Katherine Clifton

Clifton Katherine

Jo-Ann Costa

Costa Jo-Ann

Chiaretta Gelli

Gelli Chiaretta

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 Un manuale di ‘civiltà’ inglese di livello B1-B2 che mette a fuoco, secondo un’ottica interculturale, gli aspetti più significativi dei paesi in cui la lingua inglese è parlata.
 
 Un manuale di ‘civiltà’ inglese di livello B1-B2 che si propone di mettere a fuoco, secondo un’ottica interculturale, gli aspetti più significativi dei paesi in cui la lingua inglese è parlata.
 
 I 12 Moduli e le relative 36 Unità in cui è suddiviso ESCAPES offrono una visione globale e globalizzata del mondo in cui l’inglese è parlato come L1 o L2 o come lingua veicolare, cogliendone gli aspetti reali, ma anche fornendo occasioni di "fuga dalla realtà" attraverso la letteratura e il cinema.
 
 Il testo è particolarmente innovativo e motivante in quanto ogni Modulo, nel trattare le diverse culture di lingua inglese sotto l’aspetto geografico, storico, sociale, letterario e artistico, fa sempre riferimento ad un film particolarmente significativo per l’argomento trattato. Inoltre, offre molteplici occasioni di rinforzo ed approfondimento grazie ai siti Internet citati punto per punto e al materiale autentico e aggiornato tratto da riviste, quotidiani e dalla “rete”.
 Le attività, infine, sono sempre mirate, oltre che a sviluppare le abilità ricettive e produttive, a stimolare l’attività di gruppo e di classe ed il confronto delle opinioni. Particolare attenzione è stata rivolta agli esercizi riguardanti i film.

Module 1 - English in the world

Unit 1- Today’s lingua franca

Unit 2 - The rise and decline of the British Empire

Unit 3 - The fall of the British Empire

Film Spanglish

Module 2 - England and Wales

Unit 1 - England: London and the South

Unit 2 - England: The Midlands and the North

Unit 3 - Wales

Film The Simpsons: The Regina Monologues

Module 3 - Scotland and Ireland

Unit 1 - Scotland

Unit 2 - Ireland: the country

Unit 3 - Ireland: the soul

Film Braveheart

Module 4 - The U.S.A.

Unit 1 - The East

Unit 2 - The Central and the Southern States

Unit 3 - The West

Unit 4 - Alaska and Hawaii

Film The Truman Show

Module 5 - Other parts of the Americas

Unit 1 - Canada

Unit 2 - The Caribbean Basin

Film The Last of the Mohicans

Module 6 - Africa and Asia

Unit 1 - Africa and its people

Unit 2 - Africa: countries in the south

Unit 3 - Continental Asia: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh

Unit 4 - Pacific Asia: Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines

Film Bride and Prejudice

Module 7 - Oceania

Unit 1 - Australia

Unit 2 - New Zealand

Film Mr. Crocodile Dundee

Module 8 - Hot issues

Unit 1 - A dying planet

Unit 2 - Food, water and aid

Unit 3 - Futuristic Science and Technology

Film Jurassic Park

Module 9 - Society and the individual

Unit 1 - The UK and its institutions

Unit 2 - The USA and its institutions

Unit 3 - The European Union

Film Love Actually

Module 10 - Young peolple

Unit 1 - Education and learning

Unit 2 - Feelings and questions

Unit 3 - Sport and free time

Film Billy Elliot

Module 11 - Moments in history, literature and art

Unit 1 - From the beginning to Henry VIII

Unit 2 - From the Golden Age to Victorianism

Unit 3 - The XX Century and beyond

Film The Merchant of Venice

Module 12 - The unknow

Unit 1 - Target: Earth

Unit 2 - The Gothic Tradition

Unit 3 - A Satire on the Gothic Tale

Film Sleepy Hollow

Glossary

Module 9 SOCIETY AND THE INDIVIDUAL 1. The UK and its institutions 2. The USA and its institutions 3. The European Union 

module 9 The UK and its institutions Unit John Locke BEFORE READING Answer these questions. a. Have you ever heard about Amnesty International? b. What are its aims? c. In your opinion, what are the most important human rights? d. Do you think they are always respected? e. What can you do, as a citizen, to protect your rights? www.amnesty.org   The social contract Social contract is a phrase used in philosophy, political science and sociology to speak about a real or hypothetical agreement regarding the rights and responsibilities of the state and its citizens, or more generally a similar concord between a group and its members. All the members of a society have to accept the terms of the social contract to stay within society. The social contract, as a political theory, explains the origin and purpose of the state and of human rights. In order to live in society, human beings agree to an implicit social contract, which gives them certain rights in return for giving up the freedom they would have in a state of nature. In this way the rights and responsibilities of individuals are the terms of the social contract. The citizens may change the terms of the contract, if they want to, because rights and responsibilities are not fixed or natural. John Locke, an English philosopher whose ideas triumphed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 (see Module 11), thought people had to contract with one another for a particular kind of government and that they could modify or even abolish the government. This led in 1689 to the Bill of Rights, an English Act of Parliament which was an important step in the British progress towards a constitutional monarchy. The Constitution The UK is a constitutional monarchy, but unlike other countries such as the United States there is not a formal written Constitution. In Britain the Constitution is the whole body of public law, customary as well as statutory, which is continually being modified by custom, judgement in the courts as well as by the elected representatives of the country. The British Constitution developed from the Magna Carta of 1215 and, although it is not written down in one place, it is considered to be a strong constitution. ACTIVITIES 1 Answer these questions. a. Is your country a monarchy or a republic? b. Can you explain the difference? c. What is a constitutional monarchy? d. Have you ever read parts of your Constitution? e. If so, how does it start? f. Read the box about the Constitution and say how the British Constitution differs from yours. 

Approfondimenti culturali e motivazione: moduli tematici, film significativi, risorse online e attività coinvolgenti per lo studio dell'inglese.

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