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2021/2022

Work Placement

Code: 103513 ECTS Credits: 6
Degree Type Year Semester
2501801 Catalan and Spanish OT 3 0
2501801 Catalan and Spanish OT 4 0
The proposed teaching and assessment methodology that appear in the guide may be subject to changes as a result of the restrictions to face-to-face class attendance imposed by the health authorities.

Contact

Name:
Sebastià Giralt Soler
Email:
Sebastia.Giralt@uab.cat

Use of Languages

Principal working language:
catalan (cat)
Some groups entirely in English:
No
Some groups entirely in Catalan:
Yes
Some groups entirely in Spanish:
Yes

Other comments on languages

Spanish will be the working language for those students that carry out their practicum in Spanish Language and Literature.

Teachers

Daniel Recasens Vives
Sònia Boadas

Prerequisites

Students wishing to enrol in the practicum must complete a preinscription with the faculty. Details concerning the preinscription will be available on the faculty website.

The student must have passed all first year subjects, and obtained a total number of 120 credits from their first three years of study.

The student must be enrolled in the course before starting work with the collaborating institution.

The timetable for carrying out the internship must be compatible with the student's academic and training timetables in the University. The programme of internship activities will be laid down according to the characteristics and availability of the collaborating institution.

Since students enrolled in the internship will have obtained credits in basic training and mandatory second and third year subjects, it is expected that they will express themselves correctly both orally and in writing.

Objectives and Contextualisation

Completion of the internship guarantees that the student will:

  • Make contact with an interesting professional area during his/her training period
  • Acquire a knowledge of tasks related to this field
  • Develop professional competence in a field related to studies undertaken during the degree.

Competences

    Catalan and Spanish
  • Respect the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
  • Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
  • Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their study area) to issue judgments that include reflection on important issues of social, scientific or ethical.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Apply the tools and know consult the specific documentary sources.
  2. Autonomously search, select and process information both from structured sources (databases, bibliographies, specialized magazines) and from across the network.
  3. Maintain an attitude of respect for the opinions, values, behaviors and practices of others.
  4. Organize own time and resources to work: design plans with prioritization of targets, timetables and commitments for action.
  5. Recognising the importance of controlling the quality of the work results and their presentation.
  6. Recognize and implement the following skills for teamwork: the same commitment, collaboration habits, capacity to join troubleshooting.
  7. Reflect on the work itself and the immediate surroundings with the intention of improving them continuously.
  8. Use effectively and independently basic philological tools.
  9. Use information in accordance with scientific ethics.
  10. Using computing tools, both basics (word processor or databases, for example) and specialised software needed in the professional practice.

Content

Specific educational cooperation agreements will be signed by each student enrolled, the collaborating institution, and the UAB, in order to establish the regulatory framework under which the internship can be carried out.

The regulatory framework for internships includes two different modes:

  • An internship signed by an external collaborating partner and UAB. The UAB will sign as many specific agreements as there are students enrolled in this mode.
  • Internships within the ambit of the UAB, related to research projects within the departments offering the relevant degree programme. In this case, the internship will be established by signing a work experience agreement with the UAB, which specifies conditions, according to an official model.

In both cases it is required that the student takes out an insurance policy covering civil responsibility and liability, given that the standard student insurance is insufficient. In order to validate this complementary policy contracted by the UAB, the student must pay a fee at the time of enrollment (estimated price: €6).

Graus combinats:

The following places are offered for guidance:

  • Departament d’Empresa i Coneixement, Generalitat de Catalunya (Planificació Lingüística: catalan, Spanish and English)
  • El Nacional.cat (online): correction and translation (catalan and Spanish)

Catalan Language and Literature

The most tasks are the following: correction of spoken and written texts (in publishing companies and the media), dynamization and linguistic consultancy (in computer companies, normalization services and language services of companies and corporations), collection of data for sociolinguistic studies (normalization centers or companies), grammatical and lexicographic work (in publishing companies and terminology centers), language teaching for foreigners (in language centers) and cultural promotionand documentation (in foundations, cultural centers, libraries and theaters).

In previous years, collaboration has been established for practicum, through the corresponding agreements, with companies and institutions such as:

a) Publishers, media and linguistic correction:

  • Departamentd'Empresa i Coneixement de laGeneralitat de Catalunya (1)
  • Televisió de Catalunya (1)
  • Catalunya Ràdio (1)
  • El 9 Nou (1)
  • Edicions de la Ela Geminada (1)
  • L’Avenç (1)
  • Fundació Carulla (1)
  • Vilaweb (1)
  • Museu Casteller de Catalunya (1)
  • La Veu de l’Anoia (1)

b) Lexicography centres:

  • TERMCAT (Centre de Terminologia Catalana) (1)

c) Language teaching:

  • Consorci per a la Normalització Lingüística (3-4)
  • Servei de Llengües de la UAB (1)

d) Research centres and projects:

  • Centre de Lingüística Teòrica de la UAB (1)
  • Traces (2)

e) University services:

  • Biblioteca d’Humanitats (2)
  • Hemeroteca General de la UAB (1)

Sapanish Language and Literature

Mode A: internship signed by an external collaborating partner and UAB

  • Delecta Technologies (6)
  • Fundación Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes (4)
  • Nova Casa Editorial (4)
  • Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres (1)
  • UAB Servei d’idiomes (2)
  • Editorial Vicens Vives (2)

Mode B: Practicum at UAB

  • Grupo de estudios sobre lo fantástico (GEF)
  • Grupo de Estudios del Exilio Literario (GEXEL)
  • Centro de Lingüística Teórica (CLT)
  • Grupo de Lexicografía y Diacronía
  • Grupo de investigación en lengua de la ciencia y de la técnica (siglos XVIII-XIX) (NEOLCYT)
  • Grupo de investigación “Cos i Textualitat”

Methodology

The specific training offered depends on the professional activity of the collaborating institution.

In the same way, the results of learning will vary depending on the specific skills acquired during the practicum.

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Training for workplace insertion 7.5 0.3 6, 5
Type: Supervised      
Internship tasks within the collaborating institution 125 5 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5, 10, 8, 9
Tutorial meetings 10 0.4 4, 5
Type: Autonomous      
Preparation of final report 7.5 0.3 5, 7

Assessment

Learning outcomes assessed in the final report may vary depending on the professional skills required by the company / institution / centre that offers the internship.

At the end of the internship the following reports will be presented to the academic tutor in the relevant field of study:

  • The tutor in the collaborating institution will issue a final report, showing the number of hours completed, with relation to the generic and specific competences wich appear in the training project, within a maximum period of 15 days, following the model established.
  • Students will prepare a final report with an assessment of tasks completed and their relation to knowledge and skills acquired in their university studies. The student must hand in this report as a prerequisite for the final evaluation. Dates for delivery of this report are: 11/02/2022 for first semester internships, 27/06/2022 for second semester internships.
  • The academic tutor in the relevant field of study will evaluate the internship and fill in the relevant evaluation report.

NOTE:

  • Students who complete less than 10% of contact hours with the collaborating institution will be marked as "No avaluable".
  • Students who complete more than 10% but fail to complete the hours specified in the agreement, or are evaluated negatively, will be marked as "Suspès" (Fail).
  • Given that external placements are assessed in distinct ways, in addition to the fact that this subject is only optionally graded, the final overall grade of Excellent with Distinction is not available.
  • Internships cannot be re-evaluated.

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.

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Student's Final Report 20 0 0 5, 7
Tutor's Final Report 70 0 0 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5, 10, 8, 9
Tutorial meetings 10 0 0 4, 5

Bibliography

Any relevant bibliography will be provided by the internship tutors according to the tasks the student is expected to perform.

Software

No software needed.