Topics:
1. Political, social and cultural news in Italy
2. Tourism
3. International organizations (based on the textbook Avviamento alla lettura di testi economici)
4. Social interaction
5. Sociological notion of culture (based on Letture sociologiche) Grammar specifics: Parataxis and hypotaxis Implicit and explicit constructions
This course is designed for students preparing for both a BA degree and a MA degree. It invonves readings of economic, sociological and journalistic texts and focuses on grammatical and lexical specifications of a specialized language.