samedi 30 mai 2020

ROLE-PLAY IN ITALIANO

Hai completamente dimenticato un appuntamento cruciale con un importante professore

con cui stai facendo uno stage. Un'ora dopo lo chiami per cercare di scusarsi.
Il problema è che questo era il secondo appuntamento che ti sei dimenticato con lo stesso docente.
Cosa dirai al telefono per giustificarti?


Professore: allora cosa le è successo questa volta?

tu:

Professore: devo immaginare che hai molto cose in mente in questo periodo, ma

questa è la seconda volta che hai dimenticato di partecipare a questo appuntamento a cui precedentemente avevi accettato di partecipare.

tu:

Professore: Sì, davvero. Spero che non lo dimenticherai la prossima volta.

Tu :

Professore: Temo di non poterlo riprogrammare per oggi. Riproviamo per la prossima

settimana alla stessa ora.

….………………………………………………………………………………..
situazione:
Stai frequentando un seminario. È una giornata molto soleggiata e l'aula è molto calda. Il professore è in piedi vicino alla finestra. Vorresti chiedergli di aprire la finestra. Come pensi di fare questa richiesta?
Una tua amica è vicina alla finestra\ un ragazzo\a che non conosci è vicino alla finestra
……………………………………………………………………………………….

Il tuo capo ti dice che qualcuno ha passato tutta la notte in ufficio. Lui vorrebbe sapere da te chi sia stato, ma tu non puoi aiutarlo perché non sai chi sia stato. In seguito, durante la giornata, il tuo
collega ti dice che sia stato Andrea. Cosa pensi di fare e cosa pensi di dire nel caso volessi dirlo al tuo capo?
…………………………………………………………………………………………..
Durante la cena con la famiglia di un amico in un paese straniero versi accidentalmente il tuo bicchiere di vino rosso sulla tovaglia.

Tu:
la madre dell'amico: Oh, caro!

  Tu:
la madre dell'amico: no, no. Non ti preoccupare. Non devi farlo. La macchia probabilmente andrà via con un lavaggio.

Tu:
……………………………………………..
Situazione: Siamo nell'ufficio del professore. Uno studente ha preso in prestito un libro dal suo insegnante, che ha promesso di restituire oggi. Quando incontra il suo insegnante, tuttavia, si rende conto di aver dimenticato di portar con sé il libro.
Insegnante: Miriam, spero che tu abbia portato il libro che ti ho prestato.
Miriam: ___
Insegnante: OK, ma per favore ricordati di portarlo per la prossima settimana.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Situazioni

1 Un responsabile delle risorse umane
deve chiedere ad un candidato di venire nuovamente la prossima settimana per un secondo colloquio.

Situazione

2 Un manager in una fabbrica
deve chiedere ad un lavoratore di fare delle ore di straordinario
Situazione

  3 Un dipendente in un ristorante
deve chiedere ad un cliente di spostarsi presso un altro tavolo

Situazione

  4 Uno studente universitario
deve chiedere ad un professore di prolungare la scadenza per un progetto di ricerca.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[So che sei venuto da un'altra città, ma per chiarire la mia decisione sul tuo profilo devo rivederti la prossima settimana]. Descrivi la situazione ___________________________


----------------------------------------------


[C'è l'ispezione domani. Potresti fare gli straordinari oggi per la pulizia?]


-------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------


[Signore / a, mi scuso profondamente. Il team tecnico deve lavorare qui immediatamente. Potremmo spostarti su un altro tavolo?]


-------------------------------------------------- ------------------


[So che oggi è la scadenza per l'invio del progetto, ma non sono riuscito a completarlo. Potresti scusarmi altri due giorni?] Durum: [situazione]

………………………………………………………………………………………………

Scenario 1: hai appena finito di presentare il tuo progetto di ricerca. Alla fine della lezione (quando stavi per lasciare l'aula), uno dei tuoi compagni di classe dice: “Hai fatto un lavoro eccellente! Mi è piaciuta molto la tua presentazione ”. Tu come rispondi: _____
Scenario 2: Hai invitato alcuni amici e parenti per prendere un caffè e assaggiare una torta che hai preparato tu. Qualcuno degli invitati ti dice: "Gustosissima!" Tu come rispondi: _____


  Scenario 3: Stavi acquistando una gonna e un estraneo (maschio) si avvicina a te e dice: "Sarebbe
perfetta per te!" Tu come rispondi:


  Scenario 4: stavi acquistando una gonna e un
a sconosciuta si avvicina e ti dice: "ti sta veramente bene !" Tu come rispondi


  Scenario 5: alcuni amici sono finiti a casa tua. Uno di loro guarda un orologio appeso al muro e dice: “Adoro il tuo orologio.
Mi sembra nato per stare nel tuo salotto! ”tu come rispondi:


  Scenario 6: indossi una nuova maglietta e un collega ti guarda e dice: "Questa maglietta ti sta benissimo! Il blu
ti sta molto bene. " Tu come rispondi: _

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Situazione

Incontri un docente che non conosci bene all’interno di una libreria. Lui sta per comprare un libro costoso sui metodi di ricerca. Tuttavia, hai visto lo stesso libro in una edizione economica in un'altra libreria. Quale suggerimento daresti in questa situazione? La tua risposta:



Situazione Un docente del tuo master con il quale non hai confidenza è un fumatore accanito. Pensi sempre che dovrebbe smettere di fumare. Mentre parli con lui, fuma di nuovo. Quale suggerimento daresti in questa situazione? La tua risposta deve essere formulata tenendo in conto più potere, meno distanza e più grado di imposizione da parte tua. : Costellazione 2: [+ P / -D / + R] Situazione


A Incontri un docente con il quale hai un ottimo rapporto in una libreria. Comprerà un libro costoso sui metodi di ricerca. Tuttavia, hai visto lo stesso libro in una edizione economica in un'altra libreria. Quale suggerimento daresti in questa situazione? La tua risposta: Situazione


Un docente di master con il quale hai un ottimo rapporto è un grande fumatore. Pensi sempre che dovrebbe smettere di fumare. Mentre parli con lui, fuma di nuovo. Quale suggerimento daresti in questa situazione? La tua risposta deve essere formulata tenendo conto un potere relativo simile, più distanza sociale e più grado di imposizione: Costellazione 3: [= P / + D / + R] Situazione A


 Incontri un ragazzo che non conosci molto bene vicino un parcheggio. Questo ragazzo ama accelerare la sua moto per strada. Spesso pensi che dovrebbe smettere di farlo. Quale suggerimento daresti in questa situazione? La tua risposta: Situazione B



 Incontri un amico con il quale non sei in confidenza vicino al campus. Gli piace fare shopping e comprare cose costose. Tuttavia pensi che lui non dovrebbe spendere i soldi in questo modo. Che suggerimento daresti in questa situazione?

La tua risposta deve essere formulata tenendo conto di un rapporto di uguaglianza, mostrando distanza sociale e grado di imposizione.

Costellazione 4: [= P / -D / + R


 Incontri un ragazzo che conosci molto bene vicino un parcheggio. Questo ragazzo ama accelerare la sua moto per strada. Spesso pensi che dovrebbe smettere di farlo. Quale suggerimento daresti in questa situazione? La tua risposta: Situazione B


B. Incontrerai un amico con cui sei molto amico nel campus. Gli piace fare shopping e comprare cose costose. Sai davvero che non ne ha bisogno. Quale suggerimento daresti in questa situazione? La tua risposta deve essere formulata tenendo conto un rapporto di eguaglianza di potere, più distanza sociale e meno grado di imposizione. : Costellazione 5: [= P / + D / -R] Situazione A


Sei in una discussione di classe molto viva con i tuoi compagni di classe. Il tuo vicino di banco con il quale non hai molta confidenza non sta davvero partecipando alla discussione. È molto intelligente ma abbastanza timido, quindi è probabilmente preoccupato di esprimere opinioni sbagliate. Hai sempre pensato che lui / lei dovrebbe essere più attivo e mostrare la sua abilità. Quale suggerimento daresti in questa situazione? La tua risposta:


Situazione Vai a mangiare a pranzo in un ristorante.

Sei molto deluso dalla qualità delle pietanze perché hanno un sapore pessimo. Un collega di lavoro con il quale non hai molta confidenza vuole andare a mangiare nello stesso ristorante.
Quale suggerimento daresti in questa situazione? La tua risposta:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Esempio 1: non strutturato, contenuto scarso (reclamo)

Non è la prima volta che senti musica rock provenire dall'appartamento del tuo vicino abbastanza tardi la sera. Vai a bussare alla sua porta ( aspetti il giorno dopo, telefoni) e dici:
.......................................... .................................................. ........... (Olshtain e Weinbach, 1993: 121)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Esempio 2: non strutturato, contenuto da formulare una richiesta.
Sono le 22.30. un mercoledì sera e hai un articolo da inviare per il giorno successivo. Stai provando a finire il lavoro e non riesci a concentrarti perché senti musica ad alto volume proveniente dalla stanza di un altro studente in fondo al corridoio. Decidi di chiederle di abbassare la musica. La musica è stata sentita a questo volume per mezz'ora in altre occasioni. Di tanto in tanto hai visto la studentessa in questione, Lucy nella tua residenza per studenti negli ultimi sei mesi. È una studentessa come te, ma non le hai mai parlato. Hai sentito altre persone nel dormitorio lamentarsi del volume della sua musica in diverse occasioni, anche se non l'hai mai sentita prima perché studi in biblioteca. Tuttavia, oggi la biblioteca è rimasta chiusa. Sei solo a metà strada e sai che il professore di questo corso è molto severo e non ti darà nessuna possibilità di rimandare l’invio del tuo articolo. Cosa dirai a Lucy? (Billmyer e Varghese, 2000: 523)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Esempio 3: strutturato, controreplica positiva, contenuto scarso (richiesta)
Un professore desidera che uno studente faccia una presentazione in classe una settimana prima del previsto. Cosa direbbe il professore in quella situazione? ............................................ .................................................. .................................... Studente: certo. A quel punto dovrei aver finito. (Rose, 1992: 61)


Esempio 4: strutturata, contrarietà negativa, contenuto scarso (richiesta)
Per il prossimo fine settimana stai organizzando una festa e uno dei tuoi amici è un ottimo cuoco. Vorresti che facesse il cibo per la festa. Tu: .................................... .................................................. ..........................

 Il tuo amico: mi dispiace, ma andrò via proprio il prossimo fine settimana (Johnston et al., 1998: 175)


 Esempio 5: strutturato, rapido, contenuto scarso (scuse)

Hai promesso di restituire un libro di testo al tuo compagno di classe entro un giorno o due, dopo aver fotocopiato un capitolo. Purtroppo hai tenuto il libro con te per quasi due settimane.
Compagno di classe: Sono davvero rimasto male per quel libro perché ne avevo bisogno per prepararmi per la lezione della scorsa settimana
Come rispondi
.................................................. ............................................ (Cohen, 1996: 390 )

 Esempio 6: strutturato, rapido, risposta multipla, contenuto scarso (scuse)
Hai organizzato un incontro con un amico per studiare insieme per un esame. Arrivi mezz'ora in ritardo per la riunione.
Amico (seccato): ti sto aspettando da almeno mezz'ora! Tu ..................... .................................................. ..........................................

..Amico: beh, ero qui ad aspettare. Avrei potuto fare qualcos'altro. Tu ......................................... .................................................. ....................

... Amico: comunque, è molto fastidioso. Prova a venire in orario la prossima volta. (Cohen 1996: 390)



role play website

https://www.eslflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/roommateagreement.pdf
 https://www.eslflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Jungle-Survivor-game-for-intermediate-ESL-students.pdf
intervista a persona famosi

https://eslflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Celebrity-interview-roleplay-2019.pdf

lost friend activity:
 https://eslflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Lost_person_roleplay.pdf
 https://eslflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Husband-wife-2-part-verb-request-role-play-2019.pdf

 https://eslflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Pictures-for-short-roleplays-in-random-business-everyday-situations-PDF.pdf

https://eslflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Hotel_reception_counter_conversation_worksheet_red2.pdf

https://eslflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Controversial_topics_worksheet_red.pdf
 https://eslflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Ordering_in_a_restaurant__red.pdf
http://www.waze.net/oea/
https://www.audioenglish.org/english-learning/type_roleplay.htm
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/a-shopping-role-play
https://www.audioenglish.org/english-learning/english_roleplay_air_travel_passport_control_2.htm



STEP 1  Have a list of jobs prepared. Mix in some unusual ones with the more pedestrian jobs.

           STEP 2 Write a job title on the whiteboard. Sometimes I choos  “BABYSITTER”. Brainstorm beneath this heading the”pros” of being a  babysitter. It is important to make the students realize that for this part of the activity they have no choice. They are only going to think about  the positive aspects of the job. You might lead the students into the
 activity by choosing one or more students and asking them questions to
 get them thinking:
                           “You are a babysitter, you like your job, why?”
                            “You work in a home. Why do you like it?”
                            “You like working with children, why?”
                       “You often work at night, what are the advantages of this?”
                              “It’s different from working in an office. How?”
            While you are asking the students questions like these start writing the  answers on the board in note form as below:
                                                Babysitter Pros
                                       You can watch TV
                                       It’s comfortable.
                                       Children are fun.
                                       Babysitters have free time during the day.
                                       No taxes.
                                       Food is usually free.
                                       No pressure.
                                       You can read books.
                                       Work in a friendly environment.
                                       No boss hanging over your shoulder.
            
            STEP 3 Group the students in pairs, give them an A4 sheet of paper and get them to choose a job and begin writing a list as you modeled on the board (see above).
            STEP 4 After a few minutes, rotate the lists around to give each pair  fresh brainstorming material. Push the students to think of new ideas as this will make for better and more lively debates in the next part of the   lesson.
            STEP 5 When the A4 sheets are just about full stop the students. Pick  up one of the “Job Pros Sheets” and introduce the notion of a debate if the students aren’t familiar with it.
            STEP 6 Select a pair of students and make sure they are aware they are supporting the job from the job pros sheet they are holding.
Supposing they are holding the “Chef”s Assistant Pros” sheet and you  (the teacher) are holding the “Babysitter Pros” sheet you might start the
 debate by saying:
 “Being a babysitter is better than being a chef’s assistant  because it’s easier work and you don’t have a boss watching you”.
            A student might reply:
  “But being a chef’s assistant is more useful  because you gain work experience and learn about food”.
            This TEACHER-STUDENT exchange (which can be carried on as long  as you like because both sides have plenty of firepower ready from the A4 sheets) usually kickstarts the debate proces .
            STEP 7 Put the students in opposing pairs and let them go. Rotate the sheets and jobs every so often to give the pairs new and fresh debating
 material. This debate activity is wonderful because all the students are
engaged all the time and the subject material (careers) is something
 most people have strong feelings about. Often classes can talk for 30- 60 minutes with the material they have created.

Discussion Topic: My New Home

Gerard Counihan
profesorSs [at] blabla.es

Activity A

Your students are going to buy a new home, get them to list off their priorities. For example, I got the following:
  • It must face South (Why?)
  • It must have a lot of natural light
  • It should have nice views/Nice location
  • It must be near the countryside
  • I prefer a house to a flat (Why?)
  • It must have amenities nearby (parks, mountains, culture centres, sports centres ...)
  • I want my privacy
  • I would not live in a tough area (Why not?)
  • My flat has to be in the city centre (Why?)
You can even give your students these comments and ask them to rate them in importance (for them).
You could also get them to debate the needs/priorities of single people as opposed to married couples with children, for example.
Tastes and priorities differ from country to country so the English might emphasise the importance of the house as an investment, while the Spanish could underline the necessity to have a comfortable home with a good kitchen, for example.

Activity B

  • Inside the house, the most important thing for me is ...
Some answers I got:
  • A balcony (Why?)
  • Two bathrooms! (If you have sisters ...)
  • A big TV
  • An enormous bed
  • A really comfortable sofa
  • Book shelves
  • Big kitchen
  • A fire place (Why?)
  • A big bath
  • Distribution of the house (the lay-out), ie having the bedroom far from the
  • kitchen or living room (Why?)
As always, anything they say must be supported by explanations/elaboration. No short answers. You could also mention the word "facilities" here, letting them see how it differs from "amenities".

Activity C

Name two or three amenities you consider essential for you. The most common answers I got were:
  • Sports centre
  • Public transport
  • Mountains
  • Open country
  • Shopping centre

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Checking into a Hotel

Topics/Conversational Moves
  • Opening/Greeting
    
    
  • Request Room
    
    
  • Specify Room Type and Number of Occupants
    
    
  • Length of Stay
    
    
  • Help with Luggage
    
    
  • Special Needs (wake up call, room service, laundry)
    
    
  • Sign the Register Book
    
    
  • Other Business (Can you think of anything else?)
    
    
  • Closing/Farewell 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

FAQ Mini-Roleplays (Practicing Present Simple)

  
 INTRO: This roleplay is a suitable activity for:
Elementary students- for present simple requests: “Where is..?”
“Could I ?” “How much?” etc.
Pre-Intermediate students- indirect requests with verb “to be”: “Do
you know where it is?” and “to do”: “Could you tell me how much it  costs?”
Intermediate students– requests using “if” and gerunds: “Is it Ok
  if?” “Would you mind if?” “Would it be OK if..?” “I wonder if I could? Would you mind telling me if? “I was wondering   if..?”
             STEP 1 

             Write the words Airline, Fair, Hospital, Ticket Counter, University, Mall, & Library in a list down the board. Ask the students to give a (local if possible) name to each place. For example:
                                             Airline……Japan Airlines
                                          University…….Bangkok University
                                     Ticket Counter……..Skytrain Ticket Counter etc.
             STEP 2 
             Select a student and ask them to choose one location and tell them they work at the the information counter and that you (the teacher) are a  customer requesting information. Suppose they choose the Skytrain Ticket Counter and you are teaching an elementary class you might  ask:
                            “When does the next train to downtown leave?”
                            “How much does a ticket cost?”
                            “Is there a train at 1AM?
                            Can I buy a drink on the platform?”
                            and so on..
                            Model a role play with the student.
             STEP 3 
             Ask pairs of students to select one location. Cross out the locations on   the board as They are selected. Tell the students to write down 5 requests they might at ask at the information counter of their chosen  location. Check their questions as they write.
             STEP 4 
             Finally, for the role play, ask one student from each pair to stand up with the questions. Tell them to walk around the room and talk to the seated  students. For example:
 STUDENT A (standing): You are the Bangkok University Information Assistant
STUDENT B (seated): OK.
 STUDENT A (standing): Excuse me, when does the next term begin?
STUDENT B (seated): : It begins on….
STUDENT A (standing): And can I register late?
STUDENT B (seated):Well,..
             STEP 5
             After the standing students have roleplayed with a number of students   tell them to sit down and get the sitting students to stand and be the   customers.

La lingua della politica

L'identità nelle parole del potere

L'uso di identità per un " insieme di caratteri che contraddistingue un gruppo di individui" è tardo-ottocentesco; ancora più giovane l'aggettivo " identitario" che ha arricchito il vocabolario dell'appartenenza rinfoltito nel lessico politico recente. Sebbene l'identità politica degli italiani in senso moderno nasca nel settecento dopo la stagione rivoluzionaria francese e inglese.
Un embrione di vocabolario politico era già vivo in Dante e Petrarca con le prime riflessioni sulla frammentazione regionale o municipale del paese.
Nella fase prerivoluzionaria, l'italiano "dei giorni di festa" sarà affidato l'espressione della nascente consapevolezza sociopolitica unitaria.
Origini e maturazione dell'identità politica italiana dai giacobini all'Unità. La riflessione illuministica ha permeato tutto il linguaggio politico moderno anche grazie al contributo di nuove scienze come il diritto e l'economia. Il concetto di nazione avrà bisogno del decisivo contributo del romanticismo. In Machiavelli e Guicciardini si predilige il termine provincia data l'assenza dell'aggettivo nazionale in questi due autori. La scoperta della nazione in Italia si ricollega al senso di individualità morale, culturale, linguistica presenti nel settecento. Negli anni rivoluzionari, i giacobini usano l'espressione combattere da italiani per dire combattere da eroi e in seguito nell'ottocento compariranno le locuzioni come sentimento nazionale, carattere, spirito, orgoglio nazionale e s'impone il concetto di nazionalità. Allo stesso tempo viene investita di nuova carica semantica la parola " patria" con i suoi patriotti e patriota inteso come amante della patria. In quel periodo rivoluzionario maturano l'opposizione civiltà\barbarie e il nuovo senso politico di civile o società civile contrapposta alla società politica come sinonimo di Stato.

Letter from a young nurse to Roberto Saviano during the quarantined coronavirus period

" Dear Roberto Saviano, why do you necessarily seek a culprit?"


This analysis starts from a reply letter to the writer Saviano from a nurse sent to the Italian newspaper "La Repubblica" during the period of the coronavirus crisis in Italy. The arguments put forward by the nurse presuppose the acceptance of this pandemic and this health catastrophe as a fact to be absorbed in the light of a cultural dimension of "weak avoidance of uncertainty" in which one accepts the uncertainty of life as it comes without seeking guilt in others. In Saviano's article, regarding Lombardy's regional health, finding the culprit means adhering to a cultural dimension of "strong avoidance of uncertainty" because this catastrophe must be experienced as an unbearable threat to the positive collective face of Italians and Lombards particularly.

For Saviano, finding the blame and the culprit means having the need for clarity and structuring one's own reality to create the cultural conditions for a possible future in Italy.

The nurse's letter begins with a presentation of her person as a "24-year-old nurse who was transferred to a covid department set up in a hurry in the private company where she work.".
 In this short paragraph of presentation of itself we can find very high costs for the collective face of its territory, namely Lombardia. In fact, the nurse who writes is a young person and therefore a person with little experience within the regional health system, later she says that she was "transferred quickly" and therefore with little knowledge of the new department. These words represent indeed very high costs for the positive face of the Lombard private health company as an institution of "excellence" of public-private healthcare in Lombardy. The private health company affiliated with the national health system represents an Italian specificity in all the regions and especially in Lombardy.

The nurse's letter continues with the story of a chat with a 50-year-old patient who tells her personal story. This discursive strategy by the nurse is aimed at seeking the emotions and empathy of the readers of the letter, certainly not to offer a precise and qualified response to the accusations made by Saviano. In fact, to the patient's words, the nurse says to respond moved, that is, showing that she is fully empathic and this allows her to significantly enhance her positive face within the "individualism" cultural dimension frame. In other words, the accusation made by Saviano moves on the level of the health "system" and therefore in the light of a "conscientious / unconscious" of the regional health system in terms of a "collectivism" cultural dimension. The nurse's reply from a "individual" prospective, putting forward her private experience by responding to the light of an "individualism" cultural logic with her "conscientious" self. The nurse's words to the patient are as follows: "surely this experience will take you for the rest of your life".

Ultimately, his answer is strikingly obvious, showing that he is part of the "restrained" cultural dimension because this experience pushes people to be unwilling to remember positive emotions. The patient's response will be expressed in this way:

"yes it has changed me profoundly and in my opinion it will change everyone"

With these words, the patient's response is placed within a cultural dimension of a "long-term temporal orientation" because people change according to the events of life. At the same time, his statement falls within a "collectivism" dimension because "a conscientious us" is emphasized as well as the possibility of joining an enlarged context with the hope of obtaining protection in exchange for loyalty to the " Lombard" territory. The nurse replies stating: "I sincerely hope so, because if not even a pandemic changes we are in bad shape".

The nurse's hope is to see this transition from a cultural dimension with a "short-term temporal orientation" in which people are always equal to themselves while such an event as the pandemic should push people to join a cultural dimension with a "long-term temporal orientation" because people must change in the light of new circumstances, demonstrating that the most important facts for themselves and their country must happen in the future. If this change does not happen then this means that we are deeply linked to this "short-term" cultural dimension that always pushes us to live with this feeling of abandonment because things do not depend on us as a typical trait of the "constrained" culture in Italy. 
Afterward, the nurse's letter continues with a description of this period in this terms:

"It has been a difficult month, new environment, new colleagues, new patient typology, isolation so as not to infect the family, away from affections, messy habits, sadness, bewilderment. Go to the work every day and see many patient lonely and sick, scared people and tired of breathing it marked me a lot "

The list proposed by the nurse continues to constitute a form of threat to the positive face of Lombardy's health care because the girl lists the difficulties of her job by citing "new environment, new colleagues and new patients typology", all of which are elements of "novelty" that fall within the dimension of disorganization and therefore are typical behaviours of organization that lives in harmony with a cultural dimension of "weak avoidance of uncertainty" with strong tolerance, comfort with chaos, ambiguity and with little consideration for the well-being of healthcare personnel. This is possible because basically health workers (nurses) are perceived as incompetent by the health system as they are only "there" because they need a job.
A new environment can be understood as a place where the "individualism" cultural dimension is increased because everyone must take care of themselves and others are considered as individuals and not as an "in-group" since it takes time to build this "feeling "of belonging. These elements of "novelty" necessarily push the nurse to adhere to a "restrained" cultural dimension because the feeling of abandonment becomes prevalent and a person lives with little propensity in remembering positive emotions in this kind of situation. This pandemic period has greatly pushed the nurse into the "restrained" cultural dimension. This pandemic was experienced by many patients within the cultural framework of the "individualism" type because the disease was experienced with a "conscientious self" and with the maintenance of the right to privacy due to the absence of family visits or friends.

It is interesting to note that in this period an entire nation embraced the slogan "everything will be fine" constituted in terms of analysis of the speech by a third person to the future with a typical impersonal value to represent an element of "de-responsibility "by the main actors involved in the management of the health crisis. This slogan in the Italian language highlights a cultural tendency for a "weak avoidance of uncertainty" by the institutions (in this case Media), which accept with little stress to live in the ambiguity and chaos generated by the new critical situation. On the contrary, the individual reactions of people in their daily life are usually located in the cultural dimension of "strong avoidance of uncertainty" as in the case of Saviano who does not agree to live within this dimension of "weak avoidance of uncertainty" imposed by institutions (the media above all).
 The real meaning of "everything will be fine" in media terms can be understood as a form of accentuation of the heroism of doctors and nurses, creating a feeling of fear with the use of the number of patients without providing any contextualization element. On the contrary, If we talk about "everything will be fine" from the point of view of the cultural dimension of "strong avoidance of uncertainty" it means first of all talking about the collapse of the public-private model of Lombard health care, it means talking about tests, tampons, imposing masks in the social space in order to anticipate the end of confinement, have a greater number of intensive care beds and also think of a national strategy to distribute medicinal products in pharmacies that can help to protect against the virus.

Instead, all these elements of context analysis that came out of the pandemic are not answered in the words of an insider such as the nurse. The response offered by the nurse is linked to the value of sacrifice, waiting, mercy and charity. From this list offered by the nurse we can easily see a purely "religious" roots for this person who believes as a response to the pandemic in the values ​​of "sacrifice" understood as a cultural dimension with a "strong avoidance of uncertainty" because little consideration is given to your own well-being. In addition, the nurse offers us to adhere to a "short-term orientation" because there are universal lines regarding what is good or bad in situations, where being at the service of others is important and there are imperatives that move our lives.

In addition, sacrifice is largely part of the "restrained" cultural dimension because one does not live inclined to remember positive emotions when adhering to this value.

The value of waiting is instead linked to the cultural dimension of a "long-term orientation" because a good person adapts according to the circumstances, with a greater aptitude for perseverance.
Waiting allows a feeling of control over one's life linked to the total absence of the "satisfied" cultural dimension in one's private life. Mercy and charity are values ​​linked to the "collectivism" type dimension in which people live in adherence with a parameter of the "we conscientious", with a feeling of belonging and where relationships are more important than tasks. Mercy and charity as christian values ​​can create a society with "low social distance", but also a "long-term temporal orientation" because individual life is linked by shared tasks within society. For the nurse, Saviano's article leaves you speechless because of its background of sadness and controversy. In other words, the categories used by the nurse are astonishment or "being without words", that is to say being in harmony with a cultural dimension with a "strong avoidance of uncertainty" because I am intolerant towards people and ideas divergent while his feeling of sadness falls within the "restrained" cultural dimension because it is difficult to be happy when one is unwilling to remember positive emotions. The difficulties linked to the Covid 19 crisis must be addressed mainly within the "individualism" dimension and above all in light of a "restrained" cultural dimension for the nurse while Saviano's article puts all Lombard health care in question as an approach linked to cultural adherence to the "collectivism" model and with a "strong avoidance of uncertainty" cultural dimension.

In her letter, the nurse speaks only "for herself" showing all her inability to understand that she is part of a much larger structure than she is, as the Lombardy regional health system can be.

The nurse feels the need to questioning her "annoyance" understood as a small form of intolerance towards divergent ideas as an element to be seen as adherence to a cultural dimension with a "strong avoidance of uncertainty". For the nurse, the contradiction lies in the difference between the position of the Italian collective face summarized in the slogan "everything will be fine" as a way to talk about the future while Saviano's position for the nurse about the future is controversial, with sentences for those who have made mistakes, anger and sadness.

  From our approach, Saviano intent is to get out of a cultural dimension of "weak avoidance of uncertainty" as a trademark of the "media" to seek blame as the real goal of the journalist who does not want to be distracted by the rhetoric of "everything will be fine" . Saviano needs clarity in order to be able to adhere to the future and these elements are not present in the management of the health crisis nowadays. This absence of data pushes necessarily into the "constrained" dimension where it becomes difficult to remember positive moments in the enlarged Italian context and in particular when thinking about the model of health care in Lombardy, which has shown very big limits in the management of crisis becoming a threat to the collective positive face of Italians as a whole.

For the nurse, this period of severe deprivation understood as adherence to the "restrained"cultural dimension where you are left to yourself cannot fail to have brought about changes in the way Italians feel. For her, this "constrained" dimension should give rise to a renewed interest in the "collectivism" cultural dimension and also for a "long-term temporal orientation".

In his writing it seems clear how Saviano remains for the nurse linked to the dimension of "strong avoidance of uncertainty" as a way to face and live the future. While unwilling to pay costs for his negative face with an ex officio defense of the guilty, the nurse's behaviour pushes for indulgence in the face of mistakes made in order to build the future for the country.
This solution entails a strong cultural dimension of "weak avoidance of uncertainty and a "long-term orientation" by the nurse but they are based on weak and inconsistent bases to see the light in a context such as that of Lombard and Italian public-private health. The request for a new look represents the nurse's final exhortation from which to start again in terms of cultural dimensions useful for a country that does not intend to build the future by unfairly flying over the responsibilities of others.

Webgraphy:

 https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2020/04/20/news/la_lettera_di_una_giovane_infermiera_caro_roberto_saviano_perche_cerchi_per_forza_un_colpevole_-254482551/

mercredi 27 mai 2020

SITI UTILI PER STUDENTI DI INGEGNERIA DI LINGUA ITALIANA

tecnologia

https://www.hwupgrade.it/

amanti di automobile:
https://www.quattroruote.it/

le scienze
http://www.saperescienza.it/

progettazione elettronica

https://www.elettronicain.it/

le scienze
https://www.lescienze.it/

https://www.raiplayradio.it/programmi/gettonidiscienza

https://it-it.facebook.com/radio3scienza/


role play comparativi

 Sample 1(Role play: learners’ assuming own identities)This is the first week of school.Please introduce yourself to your fellow classmates and teachers in class.You are talking to them and you could talk about your name, what do you like, where are you from and your home country/town.Learners’ role (who & whom): students, (teacher as moderator)Venue (where): classroomContent (what to talkabout): about oneself, family, home town/country, hobbies 



Sample 2(Role play: learners’ assumingown identities)You invite your friends to visit you.Some of them arrived but some of them cannot find the way to your apartment.Some of them call you and please tell them how to go to your place.Learners’ role (who & whom): students, friends, (teacher as observer)Venue (where): on the street, at homeContent (what to talkabout): telling the location


 Sample 3 (Role play assuming fictitious roles)You are a medical doctor in a clinic.With the help of your nurse, you are handling a few pa-tients, who suffer from flu, diarrhea and headache.Learners’ role (who & whom): medical doctor, nurse, patientsVenue (where): in a clinicContent (what to talkabout): medical consultation 

Sample 4(Role play assuming fictitious role)You are taking a taxi and seeing that the taxi driver is going to different direction.You suspect that the taxi driver tries to charge you more money by taking a longer route.You talk with the taxi driver.The taxi driver explains that he does not know the way.At the same time, some po-licemen walk pass and you ask the police to help. Learners’ role (who & whom): student, taxi driver, policeVenue (where): on the streetContent (what to talkabout): talking about the taxi route and complain about the taxi driver

 Scenario: Students 1 & 2 both are not feeling well. They go to a nearby hospital to see the doctor. The nurse (played by Student 3) greets them. After waiting for a while they can see the doctor (played by Student 4) and tell the doctor about their situations.


Lesson topic: Complaining in a taxi Scenario: Student 1 is taking a taxi and finds out that the taxi driver is not taking a direct route to the place he/she wants to go but is taking a longer route. Student 1 is complaining to the taxi driver (played by Student 2) and finally a police officer (played by Student 3) comes and handles the issue.  





Situation 1: Your classmate always comes late to group meetings and is not helping at all with your group’s presentation. Complain to that classmate. 

Situation 2: Your son was supposed to clean his room and take out the trash. He has not done either of these chores. Complain to your son. 

Situation 3:Your supervisor has been giving you a lot of extra work and projects, but your coworkers are not busy. Complain to your supervisor. 


situation

You have to phone a friend to invite him/her to your birthday party 


You have forgotten which page you must read for homework and so have to phone a classmate and ask them 

Your friend has fallen from their bike, you must ring their mother to explain what happened



------------------------------------------------------------------------

Part 1. Imagine your neighbor is having a loud party, and it is getting late. You need to sleep and wake up early tomorrow. How would you complain to your neighbor? In English, there are four basic steps for complaining, as shown in this example:Step 1. Greeting: “Hi, I’m your next-door neighbor.”Step 2. Complaint: “It’s pretty loud.”Step 3. Explanation: “I have to work tomorrow.”Step 4. Request: “And I was wondering if you could, maybe, tone it down just a little and not be quite so loud.”Part 2. Now imagine that you want to complain to a server at a restaurant. Can you put the following phrases in order to make a complaint?“Can you take it back?” “I don’t think you have the right order for me.”“Um, excuse me.” “I’m a vegetarian, but you brought me a hamburger.”Step 1. Greeting:____________________________________________________Step 2. Complaint:___________________________________________________Step 3. Explanation:__________________________________________________Step 4. Request:_____________________________________________________ 

Part 3. Now make your own complaint. Imagine that your classmate always comes late to group meetings and is not helping at all with your group’s presentation. Complain to that classmate.Step 1. Greeting:____________________________________________________Step 2. Complaint:___________________________________________________Step 3. Explanation: __________________________________________________ Step 4. Request:_


-----------------------------------

Discourse Completion TaskInstructions: Your classmate always comes late to group meetings and is not helping at all with your group’s presentation. Complain to that classmate and answer his question:You: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Classmate: Are you serious? I think I have done quite a lot. Do the other members of the group agree with you?You: 




---------------------------------------------

Situation Your next-door neighbor is having a loud party.ComplaintMusic too loudRequestTurn it down

 You are a teacher, and your student always comes late to class.ComplaintLate to class RequestArrive on timeYou are at a restaurant, and the server brought the wrong order.ComplaintOrdered tea, not coffee RequestA cup of tea

 You are a student, and you think you should have gotten a higher grade on your last English presentation. Complaint Low grade on presentation Request Explain why the grade is so low

---------------------------------------

Situation: You have an appointment with Professor Morgan Brown today to ask for arecommendation letter for a scholarship for international students from your department.Your professor is meeting with you outside of his/her office hours since you have a class at thattime. Now youre about to visit your professor. You just enter the professorsoffice.For undergraduate participants: This professor teaches Economy 101 that youre takingthis semester.For graduate participants: This professor is one of the faculty members in your depart-ment. Although he/she is not your advisor, youve known this professor for about one yearand youre currently taking a course from this professor.Task: You will receive role-play cards that describe what youre going to tell yourprofessor. Please have a conversation with your professor naturally


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Roleplay card for examinee (Jessie)1. After a greeting,ask for a recommendation letterfor the department scholarshipthat you will apply for. The letter is due in one week.2. Respond to what the professor says andtell the professor that you will check withyour department office.3. Inform the professor of two options for providing the letter,by hardcopy or electro-nic submissionthrough a website.Ask for the professors preference.Roleplay card for interlocutor (Professor)(1R) Respond to the request. Inform the student that you will write the letter and askwhen the due date is, if the student doesnt tell you. Inform the student that you have aconference next week and youre leaving tonight. Tell him/her that you will do your bestto submit the letter by the deadline, but ask the student if the letter can be submitted abit late.(3R) Prefer an electronic submission as you will be traveling

-----------------------------------------------------------

Role Play 1Role AYou are a manager at ABC Company. You will be interviewing someone for a position at the company. Ask this person 5 10 relevant and pragmatically appropriate interview questions 

Role BYou are at a job interview for a position that you are qualified for and would really like to obtain. Answer the interviewer’s questions using pragmatically appropriate language.


 Role Play 2Role AYou have been working in your job for 6months now. Your mother in your home country is ill. You need to ask your supervisor for time off work so you can go home to arrange for her to be looked after. 

Role B You are a supervisor of a team of six people. One of your employees asks for time off to go home and make arrangements for his/her sick mother to be taken care of. You need to make sure that the employee finishes any current projects and arranges for someone to cover while he/she is gone.

  
Role A You are working in your profession in which you have been trained. You have received a document, such as an invoice or something relevant to your job, for something you believe has not been delivered or work that has not been done. You need to call the other company and enquire about the situation.



Role BYou receive a phone call from a client who is enquiring about an invoice your company has sent. You will need to ask the client some questions about the document and then tell him/her that you will check and get back tohim/her