Teaching GuideTerm
Faculty of Philology
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Grao en Inglés: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios
 Subjects
  Variedades do Inglés
   Assessment
Methodologies Description Qualification
Oral presentation You will have to do a PROJECT or oral PRESENTATION in groups between 3 and 10 people. It will consist of presenting a text--a fragment from a movie or a TV series, an interview, a comic sketch, etc--in an English variety which is considered non-standard. While presenting, students will not be allowed to read from any kind of notes. You will have to both RECORD and UPLOAD the presentation, as well as email me the SCRIPT (both in Word and PDF formats); the details and deadline will be provided in class. Finally, you will learn a non-standard English variety while you work together and, hopefully, have some fun. 15
Workshop The workshops (or "practical classes") will take place in the computer room. We will read, listen to, and analyze texts in different varieties of English. Many of these texts will be audiovisual. We might also correct assignments from previous days. I will create a FORUM on MOODLE and students will have to post their analyses and comments there; your grades in this section will depend upon the information you post on this forum. 15
Workbook In every "theory class," apart from the teacher's LECTURE, there will be a DEBATE about the READING/S of the week; at the beginning of the semester, I will leave the READER at the photocopy shop. Although the readings are mainly on language and literature, I will also provide you with information on the history, culture, geography, and other details corresponding to the places where each English variety is spoken.

Students' spontaneous participation will be graded independently from the kind of oral participation which shows that you actually did the readings. Hence, SPONTANEOUS participation is worth 5% and READING-DERIVED participation 15% of the total of this section.

You are required to do a thorough reading of each assigned text, which implies that you take some notes. You must come to class ready to ask questions and give your opinion during the lecture and discussion. I will assess most of your readings orally; however, if it were necessary, I can also ask you to take a written test.
 20
Supervised projects You will have to write TWO individual PAPERS in MLA style (between 500 and 750 words EACH ONE). Once I have corrected the first one, you will have to rewrite and return it to me again. If you don't submit the rewritten version, I will not give you a grade. The second paper will only be submitted once; however, you will have to take into account the suggestions I gave you the first time. The FIRST PAPER is worth 20% and the SECOND ONE 30% of the total of this section. Although the "topics" of the papers are free, the structure must be the following:

-Title
-Introduction
-Thesis Statement
-Body
-Conclusion
-Works Cited
-Appendix

The list of Works Cited will have to include (at least):
-one book chapter,
-one academic article accessed through the JSTOR database from our library website

The rest of the guidelines will be provided in class.
 50
 
Assessment comments

-Together with
class attendance (see below), the workshops, readings, papers, and oral
presentation are MANDATORY. So that I can work out your final mark, you will
need to be graded with at least a 4 in the aforementioned activities. To pass
the course, your final grade must be equal to or higher than 5.

-You are allowed
to miss only 4 classes. Missing 5 or more classes will imply failing the first
opportunity and accessing the July opportunity. Note that I am using a
continuous assessment method; this means, you need to continuously attend
classes for me to be possible to assess you.

-EXTRA:
Students are encouraged to obtain extra points in TWO ways: (1) DOING
AN INDIVIDUAL 10-MIN. IN-CLASS PRESENTATION: you can present on any
non-standard variety any time during the semester; you will need to notify me
one week in advance. (2) DOING A GROUP PRESENTATION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN
DECEMBER: this activity is similar to staging a theater play in a non-standard
English variety; I offer my help with your rehearsals. Participating in
either of these ways can suppose up to an extra 10% which will
be added to your final grade. 

-In case of workers'
strike, if it were necessary, the teacher will provide the students with
didactic material through Moodle. In case of students' strike, the teacher
could ask the students to submit an assignment equivalent to the classwork.
 

-Repeat students
(repetidores/as), who have schedule conflicts, must contact me at the
beginning of the semester. Then, I will assign them specific exercises and
tasks (e.g. presentation) which they will need to submit according to a
calendar I will create for them. If they fail to do the assignments on time,
they will have to take the July opportunity (oportunidad de julio).

-Students must
submit the assignments on the agreed-upon dates. Short delays will imply a
discount of 25% from the grade of that task. Long delays will need to be
officially justified (e.g. with a doctor's note), otherwise the assignments
will not be accepted.

 -A paper
showing traces of plagiarism will be graded with a 0.

-There will be NO
EXAMS either in January or in July. The students taking the oportunidad
de julio (July opportunity) will be assigned the following tasks:
(readings: 20%) 200/220-word critical reviews of several of the class readings,
(workshop: 15%) gathering of materials--e.g. articles, stories, video clips,
songs, etc--which are specifically related to the English varieties studied in
class, two papers (50%), and an individual oral presentation (15%). The rest of
details and dates will be announced on the Moodle platform in due time.

-Either in
January or July, the students who do not fulfill 50% of the requirements will
be graded as Non presentados/as (Did Not Sit).

-Those
who are officially registered as part-time students, and have been granted
permission not to attend classes, as stipulated in the regulations of this
University, will be assessed in either of the opportunities according to the
same criteria specified for the second opportunity.
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