Identifying Data 2015/16
Subject (*) Cuestións de Lingua Inglesa Code 613G03031
Study programme
Grao en Inglés: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Graduate 2nd four-month period
Third Optativa 4.5
Language
English
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Filoloxía Inglesa
Coordinador
Soto Vazquez, Adolfo Luis
E-mail
luis.soto@udc.es
Lecturers
Soto Vazquez, Adolfo Luis
E-mail
luis.soto@udc.es
Web
General description A lingua inglesa está en ebullición constante a traverso do tempo. Novas palabras incorpóranse ao vocabulario pra referirse a novas cousas ou conceptos, otras palabras desaparecen.

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
A1 Coñecer e aplicar os métodos e as técnicas de análise lingüística e literaria.
A3 Coñecer as correntes teóricas da lingüística e da ciencia literaria.
A6 Ter un dominio instrumental avanzado oral e escrito da lingua inglesa.
A11 Ter capacidade para avaliar, analizar e sintetizar criticamente información especializada.
A17 Coñecer a historia e a cultura das comunidades anglófonas.
A18 Dominar a gramática da lingua inglesa.
A19 Coñecer a situación sociolingüística da lingua inglesa.
A20 Coñecer a variación lingüística da lingua inglesa.
A21 Coñecer a evolución histórica externa e interna da lingua inglesa.
B1 Utilizar os recursos bibliográficos, as bases de datos e as ferramentas de busca de información.
B2 Manexar ferramentas, programas e aplicacións informáticas específicas.
B3 Adquirir capacidade de autoformación.
B5 Relacionar os coñecementos cos doutras áreas e disciplinas.
B6 Ter capacidade de organizar o traballo, planificar e xestionar o tempo e resolver problemas de forma efectiva.
B7 Ter capacidade de análise e síntese, de valorar criticamente o coñecemento e de exercer o pensamento crítico.
B8 Apreciar a diversidade.
B9 Valorar a importancia que ten a investigación, a innovación e o desenvolvemento tecnolóxico no avance socioeconómico e cultural da sociedade.

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
To know the English language is in a continuous state of variation across time. New words are needed in the vocabulary to refer to new things or concepts, while other words are dropped. A20
B1
B2
Utilizar os recursos bibliográficos, as bases de datos e as ferramentas de busca de información. B1
Manexar ferramentas, programas e aplicacións informáticas específicas. B2
Coñecer e aplicar os métodos e as técnicas de análise ingüística e literaria A1
Coñecer as correntes teóricas da lingüística e da ciencia literaria A3
Ter un dominio instrumental avanzado oral e escrito da lingua inglesa. A6
Ter capacidade para avaliar, abnalizar e sintetizar críticamente información especializada. A11
Coñecer a historia e a cultura das comunidades anglófonas. A17
Dominar a gramática da lingua inglesa. A18
Coñecer a situación solciolingüística da lingua inglesa. A19
Coñecer a evolución histórica externa e interna da lingua inglesa. A21
Adquirir capacidade de autoinformación. B3
Relacionar os coñecementos cos doutras áreas e disciplinas B5
Ter capacidade de organizar o traballo, planificar e xestionar o tempo e resolver problemas de forma efectiva. B6
Ter capacidade de análise e síntese, de valorar críticamente e de coñecemento e de exercer o pensamente crítico. B7
Apreciar a diversidade. B8
Valorar a importancia que ten a investigación, a innovación e o desenvolvemento tecnolóxico no avance socioeconómico e cultural da sociedade. B9

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
English as a World Language
Foreign Influences on Old English
Middle English Lexicon
The Renaissance (1500-1650)
English as an official language
The contact of English with other languages
Old English Lexicon:Loanwords and Formation of new words.
Middle English Lexicon: Loanwords and Formation of new words.
Defense of borrowing.
The method of introducing the new words

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies Ordinary class hours Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Objective test A20 2 10 12
Supervised projects A1 A3 A11 B3 B5 B6 B7 2 37.5 39.5
Oral presentation A6 A18 4 10 14
Guest lecture / keynote speech A19 A21 B1 B8 B9 16 0 16
Case study A17 B2 7 20 27
 
Personalized attention 4 0 4
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Objective test
Questions chosen from the primary texts
Supervised projects Writing of essays in English in response to reading of primary texts
Oral presentation Oral presentation of the writing essays in class
Guest lecture / keynote speech Teacher-guided discussion and debate of primary texts and their problems.
Case study Critical reading and analysis of primary texts in class.

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Oral presentation
Case study
Objective test
Supervised projects
Description
Questions chosen from the primary texts

Teacher-guided discussion and debate of primary texts and their problems

Writing of two essays in Englisg in response to reading of primary texts

Oral presentation of the writing essays in class.
Class participation in discussion of texts with short written exercices.


Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Oral presentation A6 A18 Oral presentation of the two writing essays in class 5
Case study A17 B2 Critical reading and analysis of primary texts in class 30
Objective test A20 Questions chosen from the primary texts 25
Supervised projects A1 A3 A11 B3 B5 B6 B7 Writing of two essays in English in response to reading of primary texts 40
 
Assessment comments

Class discussion of texts with short written exercices will be worth  30%  of your final grade.

The first essay, 500 words, will be worth 15 per cent of your final grade, while the 2nd essay, 900 words, willbe worth 25%.Oral presentation of the two writing essays will be worth 5% of your final grade.

All evaluated work mus score at least 4/10. You must do at least 50% of the work required to be elegible for a final grade

A final exam, objective test, covering all course work. This will be 25% of your final grade.

If you fail to pass either the final exam, the sort wrtten exercise,  your essays or your oral pesentation these parts must be repeated in the July exam period.

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


Sources of information
Basic Baugh, A and Cable, T. (2008). A History of the English language. London: Routledge
Hogg, R.M. et al. (1992). The Cambridge History of the English language. Cambridge:CUP
Scragg, D. (1974). The History of english Spelling. Manchester: Manchester UP.
Ramat, G. and Ramat, P. (eds) (1998). The Indo-European Languages. London: Routledge

Complementary


Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

Subjects that continue the syllabus

Other comments


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.