Teaching GuideTerm
Faculty of Philology
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Grao en Inglés: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios
 Subjects
  English Phonetics
   Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Case study A1 A6 A11 A15 A18 A19 A20 B3 B6 B8 C6 Students are required to complete a series of phonetic transcription tasks (both from written and oral texts) during the semester. The minimum total mark for these tasks should not be less than 4 (out of 10) to have the option to pass the subject. 30
Objective test A1 A6 A11 A14 A15 A18 B1 B2 B4 B5 B6 B7 C2 Students are required to sit the final exam on the official date in January. The minimum mark for this test should not be less than 4 (out of 10) to have the option to pass the subject. 50
Problem solving A11 A14 A15 B2 B5 B6 B7 B9 B10 C2 C3 C7 Students must complete a series of theoretical-practical tasks throughout the semester. The minimum total mark for the theoretical-practical tasks should not be less than 4 (out of 10) to have the option to pass the subject. 20
 
Assessment comments

Students are expected to complete all the assignments and readings suggested by the lecturer(s), and to come to the sessions prepared to discuss them. Students must visit the eLearning platform for the course regularly. Students are expected to check their university email on a regular basis: announcements and last-minute changes will be notified via email.


  • Passing the subject:

To pass the subject, students must fulfil these two
conditions: 

A) Final average of the whole subject over 50%

B) Having more than 40% in each of the parts of these subject:
"objective test", "case study" and "problem solving".

If students do not fulfil any of these conditions, they will have
to go to the second opportunity in July. 


 

  • Submitting tasks:

Late submissions with no justification will be applied a 25%
penalty. Plagiarised tasks will be given a 0 automatically. Plagiarism
detection tools can be used. Any fault against academic integrity (plagiarism,
copying a task or an exam...) will be penalised, according to the Regulamento
Disciplinar do Estudantado da UdC, articles 10.3.f and 11.4.b, with a
Qualification of Fail (Suspenso) for both opportunities in the Course.


  • Non Presentado (NP) Qualification:

To be able to obtain the Non Presentado (NP) qualification,
students must not have sit the Objective test or the final transcription tasks (Case Study)

  • Linguistic correctness
Written activities must meet the minimum requirements of linguistic correctness (spelling and grammar, punctuation, syntax, lexical precision, or formal register) students are assumed to have for this level. Mistakes WILL be penalized.

 


  • JULY OPPORTUNITY:

Students not able to pass the subject in the first opportunity
must sit the second opportunity in July. The proportion of each assessment item
will be the same, although tasks for the Case Study and Problem Solving will be changed
for new, specific ones. Those parts of the subject that students have already
passed (more than 50% of the marks) in the first opportunity cannot be repeated
for July.

 


  • DISPENSA ACADÉMICA:





























Students
will an officially recognised "dispensa académica" will be assessed
following the instructions for the July opportunity, maintaining the same
proportion for the assessment items and adapting the tasks so that they can be
completed asynchronously. Students in this situation must contact the teachers
as soon as they become aware of it.

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