I Year & III Year Lettorato Inglese 2017-2018 -- Ricevimento Peterson-More

Reminder: Starting from the week of May 14 (a partire dal 14 maggio) my office hours (ricevimento) have changed: from now onwards (da ora in poi) I will NOT have office hours on Wednesdays 14.45-16.45.

Check this blog periodically for updates.

My next office hours will be on     Thursday May 31, from 1:45 to 2:45pm.    in room 207/208.

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


Oral Exams Tuesday, May 29, 10:30-13:30 + 15:00-17:00 & Thursday, May 31, 9:30-11:30
Sede Marco Polo (Ex poste), Sala Anglistica rooms 207 / 208.



The following students have passed the written exam and are therefore admitted to the oral on Tuesday May 29, at time assigned to you below:

N.B. You must bring the following to the oral exam:

(1) your identification with photo;
(2) your libretto/foglietto giallo, including proof of having passed 2^nd year English (lettorato + linguistica)
(3) the book you have read for the oral exam;
(4) your rubrica, with the 50 words (or more) you learned by reading this book.


TUESDAY, MAY 29

10:30-11:30
Mattacchione, Valeria
Mei, Eleonora
Muredda, Anastasia

11:30-12:30
Mukhamedjanova, Renata
Pandozzi, Giulia
Piccione, Michela

12:30-13:30
Ragogna, Elisa
Raponi, Irene
Ventura, Virginia

[PAUSA]


15:00-16:00
Borgheresi, Francesca
Cesarò, Giada
Germani, Verdiana


16:00-17:00
Giordani, Benedetta
Giuliani, Tonina
Luzzi, Chiara



THURSDAY, MAY 31

9:30-11:30
All remaining students (Last names S-Z)


If you have a scheduling conflict during your appointment time, please trade times with another student from our class, so that we can finish the oral exams on these two days.

I Year Lettorato Inglese 2017-2018 (frequentanti corso Peterson-More)

Visione del compito

For those who did not pass the written exam, you may come to see your exam paper during my office hours, on Friday May 25, 14.30-15.30, OR one day next week. I will post the day and time for next week in the coming days, so please check this blog again.

It is important to see your exam paper because it allows us to talk about the areas in which you need to improve before taking the exam in September or afterwards. 

In the coming days I will post an update about this (indicating the specific day and time for next week).

I Year & III Year Lettorato Inglese 2017-2018 -- Ricevimento Peterson-More

Reminder: Starting from the week of May 14 (a partire dal 14 maggio) my office hours (ricevimento) have changed: from now onwards (da ora in poi) I will NOT have office hours on Wednesdays 14.45-16.45.

Check this blog periodically for updates.

My next office hours will be on Friday, May 25, from 14.30 to 15.30 in room 207/208.

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


Dear students, I am still marking your exams. Obviously this takes time. My goal is to publish the results and appointments for the oral exams by next Monday, May 28. The oral exams will be May 29-May 31. As always I will post all relevant information just as soon as I can.

I Year Lettorato Inglese 2017-2018 (frequentanti corso Peterson-More)

Oral Exams Thursday, May 24, 9:30-14:45 & Friday, May 25, 9:30-14:45

Sede Marco Polo (Ex poste), Sala Anglistica rooms 207 / 208.

+ Visione del compito (for those who did not pass the written exam). You may come to see your exam paper during my office hours, on Friday May 25, 14.30-15.30, OR one day next week. I will post the day and time for next week in the coming days, so please check this blog again.

The following students have passed the written exam and are therefore admitted to the oral on the day and time assigned to you below:

N.B. You must bring the following to the oral exam:

(1) your identification with photo;

(2) your libretto/foglietto giallo (available at the fotocopisteria mirafiori, sede centrale, facoltà di lettere e filosofia);

(3) the book you have read for the oral exam;

(4) your rubrica, with the 50 words (or more) you learned by reading this book.

THURSDAY, MAY 24

9:30-10:30

Angeletti, Claudia

Cardinali, Chiara

Ciani, Serena

10:30-11:30

Di Giulio, Chiara

Di Nisio, Jonathanobli

Di Pasquale, Alessandra

11:30-12:30

Domenici, Noemi

Duca, Michela

Eisazadeh Saravani, Pouyan

[PAUSA]

13:15-14:30

Enea, Francesca

Esposito, Martina

Fabbri, Alessandro

Fabrini, Chiara

FRIDAY, MAY 25

9:30-10:30

Fanella, Eleonora

Fanini, Sara

Ferdinandi, Giulia

10:30-11:30

Fiacco, Giulia

Fiorellino, Federica

Gallina, Antonino

11:30-12:30

Giacinti, Giulia

Gizzi, Elisa

Lupo, Lorenza

[PAUSA]

13:15-14:30

Makaj, Adea

Panaite, Andra Stefania

Pirchio, Carmela

Santilli, Asia

If you have a scheduling conflict during your appointment time, please trade times with another student from our class, so that we can finish the oral exams on these two days. Each day (May 24 & 25) I will be available for the oral exams from 9:30 to 14:30. If you and another student arrange to trade times, you do NOT need to email me about this.

If your name is NOT published above, it means that unfortunately you did not pass the written exam. You must come see your exam paper (visionare il compito) during my office hours, on Friday May 25, 14.30-15.30, OR one day next week. This is important because it allows us to talk about the areas in which you need to improve before taking the exam in September or afterwards. In the coming days I will post an update about this (indicating the specific day and time for next week).

I Anno Lettorato Inglese FULL EXAM 4 GIUGNO 2018

Esame Lettorato Inglese (LCLT) -- Primo Anno Triennale -- Lingue Culture Letterature e Traduzione. Sessione estiva: 04/06/2018.

Esame scritto lun. 4 giugno 2018, ore 9.00 (gli studenti sono pregati di arrivare per le 8.30), aula 203, Università La Sapienza – Sede Marco Polo/Ex Poste, Viale dello Scalo S. Lorenzo, 4, 00159 Roma. OBBLIGATORIO PORTARE UN DOCUMENTO DI IDENTITÀ VALIDO E CON FOTO.

Iscrizioni all'esame dal 14/05/18 al 28/05/2018.

QUESTA SESSIONE È APERTA SOLTANTO AGLI STUDENTI CHE NON HANNO SOSTENUTO “L’ESONERO” A MAGGIO 2018 CON QUALSIASI LETTORE DEL PRIMO ANNO DI INGLESE. This session is NOT OPEN to students who took a first year in-class test (“esonero”) in May 2018 with any of the first year English lettori. La prossima sessione utile per chi ha sostenuto l’esonero a maggio sarà a settembre 2018.

Gli studenti devono prenotare online e sono pregati di presentarsi in aula con anticipo.

Modulo prenotazione online:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMAoQFcDimUM0g6EFPtjTS5rfC5tnLZ10MheFMR3lYqwidug/viewform

Iscrizioni all'esame dal 14/05/18 al 28/05/2018

I Year & III Year Lettorato Inglese 2017-2018 -- Ricevimento Peterson-More: Cambiamento orari & prossimo appuntamento

Starting from the week of May 14 (a partire dal 14 maggio) my office hours (ricevimento) will change: from now onwards (da ora in poi) I will NOT have office hours on Wednesdays 14.45-16.45.

Check this blog periodically for updates.

My next office hours will be on Wednesday, May 16, from 13.30 to 15.00 in room 207/208.

I Year Lettorato Inglese 2017-2018
(Peterson-More) -- Feedback Esonero, Monday May 14, 9.30-10.30


Dear students,

On Monday, May 14, from 9:30 to 10:30, we can meet in laboratorio 003 (our usual classroom) to look at and go over the answers to the grammar section of our recent in-class test.

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

Recent Pudney Passages (suggested translations)

Pudney pg. 118, passage 22

Until you have learned these rules you will not be able to face/tackle/handle a translation of average difficulty.

I assure you that you are unlikely to/ it is unlikely that you will pass the annual exam if you have not studied/ you do not study these exercises thoroughly/carefully.

You should start/ It’s a good idea to start/ begin (studying) immediately/now/at once/straight away. As compared to last year’s, / to the one last year, the examination will be just as difficult. Turn your home/homes //OR: transform your house into an enormous/huge study/ studies and get to work!

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Pudney pg. 119, passage 24

The large number of/So many /agents in charge of/responsible for protecting the Pope were not enough/sufficient to prevent the attack on his life by Alì Agca in St. Peter’s Sqaure on [that Tuesday] March 13, 1981. If a nun hadn’t grabbed/caught him by the jacket he wouldn’t have been captured/ he would have escaped.

[…]

Who organized the attack? What objective were they trying to reach? At the trial Mr. Agca did not did clarify the matter/ did not provide any clarification. He didn’t apologize; he didn’t explain anything. On Christmas Day / At Christmas in 1983 the Pope visited him in prison. It was a historic moment/ An iconic photograph was taken: the conversation between the would-be assassin and his attempted victim.

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Pudney pg. 119, passage 25

Despite/ In spite of the publicity/ widespread attention given to the problem/issue/matter/question, the birthrate in Italy has been falling/ has fallen so much/so drastically/ so sharply

OR:

there has been such a drastic/huge/sharp decline in the birthrate in Italy

as to cause concern/ raise alarm that in/within a few centuries Italians will become extinct/be an ‘endangered species.’ […]

In an interview the Minister for the Family stated/declared/said/claimed that he/she would encourage young couples/people to have more children by offering (them) tax breaks/relief on their first/main homes, more jobs for heads of families and part-time jobs with the same rights as full-time jobs. Moreover, he/she said he would work to open more nursery schools/pre-schools/ to assist with child care// to ensure there is child care for working couples. He/she concluded saying that until Italians are convinced of the gravity of the situation/ OR: how serious/dire the situation is, Italy will become evermore/ more and more a country of elderly people/ the elderly.

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Pudney pg. 120, passage 26
 

A ten-year-old child/boy who fell from a cliff approximately 10 meters high/ who fell approximately 10 meters from a cliff on Wednesday, August 3, was saved by a rescue helicopter which/ that had taken off/ took off from a passing/ nearby aircraft carrier.

Many people saw/watched/ were present at the rescue and for all of them it was the first time they had seen/witnessed such an operation/ this type/kind of operation. […]

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Pudney pg. 125, passage 31

At 11:30pm beneath the Mururoa atoll/ in the bowels of the Mururoa atoll, the first nuclear bomb of the Chirac era exploded. A few minutes later the Defense Minister declared/announced/proclaimed/explained, “we had to undertake/carry out this experiment. If we had already had the information we need(ed), we wouldn’t have had to reach/arrive at/get to this point.” 

France’s challenge to [the rest of] the world began recently, and the experiments/ and it will continue as long as French officials/ French experts/the French believe that certain foreign nations pose a threat to France’s national security// OR: believe/think there is a threat to [French] national security by some/certain foreign countries. The public response was [much] greater than expected: a million people all over the world held protests/demonstrated/protested [in the streets] on the night of the explosion.

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Pudney pg. 129, passage 35

The majority of people /Most of the people/ Most of those who arrive in Italy illegally are looking for jobs/work. They would never have [even] dreamed of leaving their own countries if they had had a good/decent standard of living there. Yes/Certainly/Of course, they can/could be accused of risking their lives and not realizing the danger(s) they face. Who organized their trip/journey//Who organized the trip for them? Who should be blamed?

A port/maritime official [apparently] said/confirmed that the authorities who are/were supposed to patrol/police the territorial waters have found themselves in difficulty/ in a difficult situation in recent days. It seems that some criminals aboard/on inflatable rafts have protected/shielded themselves with children [in order] to avoid capture.  

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Pudney pp. 129-130, passage 36

There is much talk/ Many people talk about the job crisis, especially/also as regards the arrival of so many foreigners/ people from abroad/from other countries. They are accused of stealing/taking jobs from Italians, of working for low wages/pay/salaries/little money, but some experts reportedly said that the situation would change when the new jobs law was/had been introduced.

Many young people admit they are not/would not be willing/ready to work as hard as (the) immigrants and that they don’t want their jobs/their work to take them far away from home/from their homes/ What can be done to find a proper/an appropriate/ the right balance? This has been a major problem in recent years, but the authorities claim/say they are unable to resolve it.

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Pudney, pg. 138, Translation Passage 1 (lines 1-11)

The town council/local administration/authorities has/have finally realized there is a problem/OR: has finally woken up. On Friday, January 27, the mayor of Milan discovered/found that / the air in the city is unbreathable/his city’s air was/is unbreathable. [High/excessive] P/pollution levels that should never have been reached were registered/recorded/found [both] in the city center/downtown and on the outskirts. [Indeed, /In fact,] A/a thick, foul-smelling fog had/has spread over 90% of the territory// OR: 90% of the territory was covered by a thick, foul-smelling fog.

The authorities [have] launched an initiative without precedent in Italy, asking citizens to limit using their cars/ OR: their car use and the heating inside/within their homes. They even considered/thought of/spoke about closing [the] schools in the upcoming/next few days.