Donatella Bottero

Raffaella Beolé

L'argomento Landmarks è un testo rivolto in particolare agli studenti dei corsi con indirizzo Costruzioni, Ambiente e Territorio e, più in generale a tutti coloro che hanno l’esigenza di utilizzare la lingua inglese come strumento di studio e/o di lavoro in questi settori. La struttura Landmarks è diviso in otto Moduli, ognuno dei quali è ripartito in due sezioni: Unità del Modulo – Contiene testi e attività che riguardano i contenuti specifici della specializzazione già affrontati in L1. Ogni Unità è suddivisa in brevi Capitoli su due pagine – teoria ed esercizi – per favorire sia uno studio più parcellizzato, sia la scelta antologica da parte dell’insegnante. I contenuti dei capitoli sono enucleati, cioè sono divisi in più paragrafi titolati per rendere la comprensione più agevole. Brevi link (verdi per i link attivi con attività, arancioni per quelli informativi senza attività) arricchiscono i brani per consentire una maggiore interattività con gli allievi. Alcune rubriche di approfondimento o curiosità, inoltre, permettono di ampliare le conoscenze sugli argomenti. Un ricco apparato iconografico correda i brani di lettura, per ognuno dei quali è previsto un esauriente glossario. Ogni Unità si chiude con una pagina di grammatica e una dedicata ad un’abilità linguistica. Alcune pagine sono strutturate secondo le indicazioni delle Prove Nazionali INVALSI.

MODULE 1 - THE ENVIRONMENT

Unit 1 - Ecology

Unit 2 - Pollution

Unit 3 - Energy Sources

VOCABULARY

REAL-LIFE SKILLS Reading charts

CASE STUDY Sundarbans, the sinking islands

FLIPPED CLASSROOM Tracking plastic in the ocean

BUILDING HIGHER Geopedology – Glaciers

ROUND-UP

MAPPING YOUR MIND

MODULE 2 - BIO AND MAN-MADE CONSTRUCTIONS

Unit 1 - Landscapes

Unit 2 - Eco-architecture

Unit 3 - Building materials

REAL-LIFE SKILLS Projecting eco houses

CASE STUDY The Edge, Amsterdam

FLIPPED CLASSROOM Twenty-one sustainable home ideas

BUILDING HIGHER Geology – Classification of common rocks

MODULE 3 - SURVEYING AND DESIGN

Unit 1 - Profession and equipment

Unit 2 - Mapping

Unit 3 - Building design

REAL-LIFE SKILLS A cover letter

CASE STUDY Cliff erosion pictured from the skies

FLIPPED CLASSROOM Architectural sketches

CLIL History – James Cook, navigator and cartographer

MODULE 4 -  BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

Unit 1 - Building elements

Unit 2 - Technical system

Unit 3 - Building renovation and restoration

REAL-LIFE SKILLS Understanding an energy performance certificate

CASE STUDY San Francisco’s Victorian ‘painted lady’ houses

FLIPPED CLASSROOM IoT, the future is already upon us

BUILDING HIGHER Building Construction – The Royal Palace of Venaria

MODULE 5 - PUBLIC WORKS

Unit 1 - Public transports

Unit 2 - Health, education and culture

Unit 3 - Entertainment and sport

REAL-LIFE SKILLS Assessing a school building

CASE STUDY The San Giorgio bridge, Genoa (Italy)

FLIPPED CLASSROOM The Metropolitan Museum of Arts

CLIL Literature – John Steinbeck, the voice of farmers’ migration

MODULE 6 - THE WORKPLACE

Unit 1 - Civil engineering

Unit 2 - Architecture and architects

Unit 3 - Safety in the yard

REAL-LIFE SKILLS Local wonders

CASE STUDY Saving Venice? – The MOSE system

FLIPPED CLASSROOM The future of earthquake – proof buildings

BUILDING HIGHER Land Management – Earthquakes

MODULE 7 - SETTLEMENTS

Unit 1 - The history of city planning

Unit 2 - Urbanisation

Unit 3 - The sustainable city

REAL-LIFE SKILLS How to describe a city

CASE STUDY A park will save Bangkok

FLIPPED CLASSROOM The charm of small towns

CLIL Physical Education – The Olympic Games

MODULE 8 - HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

Unit 1 - From the beginnings to the 18th century

Unit 2 - Architecture of the 19th century

Unit 3 - The masters of modern architecture

Unit 4 - Contemporary architecture

REAL-LIFE SKILLS Describing architecture: city landmarks

CASE STUDY John Hancock Tower

FLIPPED CLASSROOM Renaissance in Florence

CLIL Mathematics – Proportions: the Golden Ratio

FURTHER MATERIAL

Film Clips

Architecture around the world

Conversion tables

2030 Agenda

Technical Glossary

ACQUISTA VERSIONE CARTACEA

vocabulary 1 What kind of settlement is it? 1. ........................................................................................... 2 5. ........................................................................................... 6. .......................................................................................... What historical period do these urban characteristics belong to? 7. ........................................................................................... 4 3. .......................................................................................... What urban zone does the photo refer to? 4. ........................................................................................... 3 2. ........................................................................................... 8. ........................................................................................... 9. .......................................................................................... What physical element of the city is this? 10. ........................................................................................ 274 SETTLEMENTS 11. ........................................................................................ 12. ....................................................................................... 

vocabulary 5 In the following box are some important words you have met in this Module. Use them to fill in the blanks below. baroque   boundaries   buildings   density   districts   employment   fringe   green-belts   megacities   networks   property   region   settlement   suburban   suburbs   technology   transport   urban   valuation   walls 1. A ........................................... is a place where people 9. Thick ........................................... were built around cities live; it can be classified as ........................................... or rural. during the Middle Ages. 10. The development of London during the 2. ........................................... are the main centres of ........................................... period was greatly world economy. influenced by Christopher Wren. 3. A City ........................................... is a web of urban 11. During the Industrial Revolution, the working communities, sharing resources such as a class lived in crowded and unhealthy central business area, labour market and ........................................... near their place of transport network. ............................................ 4. A town usually has permanent ........................................... 12. In the 1920s and 30s, many ........................................... and a local form of government. were built all over England, France and North 5. The Rural-Urban ........................................... is found at the edge of a town or city. America, surrounded by ............................................ 13. One of the major goals of sustainable urban 6. A sprawled city usually has low ........................................... of residential buildings. planning is to improve public .......................................... 14. Studies have shown the correlation between 7. Making an accurate ........................................... of a ........................................... to parks and increased house property needs a systematic collection of data. 8. The physical elements of a city are ........................................... value. 15. A Smart City integrates an urban development ....................................., open spaces and ...................................... 6 vision with IoT ............................................ 1 Fill in the crosswords. 2 3 ACROSS 3. Place of work 4. Money management 5. Single-family house 7. Movement of people 9. Spreading out 12. Had a central role during the Middle Ages 13. Sum of money used to buy something 14. A photo taken from an elevated position 15. Revolution of the 18th century 16. Place of settlements 17. The architect who redesigned Paris DOWN 1. Rural area 2. Purchaser 4. Buildings or services provided for a particular purpose 6. Very small settlement 8. Large urban area, resulting from the expansion of several cities into each other 10. Model 11. Professional who designs buildings 4 5 6 7 9 10 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SETTLEMENTS 275 

Manuale di inglese per studenti di Costruzioni, Ambiente e Territorio, con teoria, esercizi, glossario e attività interattive.

Landmarks

English for the Construction Industry, the Environment and Land Management

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