Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500245 English Studies | OB | 2 | 2 |
2501902 English and Catalan | OB | 2 | 2 |
2501907 English and Classics | OB | 2 | 2 |
2501910 English and Spanish | OB | 2 | 2 |
2501913 English and French | OB | 2 | 2 |
Students enrolling in this subject are expected to have passed the subject 103409-Usos bàsics de la llengua anglesa.
The entry level for the subject is the C1 level (advanced) in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment. At the C1 level, the student can (i) understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning; (ii) express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions; (iii) use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes; (iv) produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.
The subject “Use of English 2” is the second component of “Use of the Language”, a two-year module offered in the second and third years of the Degree in English Studies and Double Language Degree (Graus Combinats), the other three components being “Use of English 1”, “Use of the Language: Advanced Writing Skills” and “Use of the Language: Advanced Oral Communication”. The subject takes place during the second term of the second year for English Studies students and during the first term of the third year for Double Language Degree students.
Objectives:
Grammar and vocabulary:
Listening comprehension:
Oral production:
The teaching methodology used is based on:
Teacher-led activities (Theoretical and practical classes)
Supervised activities (tutorials)
Self-study and student-led activities
Assessment tasks
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
In-class oral practice | 15 | 0.6 | |
Theory and practice classes | 30 | 1.2 | |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorial sessions | 22 | 0.88 | |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Reading and Studying | 76.5 | 3.06 |
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IMPORTANT:
In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
2. To pass the final exam (written and oral), students need an average of 60%.
3. If students have passed the final written exam (if the average of the final written exam is a 60% or more), but they have failed one or more parts, they have to reassess one of these parts.
Reassessment
(i) To qualify for re-assessment, students need to have completed all the continuous assessment tasks and the two final exams -written and oral, except for duly justified absences.
(ii) Students will only qualify for re-assessment if the mark in their final written exam average reaches a 35%. If they reach less than a 35%, students won’t be eligible for reassessment.
(iii) The oral exam can be reassessed too, but only if students have obtained at least an average of35%.
If a student sits reassessment exams, they will get a maximum of 5 on SIGMA as a final grade.
Reassessment: written exam
No avaluable
Only available for those who have submitted less than a 30% of the course tasks/exams.
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VERY IMPORTANT: In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Continuous assessment | 20% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 4, 13, 6, 5, 2, 1, 11, 9, 3, 12, 8, 7, 15, 14, 18, 17 |
Final oral exam | 30% | 1 | 0.04 | 4, 13, 6, 5, 2, 1, 10, 9, 12, 8, 7, 15, 14, 18, 17 |
Final written exam | 50% | 4 | 0.16 | 4, 13, 6, 5, 2, 1, 10, 9, 3, 12, 8, 7, 15, 14, 18, 17, 16 |
Basic Bilbiography
Recommended reference books:
Recommended links:
www. ejerciciodeingles.com
https://www.ted.com/talks
BBC One Minute World News
http://www.howjsay.com/ (American English)
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/ (includes pronunciation files, British English)
http://www.ozdic.com/ (collocations)
the British National Corpus: http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/