ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 76.5 Hours of tutorials: 4.5 Expository Class: 13.5 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 112.5
Use languages Spanish, Galician, English
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: English and German Philology
Areas: English Philology
Center Faculty of Philology
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
The subject aims to give students a grounding in breadth and depth in Linguistics, by exploring the central features of some of the principal theoretical frameworks, their methodologies, contested areas and uncontested results.
1. Introduction.
2. Formal models.
2. Functional and Cognitive Grammar models. Construction Grammar.
BASIC (All the items are accessible online):
Croft, William & D. Alan Cruse. 2004. Cognitive Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 4.
Goldberg, Adele E. 1995. A Construction Grammar approach to argument structure. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, Chapter 1.
Taylor, John R. 2002. Cognitive Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Chapters 1, 2 and 7.
COMPLEMENTARY (accessible online):
Hilpert, Martin. 2014. Construction Grammar and its application to English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
BASIC
CB6 - To possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and / or explanation of ideas, often in a research context.
CB7 - That students know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study.
CB9 - That students are able to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that support them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way.
CB10 - That students possess the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
GENERAL
G01 - Ability to delve into those concepts, principles, theories or models related to the various areas of English Studies, as well as to become familiar with the methodology required to solve those problems typical of this field of study.
G02 - Ability to apply the knowledge gained/obtained within the multidisciplinary and mutifaceted/versatile area of English Studies.
G03 - Ability to use the new information and communication technologies (ICTs) efficiently within the realm of English Studies.
G04 - Ability to present experiences, ideas or reports in public, as well as to express informed opinions based on criteria, external rules or personal reflections, for which a sufficient command of the academic and scientific language, both written and oral, will be necessary.
G05 - Abilities to investigate and manage new knowledge and information within the context of English Studies.
G06 - Ability to acquire/achieve critical thinking that will lead students to consider the relevance of the existing research in the fields of study that make up/shape/define English Studies, as well as the relevance of their own investigations.
G07 - Abilities to consolidate and develop the C2 linguistic competence in the spoken and written use of the English language.
G08 - Progressive autonomy in the learning process, personal/individual search for resources and information, by getting access/accessing (to) bibliographical and documentary references on the various areas that make up/define/shape English Studies.
G09 - Ability to carry out research work of an academic nature in the different realms of English Studies.
G10 - Ability to present and defend a research project by making use of the appropriate terminology and resources/tools within the area object of study.
SPECIFIC
E01 - Knowledge of the main methods of linguistic research.
E02 - Knowledge of the main resources, tools and methods for linguistic research.
Lectures and seminars, combined with online coursework.
Attendance to class is compulsory. Percentage: 10% (G01, G02, GO3, G04, G05)
Three course assignments: 90%, to be handed in in November and December 2021, and in January 2022. (CB6, CB7, CB9, CB10, G01, G02, G03, G05, G07, G08, G09, G10, E01, E02)
Assessment in July: three course assignment (100%) (CB6, CB7, CB9, CB10, G01, G02, G03, G05, G06, G07, G08, G09, G10, E01, E02)
In all other cases (students unable to attend classes, students retaking the course, etc.): three course assignment (100%) (CB6, CB7, CB9, CB10, G01, G02, G03, G05, G06, G07, G08, G09, G10, E01, E02)
If fraudulent practices are detected, the Normativa de avaliación do rendemento académico dos estudantes e de revisión de cualificacións will be applied.
Expository classes: 8
Interactive classes: 11
Tutorials (presential): 2
Debates and fore (virtual platform): 6
Reading activities (virtual platform): 6
Self-assessment on virtual platform: 3
Autonomous work (individually or in group): 16
Essay writing: 30
Activities in the library and search for bibliographical references: 30
Total hours (presential): 21
Total hours (non presential): 91
None in particular.
Juan Carlos Acuña Fariña
Coordinador/a- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- Phone
- 881811900
- carlos.acuna.farina [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Tamara Bouso Rivas
- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- tamara.bouso.rivas [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: LOU (Organic Law for Universities) PhD Assistant Professor
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