Teaching GuideTerm
Faculty of Philology
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Grao en Inglés: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios
 Subjects
  English Grammar
   Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Supervised projects A18 B1 B5 B6 B7 B10 Originality in the approach chosen, appropriate style and register as well as grammatical correctness will be awarded. 20
Oral presentation A18 B1 B2 B5 B6 The students will have do an oral presentation about a grammar topic of their choice from a didactic perspective. Their communicative competences and their presentation skills and meaningful use of technological tools will be evaluated. 20
Mixed objective/subjective test A1 A11 A18 B1 B5 B6 Students can pass this part of the course by sitting for the two partial tests which will be done throughout the course OR by means of a final exam which will be held in June. This official exam will be mandatory if the students have not passed/sit for the continuous assessment partial tests. 40
Workshop A11 A18 B6 Different types of activities and tasks will be collected and assessed during the course. They will be done in the classroom (with or without prior notice) or at home and will be related to the contents explained in the lectures or the recommended readings. 20
 
Assessment comments

IMPORTANT

In order to pass this course, a minimum of 5 out of 10 in the final mark is required. A score of 4 out of 10 is the minimum required in each of the parts of the course (workshop/supervised projects/oral presentation/mixed test).

Any academic dishonesty (plagiarism, cheating in exams, etc.) will be penalised in accordance with the provisions of the 'Normas de avaliación, revisión e reclamación das cualificacións dos estudos de grao e mestrado universitario', article 14. To detect plagiarism, the application Turnitin could be used. This application recognises papers previously turned in by other people (or the student him/herself) at this university or other universities.

Deadlines for assignments are strict. Late arrivals (up to 5 days) will be penalised (25% off the final mark), unless they are duly justified.

All the extra-credit material carried out by the students during the course could be awarded up to an extra 5% of the final mark. This can include voluntary work, alternative readings or any other activity proposed and accepted by students and teachers.

The students who do not attend the official exam will be given a grade of NP(absent) if they have not handed in more than 50% of the continuous assessmentactivities.

The dates for the supervised projects, oral presentation and mixed objective tests will be announced well ahead of time.

July opportunity: Those students with less than a 4 in each of the parts evaluated in the course (even if the average is superior to 5) will have to sit for the "second opportunity exam session" in July, where students can retake those parts they have failed, according to the following distribution of percentages: Supervised project (20%), oral presentation (20%), written tasks similar to those evaluated during the course (20%), mixed test about the contents of the course (40%).

Students sitting the December exam (final exam brought forward) will be assessed according to the criteria specified for the July opportunity.

Students who are officially registered as part time, and have been grantedpermission not to attend classes, as stipulated in the regulations of thisUniversity, will be assessed in either of the opportunities according to thesame criteria specified for the second opportunity.

Diversity:

This module can be adapted to students who need support for their particular situation (physical,visual, auditory, cognitive, learning process, or related to mental health). If necessary, students should contact the services available in UDC/in their school or faculty, or the Unidad de Atención ala Diversidad (ADI) at the beginning of each academic semester in the timeframe officially established (https://www.udc.es/cufie/adi/apoioalumnado/);alternatively, they can contact the ADI tutor in the Faculty of Philology at the following address: pat.filoloxia@udc.gal ).

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