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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Philology |
| Grao en Inglés: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios |
 Subjects |
| Varieties of English |
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| Identifying Data | 2017/18 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Varieties of English | Code | 613G03042 | |||||||||||
| Study programme |
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 1st four-month period |
Fourth | Optativa | 4.5 | ||||||||||
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| Methodologies | Competencies | Description | Qualification |
| Oral presentation | B4 B5 B10 C2 C3 C4 C8 | There will be two oral presentations: I. An INDIVIDUAL presentation during the PRACTICAL CLASS (5%): The individual presentation follows the standard format and consists of a practical analysis of the English variety that you want--for example, about the phonetic and/or grammatical characteristics of a song in non-standard English II. A VIDEO-PROJECT in GROUP (10%): The format of the video-project in group (3-9 students) is freer, as long as students RESPECTLY imitate a non-standard English accent during the presentation. Unlike other activities, doing it or not is optional to pass the course. IMPORTANT: You cannot repeat variety in the presentation, the project and the written work--that is, in total, you will work on at least 4 different varieties. The rest of the details will be explained in class. |
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| Workshop | A6 A9 A11 A15 | The workshops (or "practical classes") will take place in the computer room. We will read, listen to, and analyze texts in different varieties of English, many of which will be audiovisual. The students will have to contribute their analysis and comments sometimes on PAPER and others on the MOODLE FORUM. Your grades in this section will depend on the work you do in person in the classroom. The students who do not pass the continuous assessment of the workshop can take a practical exam in January. |
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| Workbook | A1 A2 A10 A17 A19 A20 B8 C6 C7 | In the large groups, apart from explaining the THEORY, I will ask you questions about the READING/S of the week; you may pick up the READER (collection of readings) at the virtual platform (Moodle) at the beginning of the semester. Although the readings are mostly about language and literature, I will provide you with information on history, culture, geography and other details corresponding to each variety of English. IMPORTANT: I will only consider the participation of those students who demonstrate they REALLY did a thorough reading of the texts. The students who do not pass the continuous evaluation of the readings may take an exam about them in January. |
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| Supervised projects | A14 B1 B2 B3 B6 B7 B9 C5 | There will be two supervised projects: I. COMPARATIVE ESSAY (12%): You will have to write a comparative essay on two or more varieties of non-standard English. The varieties that you choose cannot coincide either with the one of the individual oral exposition or with the one of the project (see below). The papers will be written in MLA style - a variety of academic writing to be explained in class, along with the rest of the requirements. I will correct your work and send it to you by e-mail. Then you will have to rewrite it following my instructions and send it back. The grade obtained will only be effective after this rewriting. II. CRITICAL REVIEW (8%): ??I will post an article in Moodle about general theory on varieties of English (e.g. linguistic ecology). Toward the middle/end of December, you will have to write a review of two parts: a SUMMARY of the article and a CRITICAL COMMENT that relates its contents to the ones treated in class. The rest of the guidelines will be explained during the course. |
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-To pass the course, students will have to take (at least) a 5 in all the gradable parts (readings, workshop, essay, review and individual oral presentation) and (at least) a 5 in the final mark. As it says above, doing the video-project in group is not mandatory to pass the subject--although, if you fo it, it will be worth 1 point. -My teaching method is based on the CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT METHOD, which takes into account: participation in the theoretical classes to demonstrate your understanding of the readings, audiovisual exercises of the practical classes, an essay, a review, and two oral presentations. If you pass these tasks and your final grade is 5 or more, you will have passed the course--I will give you this information by the end of December. -JANUARY: Those students who do not pass parts of READING and PRACTICAL CLASSES will be able to make up for them in January. Therefore, on the official exam day, they will have to complete two tasks: 1) EXAM with the coordinator around the course readings; 2) AUDIOVISUAL EXERCISES based on the materials of the practical classes. -JULY: Students who do not pass the sections of SUPERVISED PROJECTS and ORAL PRESENTATION will have to (re)do them for the official date of the July opportunity. Since there will be no classes, the presentations will have to be FILMED and sent to the coordinator. The rest of the parts will be examined as in January. -If there is a - Students who have been granted - Students sitting the December exam (final exam brought |
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