-To compute the final grade which will be awarded to the exam, students must have passed most of the activities of the subject. If they fail the course, all activities not done, as well as the final exam, must be recovered in July.

There is a minimum mark per part: 1.1 out of 3 and 1.6 out of 4.

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.

Students who do not sit their tests in January or July will be scored "No presentado", if more than 50% of activities during the course are not submitted, they will be scored "suspenso"

-Assignments should be submitted in a timely manner to avoid being automatically disqualified.

In case of plagiarism (i.e. copying) in the written work or workshop exercises, oral presentation, or mixed test, students will be automatically graded as "suspenso". Work may be tested through Turnitin in order to detect
wrong citations, plagiarism or any other type of fraud. Should this occur, the
rules for plagiarism will be applied. (Normas
de avaliación, revisión e reclamación das cualificacións dos estudos de grao e
mestrado universitario). Turnitin recognises papers previously
turned in by other people (or the student him/herself) at this university or
other universities, as well as other material found on Internet.

-The only language used in class work and examinations will be English.

-Students are required to present linguistically accurate work (including correct spelling, punctuation, etc.) appropriate to their level of studies. Failure to do so will bring penalization.

Students who have not attended classes regularly and sit only the July opportunity, will be assessed in the following way:

An essay (50%) and an exam (50%). Only the exams and essays SCORED 5 /10 or above will be considered PASSED.

Learning outcomes	Study programme competences
Linguistic features of academic writing	A8 A11 A18 A19	B1 B6 B8	C2
Know how to write an abstract	A18	B7	C2
How to write an introduction to an academic paper	A6 A10 A18	B1 B3 B6 B10	C2
How to describe materials and methods	A6 A18	B4	C2
How to present results in a paper	A6 A18	B3 B10	C7
How to express your view in a academic paper	A6 A18	B7	C7
How to write conclusions from data in an academic environment	A6 A18		C7 C8
How a write reports	A6 A9 A18 A20	B3	C8

Topic	Sub-topic
Textual varieties	Informative / creative Fomal / informal Br & Am English
Form and content.	Organization of discourse. Paragraphs.
Linguistic features of academic writing	Challenges these features present to comprehension and composition of science texts
Elements of an academic paper & posters	Abstracts Introduction Title Materials and methods Presenting and discussing results Expressing Opinion and Integrating Evidence in Academic Writing Writing Conclusions Creating bibliographies Punctuation Getting published
Reports: Assessment reports Informative reports Survey reports Proposal reports	Points to consider: -Parts of a report -Style -Passive voice -title -Useful language
Articles, News Reports & Reviews Articles News reports Reviews	Points to consider: Parts Style Useful language

Methodologies / tests	Competencies	Ordinary class hours	Student’s personal work hours	Total hours
Workshop	A10	6	20	26
Long answer / essay questions	A6 A9 A19 A20	7	27.5	34.5
Completion exercises	A18 B7 C2	3	1.5	4.5
Seminar	A8 A11	6.5	24	30.5
Critical bibliographical	B1	3	4	7
Collaborative learning	B3 B4 B6 B8 B10 C7 C8	3	5	8

Personalized attention		2	0	2

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

Methodologies	Description
Workshop	The teacher acts as a mentor author, modeling writing techniques and conferring with students as they move through the writing process. Direct writing instruction takes place in the form of a mini-lesson at the beginning of each workshop and is followed by a minimum of 45 minutes of active writing time. Each workshop ends with a sharing of student work.
Long answer / essay questions	These long answers should be FOCUSED: Your response should answer all parts of the question without a lot of random ideas which have little or nothing to do with the question. STRUCTURED: You know the answer to the question but your ability to communicate that knowledge to your professor depends on how well you structure your answer. DOCUMENTED: Contrary to the True/False or Multiple Choice Question, your essay answer must go beyond a simple statement of fact. WELL PRESENTED: Students who do not use the accepted rules of English are often tought to be less competent or knowledgeable than those who do.
Completion exercises	These exercises involve selecting the best word or pair of words from a list to complete the sentence.In some other cases the students will have to rewrite the sentence in order to gain flexibility in the language.
Seminar	Writing Seminars all focus on the skills necessary for effective critical reading and writing. Students, through practice and guidance, master essential strategies and techniques of academic inquiry and argument.
Critical bibliographical	A critical bibliography is primarily a test of your critical appraisal skills: can you analyze the central concepts and arguments of the material, as well as summarize its content?
Collaborative learning	Collaborative learning is a method of teaching and learning in which students team together to explore a significant question or create a meaningful project. A group of students discussing a lecture or students from different schools working together over the Internet on a shared assignment are both examples of collaborative learning.

Methodologies	Competencies	Description	Qualification
Workshop	A10	The practical sessions will be devoted to exercises and writings. These exercises are designed to help students enhance their writing skills and argumentation in English so it is important to attend these seminars and follow them attentively.	30
Completion exercises	A18 B7 C2	The students must sit an examination in which they will be asked to write documents or to organize the information in a logical way or to correct texts similar to those that have been used in class.	30
Long answer / essay questions	A6 A9 A19 A20	AN INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC ESSAY: Students will write an essay of 4 pp. on a "topic" from a list provided in class.	40

Assessment comments
-To compute the final grade which will be awarded to the exam, students must have passed most of the activities of the subject. If they fail the course, all activities not done, as well as the final exam, must be recovered in July. There is a minimum mark per part: 1.1 out of 3 and 1.6 out of 4. 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. Students who do not sit their tests in January or July will be scored "No presentado", if more than 50% of activities during the course are not submitted, they will be scored "suspenso" -Assignments should be submitted in a timely manner to avoid being automatically disqualified. In case of plagiarism (i.e. copying) in the written work or workshop exercises, oral presentation, or mixed test, students will be automatically graded as "suspenso". Work may be tested through Turnitin in order to detect wrong citations, plagiarism or any other type of fraud. Should this occur, the rules for plagiarism will be applied. (Normas de avaliación, revisión e reclamación das cualificacións dos estudos de grao e mestrado universitario). Turnitin recognises papers previously turned in by other people (or the student him/herself) at this university or other universities, as well as other material found on Internet. -The only language used in class work and examinations will be English. -Students are required to present linguistically accurate work (including correct spelling, punctuation, etc.) appropriate to their level of studies. Failure to do so will bring penalization. Students who have not attended classes regularly and sit only the July opportunity, will be assessed in the following way: An essay (50%) and an exam (50%). Only the exams and essays SCORED 5 /10 or above will be considered PASSED.

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