Teaching GuideTerm
Faculty of Philology
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Grao en Inglés: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios
 Subjects
  Varieties of English
   Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Oral presentation B4 B5 B10 C2 C3 C4 C8 -Individual in-class presentation: 10%. Your presentations need to make a practical analysis—of the phonetic, grammatical, and/or lexical features—of a song, a film, a story, etc. in a (non-standard English) variety NOT treated in class.

-Group video-presentation (OPTIONAL): 10%. You have to record a video between 3 and 9 students, where each of you respectfully imitates a (non-standard English) accent. You can choose any variety except the one of your individual presentation.

The rest of the guidelines will be provided in due time.
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Workshop A1 A2 A6 A9 A11 A17 A19 A20 B1 B2 B3 B4 B6 B7 B8 C2 C4 In the workshops, the students will have to contribute their analysis and comments on the material covered that day (or others) on the Moodle forum (20%). Towards the end of the course, there will be a practical test on paper format (10%).
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Mixed objective/subjective test A1 A2 A6 A11 A20 B6 B7 B8 C4 The final exam will consist of questions and/or exercises about the mandatory readings. There will be a mid-term exam about the first half of said readings. The students who pass it will only have to study the second half for the final exam; the ones who fail the mid-term will be examined of the whole syllabus in June and/or July. 50
Directed discussion A6 A9 A11 A17 A19 A20 B2 B3 B4 B6 B7 B8 C2 C4 Students will have a reading calendar and will have to read the texts before class in order to follow the teacher's explanation, participate in debates, answer questions, etc. Oral participation will count as EXTRA POINTS (see observations).
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Assessment comments

-All activities, including exams, must be clearly written; errors of grammar, vocabulary, spelling, punctuation, and style in general will negatively affect the grades.

-To pass the subject, you must obtain at least a 5 out of 10 in the two sections of the WORKSHOP, the INDIVIDUAL ORAL PRESENTATION, the MIXED-OBJECTIVE/SUBJECTIVE TEST, and the final grade.

-Students' oral participation will count as extra points, which will be added to the final grade as long as it is equal to or higher than 5.

-In the official JULY exam there will be questions on the compulsory readings and a practical test. The date of the exam, you will have to put the exercises on the forum and post the individual oral presentation. The group video project will also be optional. It should be noted that each student must complete the section(s) that they did not pass at the first opportunity.

-The students who present to the early December call will be evaluated according to the rules specified for the July opportunity.

-Students enrolled part-time and who have been granted an academic exemption should contact the teaching staff of the subject at the beginning of the course and they will be evaluated according to the criteria established for the July opportunity.

-To NOT obtain the qualification of "Did Not Sit", the student must do at least half of the scoring work.

-All assignments must be submitted in time and in thespecified format in order to avoid a penalty of 25% on the grade obtained.

-Teachers can use the "Turnitin" plagiarismdetection service to review student work. Plagiarism in any activity will meanobtaining a "zero" in it.

-If the coordinator considers it appropriate, there may be topics of self-study by the students (e.g. to increase your knowledge). These materials, which will not be subject to evaluation, will be provided on Moodle.

DIVERSITY: This module can be adapted for 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 faculty, or the Unidad deAtención a la Diversidad (ADI) at the beginning of each academic semester inthe 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 ).

-In accordance with the various regulations governing university teaching, it is necessary to incorporate a gender perspective into this subject. This includes, among other measures, the use of non-sexist language, bibliographies that are inclusive from a gender perspective, and encouraging participation from all students in class, regardless of their gender.

-We will pay particular attention to identifying and addressing sexist prejudices and attitudes. We will actively work towards the modification of this environment and the promotion of values of respect and equality.

-Our efforts will focus on detecting cases of gender discrimination and implementing appropriate actions to rectify such cases.

Any plagiarized exercise or test will result in a failing grade (0) in this subject in accord with article 11, section 4b, of the "Regulamento disciplinar do estudantado da UDC":

Cualificación de suspenso na convocatoria en que se cometa a falta e respecto da materia en que se cometese: o/a estudante será cualificado con “suspenso” (nota numérica 0) na convocatoria correspondente do curso académico, tanto se a comisión da falta se produce na primeira oportunidade como na segunda. Para isto, procederase a modificar a súa cualificación na acta de primeira oportunidade, se fose necesario.

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