Teaching GuideTerm
Faculty of Philology
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Grao en Inglés: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios
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  Variedades do Inglés
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Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Oral presentation B4 B5 B10 C2 C3 C4 C8 There will be TWO oral presentations: an INDIVIDUAL presentation to be done in the WORKSHOP (10%) and a GROUP VIDEO-PROJECT (15%). The individual presentation follows the regular class format and consists of doing a practical analysis of any English variety of your choice—e.g. the phonetic and/or grammatical characteristics of a song in non-standard English; the format of the 3-9 student project is freer, as long as the students RESPECTFULLY imitate a non-standard English accent while presenting. The rest of the details will be provided in due time. 25
Workshop A6 A9 A11 A15 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 while you are in class. 20
Workbook A1 A2 A10 A17 A19 A20 B8 C6 C7 In the large groups, apart from explaining the THEORY, I will ask you questions about the READING/S of the week; you may pick up the READER (collection of readings) at the photocopy shop at the beginning of the semester. Although the readings are mostly about language and literature, I will provide you with information on history, culture, geography and other details corresponding to each variety of English.
IMPORTANT: I will only consider the participation of those students who demonstrate they REALLY did a thorough reading of the texts.
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Supervised projects A14 B1 B2 B3 B6 B7 B9 C5 You will write TWO individual papers: the first paper will deal with ONE SINGLE English VARIETY (10%); the second will be a comparison of TWO (or more) DIFFERENT VARIETIES (15%). You cannot write about the same English variety twice; this means that your papers will deal with three (or more) varieties in total. The papers must be written in MLA style—a writing variety which will be explained in class, together with the rest of the requirements. 25
 
Assessment comments

-To pass the
course, the students will have to get (at least) a 4 in all the gradable parts and
(at least) a 5 in their final mark.

-My grading
method relies on CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT, which takes into account: participation
in the theory classes that proves your understanding of the readings, audiovisual
exercises at the workshop, two individual papers and two oral presentations. If
you pass all these tasks and your final grade is 5 or more, you will have
passed the course—I will let you know about this towards late December.

-JANUARY: The
students who fail the READING and WORKSHOP sections will be able to make up for
them in January. Thus, on the official exam day, you will have to complete two
tasks: 1) INTERVIEW with the coordinator about the course READINGS; 2) AUDIOVISUAL
EXERCISES based on the workshop materials

-JULY: The
students who fail the PAPER- and PRESENTATION sections will have to (re)submit
them on the official date of the July opportunity. Since there will be no
classes, BOTH presentations will have to be RECORDED; for this reason too, you
will be able to do the group project INDIVIDUALLY.

-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.
 

-Students must
submit the assignments on the agreed-upon dates. Delays will not be accepted unless you have an official justification (e.g. medical problem).

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

-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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