Teaching GuideTerm
Faculty of Philology
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Grao en Turismo
 Subjects
  First Modern Language II: English
   Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Seminar A1 A6 A13 A15 A16 A17 B2 B4 B6 B7 C1 C2 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 Submission of written work for correction as required. This includes work completed both in class and in students' personal study time. 20
Objective test A1 A6 A13 A15 B4 B6 B7 C2 C3 C7 A written test consisting of all or any of the following: reading comprehension, summaries, compositions, exercises on the use of English and all other topics covered during the lessons. 50
Directed discussion A1 A6 A13 A15 B1 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 C2 C3 C7 Group discussions (15%).The topic “Running a tourism business” includes several discussion activities where students will meet in small groups to discuss and resolve situations related to work and management in the tourism sector, as well as ethical and cultural issues. They will be assessed on their ability to express themselves in accordance with the level set for this subject (C1), with a suitable degree of grammatical and structural accuracy, pronunciation and use of appropriate terminology.

Individual oral test (15%). Students will attend a one-to-one oral test in which they will be asked a series of general warm-up questions, followed by a number of questions related to the material covered during the lessons, their past and future work experience and career plans, as well as current trends and news affecting the tourism and travel industry. Students must be able to demonstrate their ability to use a variety of verb tenses and structures in accordance with the level set for this subject, as well as the use of appropriate vocabulary. Pronunciation and intonation will also be taken into account.
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Assessment comments

In order to pass this subject, students are required to obtain a passing grade (50%) in ALL THREE assessment sections (written test, oral and continuous assessment.

Students will only be awarded ABSENT if they have not taken part in any of the activities that form part of the assessment system. 

The same assessment method applies for the second opportunity. Students will therefore be required to retake those sections of the subject in which they did not obtain a passing grade or that they did not undertake. 

Students who are unable to comply with the attendance requirements due to exemption from attendance as stipulated in regulations to this effect published by the University of A Coruña (Art. 3.b  e 4.5 Normas de availación, revisión e reclamación das cualificacións dos estudos de grao e mestrado universitario (Art 3 e 8b), will be required to complete all continuous assessment tasks (20%), complete the final test (50%) and take an oral exam (30%). 

In the case of the early examination session, assessment will consist of a written exam (70%) and an oral test (30%). 

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