Teaching GuideTerm
Faculty of Philology
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Grao en Español: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios
 Subjects
  Lingua Inglesa 4
   Assessment
Methodologies Competencies 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).
0
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).
0
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).
0
 
Assessment comments

__To pass the subject, you must be graded with at least a 4 (out
of 10) in the SUPERVISED WRITTEN TASKS and the EXAM PARTS and at least a 5 (out
of 10) in the FINAL GRADE.

__ Assignments must be delivered in a timely manner. We will
only accept delayed submissions exclusively if there is a duly justified cause
(e.g. with a doctor’s note).

__The assignments showing signs of plagiarism will be
qualified with a 0.

__Students’ voluntary work will be qualified by adding an EXTRA percentage
to the final grade as follows: I) EXTRAORDINARY ORAL PARTICIPATION: coordinator’s
class (+0.2) and assistant’s class (+0.2). II) INDIVIDUAL ORAL PRESENTATION: in
the coordinator’s class and in an event called Talent Show—the details will be
explained in due time (+0.3). III) INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PAPER on one (or two) of
the required long readings (+0.3). The students interested in this task will
have to tell me in advance; I will set three interviews with you in my office
throughout the semester to discuss the development of your work. Papers that were
not supervised by me in this manner will not be accepted.

__In case of workers'
strike, if it were necessary, the teachers will provide the students with
didactic material through Moodle. In case of students' strike, the teachers
could ask the students to submit an assignment equivalent to the classwork they
would do if they were in class. 

__Either in the first or the second opportunity, the students
who do not come to the exam will be qualified as “Did Not Sit”.

__For the JULY opportunity, there will be 2 supervised written
tasks and 3 exam parts just like in June. Since there are no classes, the oral
presentation / video-project may be done individually.

___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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