ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 99 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 24 Interactive Classroom: 24 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish, Galician, English
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: English and German Philology
Areas: English Philology
Center Faculty of Philology
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
Course objectives
From a linguistic-communicative perspective, with this module students should achieve a command of the English language equivalent to a B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
ORAL COMPREHENSION:
1.-To understand the main ideas when the discourse is clear and in the standard variety and deals with common topics from work, school, leisure time, etc.
2.- To understand the main idea of many radio or TV programmes dealing with current topics and personal or professional issues, when the conversation is slow and clear.
READING COMPREHENSION:
1.-To understand texts written in everyday language or related with work.
2.-To understand the description of events, feelings and wishes in personal correspondence.
ORAL EXPRESSION AND INTERACTION:
1.-To connect simple sentences in order to describe experiences and facts, dreams, wishes and ambitions.
2.-To briefly explain and justify opinions and projects.
3.-To tell a story or a tale, the plot of a book or a film.
4.-To describe one’s own reactions.
5.-To cope with most situations in which one is involved when travelling to an English-speaking country.
6.-To spontaneously engage in a conversation about daily topics of personal interest and relevant for everyday life (e.g., pastimes, work, trips, and topical issues).
Desenvolverse en casi todas las situaciones que se presentan cuando uno viaja a un país de habla inglesa.
WRITTEN EXPRESSION:
1.-To write simple and well-connected texts about well-known topics.
2.-To write correspondence describing experiences and impressions.
In addition to these general linguistic objectives, the course intends students to develop a good command of vocabulary, syntactic structures and discourse elements.
The contents of this subject (grammar, vocabulary and oral/written comprehension and production skills) will be selected according to the B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). In particular, as far as grammatical aspects are concerned, subjects tackled could include, for example, modal verbs, passive, impersonal and causative structures; conditionals; sentences with ‘I wish’/’If only’; verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives; phrasal and prepositional verbs, among others. As far lexical aspects are concerned, the course will deal with vocabulary and expressions covering topics such as travels and tourism; food and cooking; health and medicine; science and technology, or the environment. These topics will also be worked through the skills related to the oral and reading comprehension, as well as the oral interaction and written production. Within the written production in particular, the course will cover the transition from paragraphs to essays and longer pieces of writing, including inter alia descriptive and opinion essays.
BASIC REFERENCES:
MCCARTHY, M. & F. O’DELL. (2017). English Vocabulary in Use – Upper-Intermediate. Cambridge: CUP.
MURPHY, R. (2019). English Grammar in Use: A Self-Study Reference and Practice Book for Intermediate Students of English. Cambridge: CUP.
FURTHER REFERENCES:
BROOK-HART, G. (2008). Complete First Certificate. Cambridge: CUP.
HASHEMI, L. & B. THOMAS. (2003). Cambridge Grammar for First Certificate. Cambridge: CUP.
LANSFORD, L. (2014). Unlock: Listening & Speaking Skills. Cambridge: CUP.
THOMAS, B. et al. (2015). Grammar and Vocabulary for First (with answers). Cambridge: CUP.
THOMSON, A. J. & A. V. MARTINET (1993). A Practical English Grammar (+ exercises with key). Oxford: OUP.
SOWTON, C. (2019). Unlock: Reading, Writing & Critical Thinking. Student’s Book. Cambridge: CUP.
SWAN, M. (2016). Practical English Usage. Oxford: OUP.
SWAN, M. & C. WALTER. (2011). Oxford English Grammar Course. Intermediate. Oxford: OUP.
VINCE, M. (2009). First Certificate Language Practice. English Grammar and Vocabulary. MacMillan Publishers.
ZEMACH, D.E. & L.A. RUMISEK (2005). Academic Writing. From Paragraph to Essay. Oxford: Macmillan.
RECOMMENDED DICTIONARIES:
- Gran diccionario Oxford Español-Inglés/Inglés-Español. Oxford University Press.
- Collins Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners (Paperback). Harper Collins Publishers.
E-LEARNING MATERIALS:
Dictionaries (English and English-Spanish)
- http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ (English)
- http://www.lexico.com/ (English and English-Spanish)
- http://www.ldoceonline.com/ (English)
- http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ (English)
- http://www.wordreference.com/ (English and English-Spanish)
- http://www.learnersdictionary.com/ (English)
- http://dictionary.reference.com/ (several languages, in English)
- http://sli.uvigo.es/CLIG/index.html (English-Galician)
- http://visual.merriam-webster.com/ (visual in English)
Synonyms, antonyms etc.:
- http://thesaurus.reference.com/
Grammars:
- http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/index.cfm (with exercises)
- http://www.englishpage.com/grammar/ (with exercises)
Miscellany (grammar, vocabulary, activities, tests, reading, writing, podcasts...):
- English Test Net (http://www.english-test.net/)
- About.com (http://esl.about.com/)
- Easy English (http://www.easyenglish.com/)
- A4esl.org (http://a4esl.org/)
- UsingEnglish.com (http://www.usingenglish.com/)
- English Page (http://www.englishpage.com/)
- BBC Learning English (http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/)
- British Council - Learning English (http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/)
- University of Victoria - Language Center (http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/index.htm)
Basic: CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5
General: CG1, CG8, CG9
Specific: CE1, CE5
For further information consult the “Memoria de Verificación” on the following link: https://www.usc.gal/export9/sites/webinstitucional/gl/servizos/sxopra/m…
LECTURES (1 hour per week). They will combine presentations by the lecturer about grammatical aspects and practical exercises by the students.
INTERACTIVE SESSIONS (2 hours per week). The lecturers will devote time to activities intended to put into practise the different skills (reading and oral comprehension, oral and written expressions), in which the student is expected to participate actively.
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS. In these sessions students may consult doubts about the subject on site or online.
Both in the ordinary (May/June) and in the extraordinary (June/July) exam period, the degree of achievement of the course objectives by the students will be assessed through several procedures, as detailed below:
FIRST OPPORTUNITY (May/June):
The distribution of percentages for the first opportunity (May/June) will be as follows:
1) CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT (40%) – oral and written activities to be done either individually or in group, in class or through the virtual platform. The percentage of continuous assessment will be divided as indicated:
1.1. Written production tasks: 20%
1.2. Class attendance, participation and completion of other assigned tasks: 10% (5% - class attendance)
1.3. Project – the written production and oral presentation will be assessed: 10%
2) FINAL EXAM (60%) – the final exam will consist of:
2.1. A written test (40%), which includes:
- Grammar and vocabulary (20%)
- Reading and oral comprehension (20%).
2.2. An oral test (20%), which will be taken on the dates announced over the semester.
IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS:
1.- In order to pass this subject, the sum of the different gradable components must be of 5 out of 10. In addition, students must obtain a minimum mark of 4 out of 10 in the following parts: 1) written production tasks (continuous assessment – 20%); 2) grammar and vocabulary (20%); 3) reading and oral comprehension (20%); 4) oral exam (20%). Students who do not obtain a minimum mark of 4 out of 10 in the aforementioned components will fail the subject, even if the overall mark is 5 or over. In this case the mark registered in the Official Record will be 4.5.
2.- The students who do not sit the final exam on the set date will obtain the mark ‘NP’ (absent), even if they have completed all the continuous assessment activities.
3.- The students who have not submitted the continuous assessment tasks will lose the corresponding percentage in the final mark, with the exception of the written production tasks (20%). The students who do not reach the minimum of 4 out of 10 in the written production tasks will be able to resit this part in the second opportunity in June/July.
4.- Those students who fail to come to 5 or more lectures/interactive sessions without due cause over the semester will lose their right to 5% of class attendance.
SECOND OPPORTUNITY (June/July):
The distribution of percentages for the second opportunity in June/July will be the same as for the first one – continuous assessment (40%) and final exam (60%), taking into account the following considerations:
1.- The students who have not submitted the continuous assessment tasks corresponding to the ‘project’ (10%) and ‘attendance, participation and other tasks’ (10%) will lose the corresponding percentages in their final mark.
2.-The students who have not completed the written production tasks (20%) included in the continuous assessment or those who have not obtained a minimum of 4 out of 10 may resit this part in the second opportunity.
2.- The students who have passed a part of the final exam in the first opportunity will only be able to resit those parts which they have failed in the first opportunity.
STUDENTS EXEMPT FROM CLASS ATTENDANCE:
Those students who are exempt from class attendance will have to do a final exam worth 100% of the mark, distributed as follows:
1.- Written exam (80%), covering: grammar and vocabulary (25%), written production (25%), written and oral comprehension (30%).
2.- Oral exam (20%).
In order to pass the subject, it is necessary to obtain a minimum of 4 out of 10 in the following components: 1) oral exam; 2) written production; 3) grammar and vocabulary; 4) written and oral comprehension. If a student fails to obtain the minimum mark of 4 out of 10 in each of these components, the mark recorded in the Official Record will be 4.5.
STUDENTS RESITTING THE SUBJECT:
Those students who have failed the subject in previous years and are resitting the subject in the academic year 2021/2022 will be assessed according to the assessment system aforementioned, unless it is impossible for them to attend class. In these cases, they will have to inform the subject coordinator about their wish to take the assessment system applied to students exempt from class attendance.
***IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS:
1) Given the nature of the oral exams, these may take place on a different date and hour to those of the official exam.
These dates will be duly announced in class and have an official status, which implies that students have to take into account these dates, since it is their duty to be available during these dates for the oral exams.
2) THE DATES OF ANY PART OF THE EXAM WILL NOT BE CHANGED UNLESS IN UNFORESEEABLE CIRCUMSTANCES.
3) If fraudulent practices are detected in assignments or exams of any kind, art. 16 of “Normativa de avaliación do rendemento académico dos estudantes e de revisión de cualificacións” will apply, which will bring about a direct fail in the subject: “A realización fraudulenta dalgún exercicio ou proba esixida na avaliación dunha materia implicará a cualificación de suspenso na convocatoria correspondente, con independencia do proceso disciplinario que se poida seguir contra o alumno infractor. Considerarase fraudulenta, entre outras, a realización de traballos plaxiados ou obtidos de fontes accesibles ao público sen reelaboración ou reinterpretación e sen citas aos autores e das fontes”.
150 hours, of which 57 correspond to class hours (lectures, interactive sessions and tutorials), 3 to assessment and 90 to personal and autonomous work outside the classroom.
Daisy Teresa Waite
- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- Category
- Professor: Reader
Maria Alonso Alonso
Coordinador/a- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- maria.alonso.alonso [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: LOU (Organic Law for Universities) PhD Assistant Professor
Caio Nogueira Fontes De Castro
- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- caio.nogueira [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Reader
Chloe Louise Pennington
- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- chloe.pennington [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Reader
| Monday | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00-11:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 (A-F) | English | D11 |
| 11:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_02 (G-O) | English | D11 |
| 12:00-13:00 | Grupo /CLE_03 (P-Z) | English | D11 |
| Tuesday | |||
| 10:00-11:00 | Grupo /CLIL_01 (A-B) | English | C02 |
| 10:00-11:00 | Grupo /CLIL_02 (C-D) | English | C03 |
| 10:00-11:00 | Grupo /CLIL_03 (E-F) | English | C04 |
| 11:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLIL_04 (G-I) | English | C02 |
| 11:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLIL_05 (J-L) | English | C03 |
| 11:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLIL_06 (M-O) | English | C04 |
| 12:00-13:00 | Grupo /CLIL_07 (P-Q) | English | C02 |
| 12:00-13:00 | Grupo /CLIL_08 (R-S) | English | C03 |
| 12:00-13:00 | Grupo /CLIL_09 (T-Z) | English | C04 |
| Wednesday | |||
| 11:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLIL_01 (A-B) | English | C02 |
| 11:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLIL_02 (C-D) | English | C03 |
| 11:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLIL_03 (E-F) | English | C04 |
| 12:00-13:00 | Grupo /CLIL_04 (G-I) | English | C02 |
| 12:00-13:00 | Grupo /CLIL_05 (J-L) | English | C03 |
| 12:00-13:00 | Grupo /CLIL_06 (M-O) | English | C04 |
| 13:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLIL_07 (P-Q) | English | C02 |
| 13:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLIL_08 (R-S) | English | C03 |
| 13:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLIL_09 (T-Z) | English | C04 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_03 (P-Z) | C07 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_02 (C-D) | C07 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_03 (E-F) | C07 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_06 (M-O) | C07 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_09 (T-Z) | C07 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_01 (A-B) | C07 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_07 (P-Q) | C07 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_04 (G-I) | C07 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_05 (J-L) | C07 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 (A-F) | C07 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_02 (G-O) | C07 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_08 (R-S) | C07 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_01 (A-B) | C08 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_07 (P-Q) | C08 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_04 (G-I) | C08 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_05 (J-L) | C08 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 (A-F) | C08 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_02 (G-O) | C08 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_08 (R-S) | C08 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_03 (P-Z) | C08 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_02 (C-D) | C08 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_03 (E-F) | C08 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_06 (M-O) | C08 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_09 (T-Z) | C08 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_03 (E-F) | C09 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_06 (M-O) | C09 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_09 (T-Z) | C09 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_01 (A-B) | C09 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_07 (P-Q) | C09 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_04 (G-I) | C09 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_05 (J-L) | C09 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 (A-F) | C09 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_02 (G-O) | C09 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_08 (R-S) | C09 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_03 (P-Z) | C09 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_02 (C-D) | C09 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_03 (P-Z) | C10 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_02 (C-D) | C10 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_03 (E-F) | C10 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_06 (M-O) | C10 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_09 (T-Z) | C10 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_01 (A-B) | C10 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_07 (P-Q) | C10 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_04 (G-I) | C10 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_05 (J-L) | C10 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 (A-F) | C10 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_02 (G-O) | C10 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_08 (R-S) | C10 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_03 (E-F) | C11 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_06 (M-O) | C11 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 (A-F) | C11 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_09 (T-Z) | C11 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_01 (A-B) | C11 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_07 (P-Q) | C11 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_04 (G-I) | C11 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_05 (J-L) | C11 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_02 (G-O) | C11 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_08 (R-S) | C11 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_03 (P-Z) | C11 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_02 (C-D) | C11 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_01 (A-B) | C12 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_07 (P-Q) | C12 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_02 (C-D) | C12 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_04 (G-I) | C12 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_05 (J-L) | C12 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_02 (G-O) | C12 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_08 (R-S) | C12 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_03 (P-Z) | C12 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 (A-F) | C12 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_03 (E-F) | C12 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_06 (M-O) | C12 |
| 05.26.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIL_09 (T-Z) | C12 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_01 (A-B) | C10 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_07 (P-Q) | C10 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_04 (G-I) | C10 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_05 (J-L) | C10 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLE_02 (G-O) | C10 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_08 (R-S) | C10 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLE_03 (P-Z) | C10 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_02 (C-D) | C10 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_03 (E-F) | C10 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_06 (M-O) | C10 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 (A-F) | C10 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_09 (T-Z) | C10 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLE_03 (P-Z) | C11 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_02 (C-D) | C11 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 (A-F) | C11 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_03 (E-F) | C11 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_06 (M-O) | C11 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_09 (T-Z) | C11 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_01 (A-B) | C11 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_07 (P-Q) | C11 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_04 (G-I) | C11 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_05 (J-L) | C11 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLE_02 (G-O) | C11 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_08 (R-S) | C11 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_03 (E-F) | C12 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_06 (M-O) | C12 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_09 (T-Z) | C12 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_04 (G-I) | C12 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_01 (A-B) | C12 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_02 (C-D) | C12 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_07 (P-Q) | C12 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 (A-F) | C12 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_05 (J-L) | C12 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLE_02 (G-O) | C12 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIL_08 (R-S) | C12 |
| 06.29.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLE_03 (P-Z) | C12 |