Peterson-More at Sapienza: November 2015

Monday, November 30, 2015

III Year Lettorato

REMINDER – No lesson tomorrow (Dec. 1). Our class has been cancelled to accommodate the exam being held in room 13 during our usual lesson time.

REMINDER 2 – our 1st semester class test (only for frequentanti) will be on Thursday, Dec. 17 during our regular class time.

I Year Lettorato

REMINDER – our 1st semester class test (only for frequentanti) will be on Tuesday, Dec. 15, in aula 5 during our regular class time.

Saturday, November 21, 2015

III Year Lettorato Reading Questions

Article by Michele Lent Hirsch:
“You needn’t crave revenge after attacks like those in Paris. I didn’t after 9/11”

(Sub-title: “After living through a traumatic event and seeing enough death and carnage, it’s reasonable to have a pacifist response”)

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/19/paris-attacks-pacifist-response-september-11

Please write answers to the following questions. Answer the questions with complete sentences.

From paragraph 1:
1) What are “low-stakes situations”?
2) What is “the urge to get back at someone?”

From paragraph 3:
3) Define “disinterest.”
4) What is the meaning of the expression “to come at a remove”?

From paragraph 4:
5) What is the purpose or function of the 4th paragraph of the article?
6) What is PTSD?

From paragraphs 5 & 6:
7) What is the meaning of “puzzlement”?
8) What is puzzling to the author of the article and other people she knows?

From paragraph 7:
9) What does the author mean by “the overall mangled-ness of our species”?
10) What kind of word is “mangled-ness”? Is it a standard English word?

From paragraph 8:
11) Define the expression “to strike back” and the term “cringe.”

From paragraph 9:
12) What does it mean to “take solace in” something?
13) What is the meaning of a “pointed question”? How would you characterize the use of language in that expression?

14) Write a one-sentence summary of the main idea of the article.
15) Finally, do you agree with the author’s opinion? Why or why not?

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

III Year Lettorato -

EXAM DATE CORRECTED (see below)

ESAMI III anno & V.O quad SESSIONE STRAORDINARIA 2015

LINGUA INGLESE - ESAMI SCRITTI DI LETTORATO -DICEMBRE 2015

III ANNO - L.T. LINGUE E MEDIAZIONE

Vecchissimo ordinamento Laurea Quadriennale - III & IV anno

Martedì 1 dicembre* 2015. Ore 11,30. Aule XIII,V.M.

*Please note: The date of the exam has been corrected (from the original blog post), and I confirm: The exam date is TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1 (NOT THURSDAY DEC. 3).

Si prenota per l'esame scritto via email.

Studenti con i cognomi A-C maria.hillan@uniroma1.it

Studenti con i cognomi D –L nathanial.peterson-more@uniroma1.it

studenti con i cognomi M- Z wilsonsapienza@libero.it .

Specificare cognome, nome, numero di matricola e corso di laurea.

Ogni email di prenotazione avrà una risposta che dovrà essere stampata e portata all'esame insieme al "libretto giallo" o la pagina "infostud" che attesta il superamento del II anno di lingua e lettorato.

Si prenota l'esame esclusivamente dal giorno 14 novembre al giorno 28 novembre entro le ore 13.00 e non oltre.

Non sarà possibile accettare prenotazioni che saranno inviate al di fuori del periodo delle 2 settimane previste ed oltre l'orario indicato. Tali prenotazioni non avranno risposta e non potranno essere accettate.

Friday, November 13, 2015

III Year Lettorato

The Jennifer Pudney book is now available at Feltrinelli International.

Earlier today I spoke with a representative at the bookshop, and he assured that they currently have approximately 20 copies of the book already in the shop and available for sale. They have ordered an additional 50 copies, which should be there by Monday or Tuesday of next week.

Please get the book as soon as possible. Not only will you need it for studying at home, but we will also be using it extensively in class, both in the remainder of the first semester and also in the second semester. I expect you all to bring it to our next lesson on Tuesday.

Again, the title of Pudney's book is Written English for Advanced Learners.

Also, be sure you go to Feltrinelli INTERNATIONAL, Via Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, 86. Do NOT go the regular Feltrinelli store which is also on via Orlando.

Monday, November 9, 2015

III Year Lettorato -- Textbook for Translations

Dear students, please buy the following textbook before our lesson this Thursday Nov. 12:

Jennifer Pudney. Written English for Advanced Learners. This text will be very useful in order to prepare for the translations on our tests at the end of each semester.

The book is available at Feltrinelli International on Via Orlando (near Piazza della Repubblica) and costs 20 euros. It will NOT be available at the photocopy center in Villa Mirafiori.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

I Year Lettorato

Below is the HOMEWORK to do before our next lesson on Tuesday, November 10.

- pp. 20-22 do EVERYTHING; pg. 23 read "Can You Understand this Text?" and do exercises a, b, and c
- pg. 184 EVERYTHING
- Review Grammar explanations on pp. 132-135
- Study pg. 136 and do exercises a & b
- pp. 185-186 EVERYTHING
- pp. 24-25 Read the "Top Gear Challenge" and do exercises 3a, 3b, 3c, & 3d

III Year Lettorato

Below is the HOMEWORK to do before our next lesson on Tuesday, November 10.

Thorne:
- Review previous readings on pp. 3-32;
- Read pp. 32-41* But please note the following: on pages 34 & 35 you are NOT required to read the sub-sections "Complement" (pg. 34) and "Adverbials" (pg. 35); so you can skip the 2nd half of pg. 34 & the 1st half of pg. 35; on p. 39 read ONLY the sub-section "Relative clauses"); you are NOT required to do the activities and can skip them while reading the assigned pages.

Grammar Scan: do pp. 72-74

Vince: Study pp. 21-22; do exercises 1-8 on pp. 23-27

Sentence Translations: 21-25

Sunday, November 1, 2015

III Year Lettorato -