Active participation in class: 10 %

Course work (oral / written): 70 %

Mindmap: 20 %

REMARKS

In view of the character semi-presencial of
the title attendance is obligatory, except dispensation requested in time and
form and granted by the Academic Committee and always respecting the
regulations class attendance of three universities participating in the Masters’s
degree, as well as the assessment guidelines overtly manifested in the teaching
guides of the different courses, and without prejudice of the consequences that
absence to certain meetings could have on the student’s final assessment.

Those granted with the academic dispensation,
and as the Regulation of permanency of the university establishes, will be
evaluated according to the criteria applicable to the July opportunity.

Those who do not carry out the supervised work , or have
not done work equal or superior to 50 % of the rest of the categories in the
assessment scheme, will be qualified as Not presented.

The one who does not pass in the first opportunity will
have the possibility of passing in the July opportunity in which every student
will have to demonstrate to have acquired the course skills by means of writing
a supervised paper of the same percentage value and nature as in the first
opportunity, and some previously agreed exercises that could replace the rest
of the activities.

DEMONSTRATION OF THE FOUR SKILLS IN ENGLISH IS COMPULSORY. THE COURSE
MIGHT BE FAILED IF C1 LEVEL OF ENGLISH (CEFRL) IS NOT SHOWN THROUGH COURSE
WORK.

Learning outcomes	Study programme competences
The subject aims to give students a grounding in breadth and depth in Linguistics, by exploring the central features of some of the principal theoretical frameworks, their methodologies, contested areas and uncontested results, as also their application to English.	AR1 AR2	BR1 BR2 BR4 BR5 BR6 BR7 BR8 BR9 BR10 BR11 BR12 BR13 BR14 BR15
	AR1 AR2

Topic	Sub-topic
1. Preliminaries
2. Formal theoretical frameworks
3. Functional, cognitive and construction grammar models.

Methodologies / tests	Competencies	Ordinary class hours	Student’s personal work hours	Total hours
Workbook	A1 A2	0	25	25
Directed discussion	B2 B6 B9 B11	7	4	11
Introductory activities	B10	3	3	6
ICT practicals	B5 B8 B14	0	15	15
Collaborative learning	B1 B4 B7 B12 B13	3	2	5
Mind mapping	B15	1	5	6

Personalized attention		7	0	7

(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies	Description
Workbook	Students will read some basic articles that will allow them to carry out all the required tasks.
Directed discussion	Studants will be asked general questions to raise discussions in class. They will have to ground their arguments both in their readings and in the explanations provided in the lectures.
Introductory activities	Basing on their readings and lectures students will have to answer some brief, general questions in class. Their participation will be taken into account for the final assessment.
ICT practicals	Quizzes, reviews and other activities that will be uploaded to the UDC teaching plataform.
Collaborative learning	Students will prepare presentations about particular aspects of each unit . Such presentations will be carried out in groups.
Mind mapping	All along the course students will build a mind map using an electronic tool. Such mind map will be handed in to the teacher as a PDF file at the end.

Methodologies	Competencies	Description	Qualification
Mind mapping	B15	Deseño gráfico dos conceptos máis importantes e a súa vinculación.	20
Directed discussion	B2 B6 B9 B11	Debates na aula e resposta a preguntas sobre aspectos concretos da materia.	10
ICT practicals	B5 B8 B14	Course assigments (both oral and written)	70

Assessment comments
Active participation in class: 10 % Course work (oral / written): 70 % Mindmap: 20 % REMARKS In view of the character semi-presencial of the title attendance is obligatory, except dispensation requested in time and form and granted by the Academic Committee and always respecting the regulations class attendance of three universities participating in the Masters’s degree, as well as the assessment guidelines overtly manifested in the teaching guides of the different courses, and without prejudice of the consequences that absence to certain meetings could have on the student’s final assessment. Those granted with the academic dispensation, and as the Regulation of permanency of the university establishes, will be evaluated according to the criteria applicable to the July opportunity. Those who do not carry out the supervised work , or have not done work equal or superior to 50 % of the rest of the categories in the assessment scheme, will be qualified as Not presented. The one who does not pass in the first opportunity will have the possibility of passing in the July opportunity in which every student will have to demonstrate to have acquired the course skills by means of writing a supervised paper of the same percentage value and nature as in the first opportunity, and some previously agreed exercises that could replace the rest of the activities. DEMONSTRATION OF THE FOUR SKILLS IN ENGLISH IS COMPULSORY. THE COURSE MIGHT BE FAILED IF C1 LEVEL OF ENGLISH (CEFRL) IS NOT SHOWN THROUGH COURSE WORK.

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