Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2502904 Hotel Management | OB | 3 | A |
There are no entry requirements but level A2.1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages is recommended.
Students acquire the language content described in section 5 of this document. They also develop communicative competences in oral and written interaction, being able to do the following at the end of the course:
The linguistic contents are subdivided into language functions, grammar, vocabulary and phonetics and prosody.
Language functions
Social function
Informative function
Expressive function
Evaluating function
Inductive function
Metalinguistic function
GRAMMAR CONTENT
Students must be able to recognise and appropriately use the following grammatical structures.
VOCABULARY
The vocabulary content comes from the following semantic fields: daily experiences, sports activities, travel (car rental, itineraries, etc.), the French education system, recruitment issues labour, banking, organization of the company, hotel (departments, functions, personnel, employment rate, type of clientele, etc.), hotel equipment and tourism geography. Customs of the different nationalities.
PHONETICS AND PROSODIC CONTENT
Students must recognise and appropriately use the prosodic features (intonation, rhythm, etc.) of the language. They must also recognise and appropriately use the basic sounds and sound symbols of French, as specified below.
GENDER PERSPECTIVE
In this subject:
The methodology is basically interactive. The students put all their knowledge of the language into practice in order to accomplish a set of oral and written tasks, both of a general nature and specifically related to tourism. In other words, the emphasis is placed on the learning process rather than on theoretical input from the teachers.
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.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Classroom based | 56.5 | 2.26 | 7, 6, 5, 3, 9, 8 |
Non-classroom based | 56 | 2.24 | 7, 2, 6, 5, 3, 1, 8 |
Type: Supervised | |||
On line | 5 | 0.2 | 1 |
Tutorials classroom based | 3 | 0.12 | 7, 2, 6, 3, 1, 8 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Activities | 10 | 0.4 | 7, 2, 6, 5, 3, 1, 8 |
Theory | 10 | 0.4 | 7, 2, 6, 5, 3, 1, 8 |
Continuous assessment
Students must have attended at least 80% of their classes in order to be included in the continuous assessment process.
Continuous assessment activities
Writing and speaking activities. Between three and seven activities are performed. Students may be asked to rewrite their texts to improve on the first version. Speaking activities may be individual or in group, and may take place in the classroom or be recorded and sent in. Depending on the level and the number of students in the class, they could be monologues, dialogues, presentations, etc.
Portfolio. The portfolio contains between six and eight tasks, covering the four language skills. These may be done at home or in class.
The following are examples of these tasks.
Reading worksheets
Transformation exercises
Mini-tests
Self-assessment sheets
Information search
Production of documents
The days allocated to mid-course exams can be used to work on portfolio activities, such as the listening and reading mini-tests.
Mid-course tests. One or more mid-course tests are held on the days set aside for this purpose, consisting of a writing test (one or two tasks) and/or a speaking test. These tests are in the same format as the final exam.
Attitude and participation. Students' degree of effort, attitude, and participation are assessed.
Final continuous assessment test. This test assesses the four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) in accordance with the general exam specifications established by the Language Service.
Students must obtain a minimum of 50% in each of the four parts to pass the test and an overall average of 60%. Failure topass this test means a fail for the course. A pass in this test has a weighting of 40% of the total continuous assessment grade.
The final continual evaluation test takes place on the same day as the final exam.
Final exam
Students who have failed or not taken the continuous assessment are entitled to take a final exam that tests the four language skills. In order to pass the exam, and therefore the course itself, a minimum mark of 50% must be obtained in each skill (each part of the exam) and a minimum 60% overall.
Exam resits
Students with an average score between 3.5 and 4.999 in the final exam or the final continuous assessment test are entitled to a resit.
Resits involve retaking the parts of the exam on which their scores were below the overall average mark, in other words, the parts in which they obtained scores below 60%.
Changing the exam date
Students who cannot take the exam on the set dates due to health, work (trips or other similar obligations) or on compassionate grounds may ask their teacher for a change of date, supplying any necessary documents, and giving notice of at least seven calendar days except in extreme cases such as accidents. If the request is accepted, the exams must still be taken within the period set by the School of Tourism and Hotel Management.
Further points regarding assessment
Students who pass the final exam or the final continuous assessment test are entitled to a Level A2 certificate issued by the Language Service and recognised by the Government of Catalonia.
Students who attend the resit exam are not entitled to the Level A2 certificate in French from the Language Service.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Attitude and participation | 10% | 0 | 0 | 7, 2, 6, 5, 3, 1, 9, 8 |
Final exam | 40% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 8 |
Mid-course tests | 10% | 1 | 0.04 | 7, 6, 5, 3, 8 |
Portfolio | 20% | 5 | 0.2 | 7, 2, 6, 5, 4, 3, 1, 8 |
Speaking activities | 5% | 0.5 | 0.02 | 7, 2, 6, 5, 4, 3, 1, 9, 8 |
Writing activities | 15% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 7, 2, 6, 5, 4, 3, 1, 8 |
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