Modalità svolgimento lezioni
LM 1 : There are two lessons per week from October to May for a total of 90 hours. Levels C1 and C2 will have the same theme/vocabulary focus but activities will be tailored to C1 level. Lesson A concentrates on listening skills and speaking skills, comprehension, pronunciation, and presenting to others, as well as interaction (active listening, polite interruptions, etc). E.g.: start with a quiz on medical vocabulary to see what students already know, such as collocations or false friends (cura vs cure); next, watch a video on a medical discovery, taking notes, and finally, discussion of the video and/or complementary material in groups or research on similar issues and presenting ideas.
Lesson B concentrates on level-appropriate grammar review and expansion, reading and writing, with an eye to academic writing in particular. C1 will do a systematic revision/presentation of advanced grammar topics throughout the first semester. C2 will do a needs-based review and practice the most difficult topics. These will be applied to reading and writing. E.g. a lesson B might pick up on the topic from Lesson A either with reading and analysis or with students writing about a similar innovation. Attention will be paid to self-editing and the elimination of fossilized errors.
In the SECOND SEMESTER, many lessons will be centered around the work students are doing with the docente, for example with close readings of articles chosen by the docente or practice exams. Presentations to be given in the docente class may be prepared in the CEL class, etc.
LM 2 : There are two lessons per week from October to May for a total of 90 hours. All four skills will be practiced. Class participation and pair/group work are essential. As with LM 1, we will attempt to split our focus in order to give equal time to listening/speaking (lesson A) and reading/writing/grammar (lesson B). We will work on listening skills that can transfer to speaking skills- hearing the stress on certain words, connected speech, listening without a visual (phone call or similar) understanding accented or regional speech. We may practice transcribing what we hear. At lesson B, we will attempt to complete the work begun in LM 1, including further work on flow and cohesion, rhetorical devices, descriptive language, whilst still practicing the fundamentals of paragraphing and supporting arguments. Reading will continue to be an essential tool for style and vocabulary expansion. The dispensa will contain non-fiction and podcasts/ inteviews. We will also have lessons in the library regarding research techniques and the correct use of AI/ Search engines. As with LM 1, the 2nd semester will be deeply connected to the docente course, playing a supporting role.
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Modalità esami
THESE DESCRIPTIONS REFER TO THE A.A. ****2026-2027**** SCHOOL YEAR. EMAIL ME AT ROBISON@UNISTRASI.IT FOR 2025/2026 OR EARLIER VERSIONS OF THE EXAM.
LM 1 EXAM (PROF. RENNA, PATTI ROBISON)
Prova parziale - the written exam, which you must pass in order to proceed to Prova finale - the oral exam.
Both parts of the exam will have elements from the CORSO DOCENTE with Professor Dora Renna and the CORSO CEL with me.
WRITTEN EXAM - (Joint exam for both DOCENTE and CEL) - this takes place on Exam.net.
PART A 2 hours : WRITING (90 min) READING (30 min) : Write two long form answers to questions about the docente course. Each answer should be between 300-350 words.
READING - you will have a reading test that mimics the Cambridge style exam with “missing paragraphs” and some short answer questions.
PART B :45-50 min: LISTENING TO WRITING: Listen to a segment of a video or podcast between 5 - 10 min long. Respond in paragraphs to a task which will require both proof that you understand the video and a personal reaction or commentary on the content of the video.
ORAL EXAM - (Joint exam for both DOCENTE and CEL) The oral exam will take place in person and can be taken in pairs or alone. It revolves around the DOCENTE theory course as well as the CEL readings packet.
For the CEL ONLY oral exam, prior to the oral exam, you need to select 80 pages (minimum) of readings from the dispensa (at least 5 sources), plus 4 podcasts that you are happy to discuss in detail on the say of the exam. NEW 2026/2027 Frequentanti who have attended have attended approximately 70% of classes and done 70% of the assignments during the year will have the opportunity to do the CEL interview part during class in the final weeks and ONLY take the DOCENTE oral exam on exam day.
LM 2 EXAM (PROF ANTOSA, PATTI ROBISON)
The exam will be composed of:
a critical commentary on a short text on a selected topic (accent, lexicon, pragmatics, etc) accompanied by an argumentative text of max 500 words, Reading comprehension test - short responses and objective questions such as t/f. Listening (podcast or other) Total prova parziale apprx 2 hours.
ORAL EXAM - (Joint exam for both DOCENTE and CEL) The oral exam will take place in person and can be taken in pairs or alone. It revolves around the DOCENTE theory course as well as the CEL readings packet. LM 38 students will need to create and discuss a portfolio based on a list of document types.
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Avvisi
Room 319 (cel room) or Aula 4 (if during lunch) is where you will find me for ricevimento. Date and time to be announced.
Curriculum vitae italiano
Patricia Robison, nata in Florida (USA), si è laureata in Lingua e Letteratura inglese presso l’Università della Virginia; ivi ha conseguito un Masters in italiano e di seguito ha conseguito un Masters nell’insegnamento di inglese agli stranieri (TESOL) alla Georgia State University. Ha espletato l’attività didattica in Georgia (USA), Romania, Slovenia, e dal 2006 in Toscana, per l’Università di Siena, il Polo Universitario a Grosseto, e dal 2006 per L’Università per Stranieri di Siena.
Curriculum vitae inglese
Born in Florida (USA), Patricia (Patti) Robison graduated from the University of Virginia with a BA degree in English, followed by a Masters in Italian. She later earned a Master’s in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Foreign Languages) from Georgia State University. She taught EFL starting as a lecturer at GA state, and then in Romania and Slovenia through the George Soros Open Society Foundation. She has held the position of CEL and language instructor at the following universities: l’Università di Siena, il Polo Universitario a Grosseto, and since 2006 at the L’Università per Stranieri di Siena.
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