Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2504212 English Studies | OB | 2 | 2 |
2504380 English and Catalan Studies | OB | 2 | 2 |
2504386 English and Spanish Studies | OB | 2 | 2 |
2504393 English and French Studies | OB | 2 | 2 |
2504394 English and Classics Studies | OB | 2 | 2 |
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Students enrolling in this subject are expected to have passed the subject 106286 - Speaking and Listening for Academic Purposes I.
The entry level for the subject is the C2.1 level (proficiency) in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment. At the C2 level, the student can (i) understand with no effort prctically everything they hear or read; they can summarize information from various sources, oral or written, reconstruct facts an arguments, present them in a coherent way; they can express themselves fluently and precisely, distinguishing nuances and ubtle meanings even in the most complex situations.
"Speaking and Listening for Academic Purposes II" is part of the overall course "Academic Skills in English" which includes "Speaking and Listening for Academic Purposes I", "Writing and Reading for Academic Purposes I and II" and "Seminar on Advanced Oral and Written Expression in English"
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
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 | |||
In-class oral practice | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Theory and practice classes | 30 | 1.2 | 8, 9, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorial Sessions | 22 | 0.88 | 8, 9, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Reading and Studying | 76.5 | 3.06 | 8, 9, 3 |
Singe-Assessment Option
This subject/module does not incorporate the single-assessment option.
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IMPORTANT:
1. To pass the course, students need to pass 60% of the content of the final written and oral exam, and the average of the course must be 60% or more. Students will only gain access to the written exam if they have passed the final oral exam.
2. To pass the final exam (written and oral), students need an average of 60%.
3. In order to obtain an average of the final exam, students need to obtain a minimum of 55% in each of the 2 parts of the final exam. Otherwise, they will have to reassess one part in which they have obtained less than 55%.
4. Only if/when students pass the final written exam and the oral exam with a 60% will continuous assessment marks and other evaluation activities be taken into account.
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 and oral exam average reaches a 35%. If they reach less than a 35%, students won’t be eligible for reassessment.
If a student sits reassessment exams, they will get a maximum of 5 on SIGMA as a final grade.
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.
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.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Continuous Assessment | 30% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 8, 9, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Final Oral Exam | 30% | 1 | 0.04 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Final Written Exam | 40% | 4 | 0.16 | 8, 9, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 |
Basic Bibliography
Recommended reference books:
Recommended links:
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/
No specific software will be used.