III Year Lettorato Inglese 2017-2018
(Peterson-More) 

III Year Lettorato Inglese

ORAL EXAM INFORMATION

All LCLT, LLM, LCMM students do an oral exam with a lettore as part of lettorato, as follows: 

(1) Choose any book you want from group A (novels) OR group B (non-fiction works) below to read and discuss for your oral exam:

GROUP A – NOVELS

• The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes
• The Secret Scriptures, Sebastian Barry
• Ordinary Thunderstorms, William Boyd
• The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Rachel Joyce
• The Children Act, Ian McEwan
• Brooklyn, Colm Toìbin
•  The Children’s Home, Charles Lambert [CANCELED – From Spring 2018 onwards, I will no longer accept this book]

GROUP B – NON-FICTION WORKS

The Corporation by Joel Bakan

The Dark Heart of Italy by Tobias Jones

The Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King Jr.

Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr.

No Logo by Naomi Klein

Essential Muir: A Selection of John Muir's Best Writings (edited by Fred D. White)

Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama

The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama

Gomorrah (English Version) by Roberto Saviano 

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

[N.B. The following non-fiction books are linked by a common theme – the world's oceans]

The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson

The Silent World by Jacques Cousteau

The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin

The Reef by Iain McCalman

Song for the Blue Ocean by Carl Safina

Log From the Sea of Cortez by John Steinbeck

(2) While reading, compile a list of vocabulary words (approximately 50 words or more) from the book you have chosen. These should be new vocabulary words you did not know before and/or important or key terms that recur in the book and are central to understanding the major themes and interpreting the messages and meanings in the text. For each vocabulary word, be sure to include the essential elements (steps a, b, c, and d), as follows:

(a) the word;

(b) the part of speech (noun, verb etc.);

(c) a definition or synonym(s) IN ENGLISH (use a monolingual dictionary or thesaurus);

(d) the page number where you found the word (plus an abbreviation indicating the book title, in case your list has vocabulary words from multiple sources – especially if you are using a 'rubrica').

(e) [optional] It is also a good idea (but not mandatory) to write an example sentence using the word (you could simply copy the sentence from the book). This will help you to remember the meaning of the word by seeing it in context.

(f) [optional] Finally, if you want to also include the Italian translation, write that at the end of your entry. 

I strongly suggest you record all vocabulary words in a 'rubrica.' This is like compiling a personal dictionary, which you can keep to consult and review in the future.

(3) ENJOY & LEARN!     

YOU MUST BRING BOTH THE BOOK YOU HAVE READ AND YOUR VOCABULARY LIST TO THE ORAL EXAM.

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