; gli ausiliari to be e to have; usi del verbo BE ed HAVE per comunicare stati psico-fisici ed impieghi nel lessico militare (eg: to be stationed, deployed, decorated,...) . Forme affermative, negative, interrogative degli ausiliari. Il Present Simple: forma affermativa, interrogativa-negativa. Regole di formazione della terza persona del verbo. Avverbi di frequenza. Gli articoli ed il plurale dei nomi. Pronomi personali soggetto e complemento; pronomi ed aggettivi possessivi. Aggettivi e pronomi dimostrativi. Il genitivo sassone.
Lessico: Personal Identity and Introduction. Greetings. Physical description and description of feelings and emotions. Family members. Countries and nationalities. Ranks. Hobbies, likes and dislikes.
Writing task: Describe yourself and your family

2. Obiettivi: consolidare il lessico relativo alla descrizione personale ed accrescerlo con quello necessario a descrivere le proprie mansioni ed attività relative alla vita militare.
Grammatica: Il Present Simple- forma affermativa, negativa, interrogativa e interro-negativa. Short questions/ Tag questions. Approfondimento: le espressioni: There be in tutti i tempi e forme negative; i plurali irregolari. Gli aggettivi indefiniti.
Lessico: Military Ranks and army structure. Work duties e routines – daily tasks e military routines.
Writing task: Describe a typical day at the military school.
3.
Obiettivi: contrastare le abitudini quotidiane con azioni in corso e/o programmate.
Grammatica: Approfondimento: Uso di can, must e have to per indicare le daily routines. Il Present Progressive: forma affermativa, negativa e interrogativa. Uso del Uso del Present progressive con significato di futuro. Present Simple vs Present Progressive. Differenza tra state and dynamic verbs.
Lessico: Personal Items e Basic Military Equipment. Military Barracks and buildings.
Writing task: Compare and contrast your life as a civilian with your life as a soldier.
4. Obiettivi: Insegnare le funzioni e strutture grammaticali necessarie ad impartire obblighi e doveri.
Grammatica: imperativo- forma affermativa e negativa. Differenza tra must, need e have to nella formulazione di comandi, espressione di necessità e doveri. Prepositions. Uso dell'imperativo nelle indicazioni e direzioni stradali.
Lessico: Military commands. Numbers and ways to express the Time.
Writing task: Write a description of a friend or colleague you work well with.
5.
Obiettivi: insegnare le funzioni e strutture necessarie a descrivere eventi ed attività avvenuti nel passato.
Grammatica: Il Past Simple ed Past Continuous. Forme affermative, negative ed interrogative. Esercizi in classe: unit 2 del testo Grammarway, pp. 18-21. Esercizi di lettura, speaking e listening a pp. 85-97 della Unit 9 del testo Loud & Clear e della unit 2, relativa ai Past Tenses, del testo Line of Communication.
Lessico: Approfondimento del lessico necessario alla descrizione di luoghi ed ambienti militari. Climate and Weather conditions. Land features.

Writing task: Describe a mission, military operation or training activity toy were involved in.
6. Grammatica: Approfondimento: Il Past Simple dei verbi irregolari. Il Passato iterativo.
Pronomi ed aggettivi relativi ed interrogativi: who, why, what, where, when, how.
Esercizi di consolidamento.
7. Midterm test
8. Obiettivi: Consolidare l’uso del passato arricchendolo delle forme del Present Perfect.
Grammar: Il Present Perfect vs il Present Perfect Continuos.
Lessico: approfondimento del lessico pertinente alla descrizione di luoghi fisici. In particolare, la descrizione di una città (edifici, strade, paesaggi).
Writing task: Describe your town.
9. Obiettivi: Insegnare le funzioni e strutture necessarie ad esprimere richieste ed offerte, nonché eventi futuri e suggerimenti.
Grammatica: Il futuro semplice ed il futuro intenzionale. I modali may e might. Can, Will e shall per formulare richieste e offerte.
Lessico: La scrittura di una lettera professionale, layout, tipologie e fraseologia ricorrenti.
Writing task: a note and a short email.
10. Obiettivi: Insegnare le funzioni e strutture necessarie ad esprimere ipotesi, suggerimenti, rischi.
Il periodo ipotetico 0, 1°, 2° grado. Aggettivi indefiniti: approfondimento.
Lessico: Food, at the restaurant.
Writing task: Describe your ideal meal. If you could go out and dine at a restaurant, what would you order?

11. Obiettivi: insegnare le finzioni necessarie a riportare ordini, istruzioni ed eventi utilizzando la forma impersonale e passiva.
Grammatica: Active vs Passive forms. Il passivo per le forme base del verbo transitivo.
Lessico: Sports and Military Training activities.
Writing task: esercizio di revisione. Describe your daily routines in the military barracks. Every building has its function.

12. Revisione
13. Revisione
14. Somministrazione della seconda prova d'esame: Reading & Writing.

Loud & Clear Units 1-10 & 11-20, SLEE, second edition May 2001
Line of Communication, SLEE
English Grammar in Use, Raymond Murphy, Elementary
Grammar Practice for Elementary Students, Longman
Flash on English for the Armed Forces, ELI
resources on the Moodle platform, which include: grammar practice worksheets with answer key; powerpoint presentations of some key grammar points; videos from National Geographic Learning, with subtitles; progress tests with key; and links to online teaching and learning websites.