Text genre, types and Discourse Analysis. The text as a cultural, polysemic and multimodal communication tool. The course will offer an overview of current and controversial issues debated in the field of international politics and their macro-economic elements, examined from a social, philosophic and linguistic perspective. Students will be required to practice writing video reviews, analytical summaries, critiques and a short essay. The link to the Moodle webpage with contents and teaching material is: https://moodle.unitus.it/moodle/course/view.php?id=1227. The Password is AdvEng

Handouts from EAP handbooks and specialized journals, and online material uploaded on Moodle (https://moodle.unitus.it/moodle/course/view.php?id=1227). Students who will not attend the course are encouraged to consult any handbook on academic writing, such as A. Oshima, A. Hongue, Writing Academic English, 4th edition, Pearson-Longoman, available in the Resources section of the Moodle page.