Liceo Scientifico - Linguistico ‘Innocenzo XII’ A.S. 2020/2021

Liceo Scientifico - Linguistico ‘Innocenzo XII’

A.S. 2020/2021

Programma di Lingua e Cultura Inglese Classe 4BL

Ins. CENTINI Annalisa

LIBRI DI TESTO:

Spiazzi, Tavella, Layton, Performer B2 updated , Zanichelli;

Spiazzi, Tavella, Layton, Performer Heritage - vol.1, Zanichelli.

Andreolli-Linwood, Grammar Reference, Petrini LITERATURE

Modulo 1:

William Shakespeare

• The Merchant of Venice

• Hamlet • Macbeth

Shakespeare: the poet

The Sonnets

Petrarch's sonnets and Shakespeare's sonnets

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• Sonnet XVIII: Shall I compare thee Modulo 2: The Puritan Age

Historical, social and literary context:

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John Milton

• Life and works

• Religious epic poetry: Paradise Lost: summary and characters.

• Milton’s Satan vs Dante’s Satan.

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Modulo 3: The rise of the novel Historical, social and literary context:

• The Restoration

• The Glorious Revolution

• The Augustan Age: the early Hanoverians.

• The XVIIIth century: characteristics of the time

• Journalism and the rise of the novel D. Defoe

• Life and works

• Robinson Crusoe : plot, characters and themes

• Text: I was born of a good family

• Text: Man Friday J. Swift

• Life and works

• Gulliver's Travels: plot, characters and themes

Modulo 4: The Romantic Age

Introduction to the historical and social context

• Britain and America

• George III

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Industrial Revolution LANGUAGE

Module 1

• Unit 5: Global Issues

Strutture grammaticali: zero, first and second conditionals; unless/in case/ as long as/provided that;third conditionals; mixed conditionals; expressing wishes and regrets: I wish/If only

Funzioni linguistiche

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Lessico: global issues; phrasal verbs for global issues; word formation: suffixes to make abstract nouns clauses+when, until, etc...

• Unit 6: Meet the Arts

Strutture grammaticali: comparatives and superlatives; expressions using comparatives; modifiers of comparatives;

linkers of manner: like/as

Funzioni linguistiche: porre elementi in relazione tra loro; esprimere il proprio punto di vista; esprimere opinioni positive e/o negative; esprimere un’opinione a conclusione di un discorso

Lessico: useful expressions for the Arts; word formation: compound words

Modulo 2

• Unit 7: A techno world

Strutture grammaticali: passives; have/get something done; expressing emphasis with so and such Funzioni linguistiche: esprimere opinioni; esprimere enfasi

Lessico: collocations and expressions for technology; word formation: prefixes

• Unit 8: A sporting life

Strutture grammaticali: gerunds and infinitives; verbs + both -ing and infinitive; relative clauses

• Unit 9: Saving our planet

Strutture grammaticali: reported speech; say and tell; reporting verbs; reported questions Funzioni linguistiche: riportare eventi e situazioni; discutere idee

Lessico: useful expressions for the environment

Nel corso dell'anno scolastico ci si è soffermati sui seguenti argomenti di dibattito:

Topics

• The 2030 Agenda and its targets

• Global issues: sustainable development; the environment;

• Technology: artificial intelligence: smart cities; the internet and social networks: positive and negative aspects;

security in internet; apps; healthcare and technology

• Human rights: gay marriages and children's adoption; gender equality; refugees; euthanasia; death penalty.

Un'ora alla settimana è stata effettuata una compresenza con la conversatrice: le lezioni hanno avuto l'obiettivo di stimolare la comprensione e la produzione, sia orale che scritta, della lingua unitamente all'acquisizione di lessico nuovo.

Sono state effettuate compresenze con la docente di educazione civica:

• Valorizzazione e tutela del patrimonio artistico-culturale italiano.

Anzio, 12/06/2021