Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Philology |
Grao en Galego e Portugués: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios |
Free election credit |
Lingua Inglesa 4 |
Assessment |
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Identifying Data | 2015/16 | |||||||||||||
Subject | Lingua Inglesa 4 | Code | 613G01019 | |||||||||||
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Graduate | 2nd four-month period |
Second | Obligatoria | 6 | ||||||||||
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Methodologies | Competencies / Results | Description | Qualification |
Guest lecture / keynote speech | A4 A5 A6 A10 A11 A15 A21 A22 A23 B1 C7 C8 | (LARGE GROUPS with coordinator): Classes consist of both theoretical and practical lessons on oral and writing skills. Before coming to class, the students will have to read PIECES OF NEWS or watch VIDEOS that will be uploaded on Moodle. Once there, the students will DEBATE about these pieces of news / videos; then you will be organized into groups and write an ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY derived from the previous debate. Your ESSAYS will be corrected by the teacher and returned to their authors throughout the course. Occasionally, we will complete the practice of grammar, vocabulary and academic writing with a GAME. Those students who demonstrate an extraordinary oral participation will receive EXTRA points to be added to the final grade (see comments). |
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Workshop | B5 B8 C4 | (MEDIUM AND SMALL GROUPS with language assistant): In some of the medium groups and all the small ones, you will practice your skills at speaking, listening and (to an extent) grammar. Focus will be placed on how to write a CV and how to behave/speak in job interviews. Sometimes you will have to do tasks based on Moodle materials. Those students who demonstrate an extraordinary oral participation will receive EXTRA points to be added to the final grade (see comments). |
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Supervised projects | A9 B6 B9 C2 C3 C6 | You will have to do two different tasks to be assessed separately: (1) a professional CV for the language assistant (20%) and (2) a list of works cited in MLA style for the coordinator (20%). In class, on Moodle and also during office hours, we will give you the necessary guidelines to do these assignments. The CV must follow the parameters chosen by the language assistant. The MLA list must include a TOPIC chosen by the student plus: a book by one or more authors, a chapter in a collection of essays by different authors, an article from JSTOR, and an extra electronic source (e.g. YouTube interview) on the chosen topic The teachers insist on the absolute NECESSITY that the students use classes and tutorials to learn and ask questions about both supervised tasks. |
40 |
Oral presentation | B10 C1 | The presentation consists in doing a video project, between 5 and 10 people, whose content is an ADVERTISEMENT or PROGRAM to SELL a PRODUCT or METHOD. While talking, the students will be forbidden to read from any kind of notes. You will have to prepare the SCRIPT, RECORD the video and UPLOAD it; the rest of the guidelines will be explained by the coordinator. Certainly, the students are encouraged to use the tutorials throughout the semester to ask questions about their projects. |
10 |
Mixed objective/subjective test | A1 A2 B3 C5 | The exam parts will be organized as follows: -READING EXAM with a coordinator (15%): This part consists of a reading-comprehension test of the required LONG READINGS, which will be on Moodle, and which are different from the short texts discussed at the seminars. These LONG READINGS will be explained in the large-group session the penultimate day of class. -WRITING EXAM with coordinator (20%): You will have to write an argumentative essay on a relevant topic set by the teacher, which was not debated in class; I will test your skills at grammar, vocabulary and MLA style. The essay must have: title, introduction, thesis statement, body and conclusion. -AUDIO-ORAL EXAM with language assistant (15%): Job interview, using a formal register and following the guidelines explained and practiced in class—as well as the samples and tips posted on Moodle. |
50 |
Seminar | A8 A12 B4 B7 | (MEDIUM GROUPS with coordinator): We will devote part of these groups to READING COMPREHENSION exercises of brief TEXTS that will be on Moodle. The students must read these texts in advance, and also prepare the Moodle exercises, which will be corrected in class and checked by the teacher throughout the course. Those students who demonstrate an extraordinary oral participation will receive EXTRA points to be added to the final grade (see comments). |
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Assessment comments | |||
__To pass the subject, you must be graded with at least a 4 (out __ Assignments must be delivered in a timely manner. We will __The assignments showing signs of plagiarism will be __Students’ voluntary work will be qualified by adding an EXTRA percentage __In case of workers' __Either in the first or the second opportunity, the students __For the JULY opportunity, there will be 2 supervised written ___Those |
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