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2023/2024

Modern Language II (English)

Code: 100045 ECTS Credits: 6
Degree Type Year Semester
2500239 Art History OT 3 2
2500239 Art History OT 4 2
2500240 Musicology OT 3 2
2500240 Musicology OT 4 2
2500241 Archaeology OT 3 0
2500241 Archaeology OT 4 0
2500246 Philosophy OT 3 2
2500246 Philosophy OT 4 2
2500256 Social and Cultural Anthropology OT 3 2
2500256 Social and Cultural Anthropology OT 4 2
2500501 History OT 4 0
2502758 Humanities OT 3 2
2502758 Humanities OT 4 2
2503702 Ancient Studies OT 4 2
2503710 Geography, Environmental Management and Spatial Planning OT 4 0
2503998 Catalan Philology: Literary Studies and Linguistics OT 4 2
2504211 Spanish Language and Literature OT 3 2
2504211 Spanish Language and Literature OT 4 2
2504378 French Philology and Culture OT 3 2
2504388 Catalan and Spanish Studies OT 3 0
2504388 Catalan and Spanish Studies OT 4 0

Contact

Name:
Elisenda Vila Estrada
Email:
elisenda.vila@uab.cat

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

A level of  B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages is required. It is preferable to have completed Idioma Modern I.


Objectives and Contextualisation

The emphasis of this course will be on speaking and the listening comprehension of English. Different grammatical and lexical aspects of the English language will be developed in compliance with the level of the course. (Verb tenses, cause and effect, and quantifiers among others) Also, the acquisition of vocabulary, error correction, text comprehension and organization in writing will also be worked on.


Competences

    Art History
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Musicology
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Archaeology
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Philosophy
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Social and Cultural Anthropology
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    History
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Humanities
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Ancient Studies
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Geography, Environmental Management and Spatial Planning
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Catalan Philology: Literary Studies and Linguistics
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Spanish Language and Literature
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    French Philology and Culture
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Catalan and Spanish Studies
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Ability to maintain an appropriate conversation.
  2. Carry out oral presentations using an appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
  3. Carrying out oral presentations using an appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
  4. Carrying out oral presentations using appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
  5. Communicate in the studied language in oral and written form, properly using vocabulary and grammar.
  6. Communicating in oral and written form in the studied language, properly using vocabulary and grammar.
  7. Communicating in the studied language in oral and written form, properly using vocabulary and grammar.
  8. Critically take part in classroom oral debates and use the discipline's specific vocabulary.
  9. Critically taking part in classroom oral debates and using the discipline's specific vocabulary.
  10. Engaging in debates about historical facts respecting the other participants' opinions.
  11. Express ideas in the language studied, orally and in writing, using vocabulary and grammar appropriately.
  12. Express themselves in the language studied, orally and in writing, using vocabulary and grammar appropriately.
  13. Give oral presentations using an appropriate vocabulary and academic style.
  14. Give oral presentations, using an appropriate style and vocabulary.
  15. Maintain a conversation appropriate to the level of the interlocutor.
  16. Maintain a conversation attuned to the level of the interlocutor.
  17. Make oral presentations using appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
  18. Participate in classroom debates from a critical perspective, using the vocabulary of the discipline.
  19. Participate in oral debates in the classroom in a critical manner and using the vocabulary of the discipline.
  20. Present work in formats suited to personal demands and styles, both individually and in small groups.
  21. Present works in formats tailored to the needs and personal styles, both individual and small group.
  22. Submit assignments in formats tailored to requirements and personal styles, whether carried out individually or in a small group.
  23. Submitting works in accordance with both individual and small group demands and personal styles.

Content

Units 6, 7, 8 and 10 of the book will be covered as well as other material, especially Ted Talks, to practice what is being covered in the course.

Writing organization: Outlines and topic sentences


Methodology

The methodology followed in the course is that of the textbook. (see Bibliography) Units 6,7,8 and 10 will be covered. The class will basically have oral comprehension and speaking activities. Listening comprehension of Ted Talks and writing organization will also be worked on.

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      
Guided activities 50 2 7, 3, 1, 9, 23
Type: Supervised      
Tutorials 10 0.4 7, 9
Type: Autonomous      
Individual study and exercises at home 50 2 23
Projects and oral presentation preparation 25 1 7, 3, 9, 23

Assessment

The subject will be evaluated in the following way:

 

Continuous Assessment                                                                 35%

-          4 tests 

There will be a test over each book unit once it is finished and tests will be announced one week in advance.

-          2 writing assignments done in class

-          2 writing assignments done at home

Presentation                                                                                 10%

Final Exam                                                                                    45%

Class Participation                                                                          10%        

-           Express oneself in English using correct vocabulary and grammar.

-           Complete the assigned spoken and written activities.

 

On carrying out each assessment activity, lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.

 

This subject does not incorporate the single-assessment option.

 

Re-assessment: 

Re-assessment for this subject requires a content-synthesis test, for which the following conditions are applicable: 

-          The student must previously have submitted a minimum of two-thirds of the course-assessment items.

-          The student must previously have obtained an average overall grade equal to or higher than 3.5.

-          The maximum grade than can be obtained through re-assessment is a 5.

 

Students will obtain a Not assessed/Not submitted course grade unless they have submitted more than 35% of the assessment items.

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.

Irregularities refer,for instance, to copying in an exam, copying from sources without indiacting authorship,or a misuse of AI such as presenting work as original that has been generated by an AI tool or programme. These evaluation activities will not be re-assessed.

 

 


Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Continuous Evaluation (tests and writing) 35% 5.5 0.22 12, 7, 6, 11, 5, 13, 3, 4, 14, 17, 2, 1, 16, 15, 10, 18, 19, 9, 8, 23, 22, 20, 21
Final exam 45% 1.5 0.06 12, 7, 6, 11, 5, 1, 16, 15, 23, 22, 20, 21
Oral presentation 10% 4 0.16 12, 7, 6, 11, 5, 13, 3, 4, 14, 17, 2, 1, 16, 15, 10, 18, 19, 9, 8, 23, 22, 20, 21
Speaking Activities 10% 4 0.16 12, 7, 6, 11, 5, 13, 3, 4, 14, 17, 2, 1, 16, 15, 10, 18, 19, 9, 8, 23, 22, 20, 21

Bibliography

Llibre de text:

Lansford, Lewis, Dummett, Paul, and Helen Stephenson. (2017). Keynote Advanced for "Usos Bàsics" (UAB SPECIAL EDITION). Hampshire:National Geographic Learning.

 

Per millorar la gramàtica es recomana:

- Kennedy-Scanlon, Michael, Pladevall, Elisabet and Cebrián, Juli (2012). Guided Error correction

Level B2. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Servei de Publicacions

Bellaterra.

 

Diccionaris:

- Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, OUP.

- Collins Cobuild English Dictionary, Harper Collins Publishers.

- Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, CUP.

- Collins English-Spanish/Spanish-English Dictionary, 6th ed., Grijalbo.

- Longman Language Activator. Longman.

 

http://www.ldoceonline.com/ (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English)

http://www.merriam-webster.com/ (Merrian-Webster dictionaries on line)

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ (Cambridge dictionaries on line)

http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/ (Cambridge official examination practice)

http://www.els-lab.com (listening exercises with self-correction multiple-choice activities)

http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/ (online collocation dictionary)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Software

Not applicable.