The course aims to develop the four fundamental language skills (listening, reading, speaking, and writing) as outlined in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, corresponding to level B1. Therefore, students will demonstrate:

1. Knowledge and understanding
   Students will be able to identify, recognize, and comprehend the main grammatical and lexical structures of the English language, regardless of their initial language proficiency, with a particular focus on the microlinguistic aspects related to the professional field.

2. Applying knowledge and understanding
   Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge by transforming theoretical input into confident use and clear expression of the main morphosyntactic structures of English, as well as vocabulary pertaining to the microlinguistic register of the professional domain.

3. Making judgements
   Through the acquired knowledge, students will develop individual critical thinking skills based on reflections and educational materials provided for the acquisition of linguistic knowledge relevant to the disciplinary and professional sector.

4. Communication skills
   Students will enhance their ability to express themselves and their ideas in English by acquiring adequate communicative and interactive competence through the comprehension and analysis of thematic texts.

5. Learning skills
   Students will develop the learning skills they need to go on with their university career, both in terms of contents and in terms of methods.

Lecture composed by a section dedicated to the in-depth study of English grammar and a more specific part focused on the application of the English language within the disciplinary area and the professional field of interest.

• Excellent command of the Italian language.
  
  
• English language proficiency corresponding to level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (C.E.F.R.), in both written and oral skills.

Section A :

• Self-introduction
  
  
• Auxiliary verbs
  
  
• Adverb of frequency
  
  
• Present simple
  
  
• Present continuous
  
  
• Question tags 
  
  
• Wh-questions and interrogative pronouns 
  
  
• Stative and dynamic verbs
  
  
• Indefinite adjectives and pronouns
  
  
• Countable and uncountable nouns
  
  
• Quantifiers
  
  
• Personal pronouns
  
  
• Possessive adjectives and pronouns
  
  
• Relative pronouns and clauses
  
  
• Prepositions
  
  
• Phrasal verbs
  
  
• Making comparisons
  
  
• Imperative
  
  
• Active and passive forms
  
  
• Past simple
   
• Present perfect 
  
  
• Past continuous 
  
  
• Future
  
  
• Conditionals

Section B :

• Sustainable management and planning of the territory and the landscape
  
  
• Territory VS landscape 
  
  
• Hardscape vs Softscape
  
  
• Anthropocene and anthropic activities
  
  
• Urban planning
  
  
• Landscape architecture

• Raymond Murphy, English Grammar in Use, Cambridge, 5th edition
  
  
• Il Ragazzini Inglese-Italiano/ Italiano - Inglese. Ultima edizione, ed. Zanichelli
  
  
• Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press.
  
  

• Didactic materials provided by the professor

• The assessment of the knowledge acquired consists of a written exam including grammar exercises, reading comprehension, and questions aimed at verifying the student’s understanding of the disciplinary and professional field.
  
  
• The oral exam, which can be taken only after passing the written exam, will focus on questions related to the course content.

Section A:

Grammar exercises on the topic covered during classes.

Section B: 

1) What is the difference between territory and landscape?

2) How is sustainability applied in land and landscape management?

3) What makes a city resilient?

4) What is the difference between hardscape and softscape?