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Faculty of Philology
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Grao en Español: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios
 Subjects
  English Language 4
   Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Seminar A1 A6 A10 A18 B6 C2 Reading and vocabulary tests (10%)
Listening exercises to assess the level of understanding in English language (10%)
20
Guest lecture / keynote speech A2 A6 A8 A11 A15 B1 C8 C7 The active participation of the students during the lectures will be taken into account 5
Student portfolio A1 A6 A9 A10 A15 A18 B1 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B10 C4 C2 Drafting of the topics studied in the course that must present the structure seen in class. 15
Speaking test A6 A9 B4 B7 B8 B10 C2 C5 C6 Group presentation of a project (15%) in which presentation skills will also be assessed (5%) 20
Objective test A6 A12 A15 A18 B3 B6 B9 C3 C2 Final written exam comprising ANY of the following: vocabulary exercises; reading comprehension; translation ES-EN of short texts; description of graphs illustrating trends; composition... 40
 
Assessment comments
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Conditions</b> <b>to pass the subject: </b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><!--[if !supportLists]-->1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <!--[endif]-->The minimum passing grade in
each of the following sections "oral test", "student
portfolio" and "seminar" will have to be 40%. The average of
these sections has to reach 5 points out of 10 to make an average with the
objective test (= written exam).</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><!--[if !supportLists]-->2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <!--[endif]-->It is compulsory to reach 50%
in the objective test to make an average with the sections mentioned in section
1.</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Assessment exercises</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal">All the assessment exercises of
the course handed in after the deadline will not be accepted if it is not duly
justified. Works with evidence of plagiarism will receive a 0. Specific
programs will be used to detect it.</p><p class="MsoListParagraph">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal">Students will only be
awarded&nbsp;<b>ABSENT&nbsp;</b>if they have not taken part in the objective
test (written exam), in the oral exam nor have they handed in more than 50% of
the activities which are part of the continuous assessment system.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Students who are not obliged to meet the attendance requirement</b> because they are exempt
according to the regulations published by the Universidade da Coruña ((Art.
3.be 4.5) Standards for evaluation, review and claim of qualifications of two
studies, university degrees and university courses (art.3 and 8b)) will have
the same evaluations system as those students who attend July opportunity.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Second exam session (July):&nbsp;</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">-Students will be
assessed as follows: 40% written exam, 20% oral exam and 40% continuous assessment
activities (the student will be given specific instructions about the type of
exercises).</p><p class="MsoNormal">-In this case,
students will only have to retake the sections in which they did not obtain a
passing grade in the first session.&nbsp; This is ONLY valid for the two
opportunities corresponding to the current academic year.</p><p class="MsoNormal">In the case of
the&nbsp;<b>early exam session</b>, students must take a written exam (70%) and
an oral test (30%).&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></div>
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