Programma di Lingua e Civiltà Inglese – Classe II B Liceo

Programma di Lingua e Civiltà Inglese – Classe II B Anno Scolastico 2012-13
Revisione dei principali argomenti di grammatica del primo anno:
Argomenti corrispondenti alle Lessons 1-7 dello starter “Going On” del libro di testo: Janet Shelly,
“My Life” vol. 2 , Zanichelli
Dal libro di testo
Janet Shelly, “My Life” Zanichelli vol. 1
Unit e8 – “Young Artists”
Grammar: Past simple of regular /irregular verbs; modal verb shall; Who/What as subject or object.
Functions: Talking about past actions /events / states. Making and responding to proposals/offers.
Unit p1: “Actors for a Day”
Grammar: Past simple (review) – Used to – Modal verbs: must and can’t – Either…or
/Neither….nor / Both…and – Adverbs of frequency.
Functions: Describing routines and habits – Making deductions – Indicating choices to make.
Unit p2: “Cut your Carbon Footprint!”
Grammar: Past progressive – Past progressive and past simple – When and while – Question tags
Functions: Talking about what people were doing – Talking about unexpected events – Asking for
confirmation.
Pronunciation: the final -ed sound (past simple)
Unit p3: “Thanksgiving Day”
Grammar: So do I. / Neither do I / I do. / I don’t.
Functions: Expressing agreement or disagreement.
Unit p4: “John Likes Science”
Grammar: Let me / him / her / us / them… – Modal verb: could. Have to – I’d like…. / I’d
prefer…./ I’d rather….
Functions: Making offers and suggestions – Expressing (in)ability in the past – Talking about
improbability – Expressing obligation or lack of obligation – Expressing desires and preferences.
Unit p5: “Will You Do It?”
Grammar: Future with will – If/When phrases (hypothetical sentences type 0-1) – As soon as,
till/until, unless
Functions: Talking about future events – Hypothesizing – Making predictions.
Unit p6: “New Year’s Resolutions”
Grammar: Future with present progressive – Possessive pronouns – Whose…?
Functions: Talking about future plans – Asking and answering questions about personal possession.
Unit p7: “A Visit to the Thames Barrier”
Grammar: Future with be going to – Future with present simple – Verbs: bring / fetch / take
Functions: Expressing intentions – Asking for and giving travel information – Talking about
schedules and timetables.
Unit p8: “Who Understands Women?”
Grammar: Comparatives – Compounds of some/any/no/every
Functions: Making comparisons – Expressing opinions
Pronunciation: letter “a”
Dal libro di testo: Janet Shelly, “My Life” Zanichelli vol. 2
Unit p9: “You’re the Best!”
Grammar: Superlatives
Functions: Requesting and giving opinions – Making comparisons with groups
Unit p10: “A Film Buff”
Grammar: Present conditional – Hypothetical sentences type 2 – Modal verbs: should and ought to
– One/ones
Functions: Hypothesizing – Giving advice / Making suggestions
Unit p11: “We’ve Been Together a Month!”
Grammar: Present perfect (+ ever / never / still / yet / already / just)
Functions: Talking about events in the indefinite and recent past
Unit p12: “Kidnapped!”
Grammar: Present perfect for duration (+ since / for) – How long….? – Present perfect vs past
simple.
Functions: Stating the duration of events – Talking about past events
Unit i3: “Jealousy!”
Grammar: Present perfect progressive (+ since/ for) – Present perfect progressive vs Present perfect
simple
Functions: Talking about what people have been doing – Stating the duration of events – Talking
about recent actions and events.
Argomenti svolti non presenti nel libro di testo My Life (vocabulary + communicative functions):
- Shopping for clothes
- Invitations/ Proposals: Shall we…? – Do you fancy… + ing ? – Why don’t we…?
- Offering help: Shall I….?
Grammar: “For long” vs “for a long time”.
Dal libro di testo: Bonci – Howell, Grammar in Progress, Zanichelli
Unit 3: Il simple present di have got
Unit 4: Il simple present – Avverbi di frequenza ed espressioni di tempo
Unit 5: Costruzioni particolari dei verbi like e would like
Unit 6: L’imperativo
Unit 7: La forma in -ing – How about….? / What about….? – Il present continuous – Verbi di stato
(stative verbs) e verbi dinamici (dynamic verbs) – Il simple present e il present continuous.
Unit 9: Il doppio genitivo
Unit 10: I sostantivi numerabili e non numerabili – Gli aggettivi e i pronomi indefiniti – Gli
indefiniti composti – Molto, troppo, poco, abbastanza, piuttosto.
Unit 11: Il simple past di be e dei verbi regolari e irregolari – Il past continuous – Il simple past e il
past continuous – L’abitudine nel passato: used to e would.
Unit 12: Il simple present e il present continuous con valore futuro – Be going to – Il simple future –
Il futuro nelle frasi subordinate.
Unit 13: I verbi modali – Potere: can, could, be able to – Dovere: shall, must, have to – I verbi per
esprimere “prendere/portare”
Unit 14: Il present perfect simple – Yet, already, just, still, again – Il present perfect simple e il
simple past – Il present perfect continuous – Il present perfect simple e il present perfect continuous
– Il past perfect simple – For, since, ago – La duration form.
Unit 15: Il comparativo – Il superlativo relativo – I comparativi e i superlativi irregolari –
rafforzativi dei comparativi e dei superlativi (far more, a lot more, much, slightly, by far, etc.)
Unit 16: I pronomi relativi nelle frasi defining – I pronomi relativi nelle frasi non-defining – Altri
pronomi e avverbi relativi (all/ everything that, how, when, where, why, which).
Unit 17: I periodi ipotetici di tipo 0-1-2
Civilisation: traduzione, riassunto e attività di comprensione dei seguenti brani:
Dal libro di testo “My Life” vol. 1 – (Student’s Book SB; Workbook WB)
“Multilingualism”, p. e58 (SB)
“Thanksgiving – An interview with Prof. Kent”, p. p24 (SB)
“The History of Tattooing”, p. p37 (WB)
“Nostradamus”, p. p43 (WB)
“New Year’s Resolutions”, p. p53 (WB)
“History of Rock Music in the 60’s”, p. p68 (WB)
Dal libro di testo “My Life” vol. 2 – (Student’s Book SB; Workbook WB)
“Jack the Ripper”, p. p103 (WB)
“Ambitions”, p.p92 (SB)
“Scary London”, p. p100 (SB)
“Studying English in Britain”, p. i26 (WB)
“Brand-New Technologies”, p. i58 (SB)