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
Center Faculty of Humanities
Call: First Semester
Teaching: Sin docencia (Extinguida)
Enrolment: No Matriculable
There are three types of objectives for this subject: theoretical, practical and methodological:
Among theoretical objectives we can mention the consolidation of the main structures and functions of the English language, the study of English grammar and the development of certain basic linguistic competences (writing, speaking, reading and comprehension).
The practical objectives concern (i) linguistic comprehension, like being able to hold a general conversation, understand the description of wishes, feelings, events or activities related to work, and identify and understand technical information; these objectives also concern (ii) linguistic production, like being able to explain everyday situations, communicate fluently everyday topics, describe wishes, experiences, feelings, opinions or reactions, discuss abstract and cultural topics, write personal letters which describe in detail events and experiences.
Finally, methodological objectives involve the active participation of students in the classroom, whether they be present, or in the virtual classroom by way of the activities assigned and the development of each student’s so-called autonomy in their learning process.
For a more detailed description of the CEFR, please consult:
http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/Source/Framework_EN.pdf
It is strongly recommended that students have a B1.2 level at the beginning of the Spring semester.
The actual contents (grammar, vocabulary & skills) will be selected from the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, and implemented by means of the textbook to be announced the first week of class and in the Aula Virtual.
Course books and other materials used during the year:
A course book corresponding to level B1.2 /B2.2 of the MCER will be used. and will be announced the first week of class and in the Aula Virtual.
There will also be a reader which will be used to practice and also as a base for the composition part of the Final Exam.
Recommended dictionaries:
Gran diccionario Oxford Español-Inglés/Inglés-Español. Oxford University Press.
Collins Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners (Paperback). Harper Collins Publishers.
Online resources for consultation, practice and self-learning.
Dictionaries
(English-Galician)
---- http://sli.uvigo.es/CLIG/index.html
(English-Spanish-English)
---- http://www.wordreference.com/
(English)
---- http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
---- http://www.ldoceonline.com/
---- http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
---- http://www.learnersdictionary.com/
---- http://dictionary.reference.com/
---- http://visual.merriam-webster.com/
Synonyms, antonyms and related ideas
---- http://thesaurus.reference.com/
Grammar books:
---- http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/index.cfm
---- (with exercises)
---- http://www.englishpage.com/grammar/
---- (with exercises)
Miscellanea (activities, tests, reading, 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/
---- (grammar, exercises, vocabulary, writing...)
BBC Learning English
---- http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
---- (grammar, tests, reading activities, listening comprehension, podcasts...)
British Council - Learning English
---- http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/
---- (grammar, tests, reading activities, listening comprehension, podcasts...)
University of Victoria - Language Center
---- http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/index.htm
For students studying this subject as part of the Cultural Science and Cultural Communication Degree program, the skills that they will be developing during this semester are:
BASIC & GENERAL SKILLS:
CG1 - Students should prove that they possess, in the area of the Humanities and Culture, the relative basic knowledge as acquired during their secondary education and that they are able to expand upon this base and develop it by means of contact with skilled texts and recent findings.
CG2 – Students should know how to apply their knowledge to their profession or vocation of a professional form, as well as possess the skills that are commonly shown in the preparation and defense of arguments and in their problem-solving capacity for the areas of Humanities and of Culture.
CG3 – Students should have the capacity to gather and interpret significant data (relative to the contents of the Degree in Cultural Science and Cultural Communication) so as to make judgments which involve reflection on important topics of social, scientific or ethical character.
CG4 – Students should be able to transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to a specialized as well as non-specialized audience.
CG5 - Students should have developed the learning skills necessary so as to undertake future studies with a high degree of autonomy.
TRANSVERSAL SKILLS:
CT1 – Students should have developed their capacity to correct and coherently use a foreign language in diverse communicative situations.
CT2 - Students should have knowledge to conduct suitable edition of texts, with the corresponding formal presentation as per the required parameters for computer processing in today’s world.
CT3 – Students should possess skill in the use of the new technologies.
SPECIFIC SKILLS:
CE4 –Students should have acquired a more profound knowledge about matters of interest in the field of Humanities.
CE5 - Students should have developed their capacity to prepare well thought out and critical commentaries for works and texts related to all areas of the field of Humanities.
CE6 - Students should have developed their skills in the preparation, edition and presentation of papers written as part of their elementary initiation to the field of research.
For more detailed information see:
http://www.usc.es/export/sites/default/gl/servizos/sxopra/memorias_grao…
According to the order of the textbook, and as per the doubts put forth by students in attendance, during the sessions in which students are physically present, the professor will give short presentations on grammar, vocabulary and English usage. The students will then do individual and group practice activities in the classroom.
The professor will assign complementary activities to be done outside the classroom on those linguistic aspects which require more intense practice. S/he will also assign activities that the students should use in the classroom to practice their written and oral language skills (presentations, conversations, etc.)
In order to carry out the activities done outside the classroom, the USC Virtual classroom will be used. It will also be used as an additional means of evaluation and tutorials for students.
In case of the contingency scenarios 2 or 3, it will be applied what is reflected in the observation section under the title “Contingency plan”
Assessment will be based on the continuous evaluation of the student throughout the semester and in accordance with the following examination periods.
First Opportunity Exam (May):
(A) For the students who are enrolled in the on-line learning program:
Continuous evaluation of supervised activities: 35%
Oral exam 15%
Final written exam 50%
Written exams will be held in the dates officially set by the Faculty and will constitute, alongside the activities done during the year, a single unit that will be awarded 85% of the overall grades. The remaining 15% will depend on the Oral exam, to be held on the date scheduled and confirmed in the Virtual classroom. Students will pass if they do so on both the written and oral sections. Should they pass only one of them, they will be entitled to keep this mark for the second exam period in July; therefore they will retake only the section previously graded as Fail.
Second Opportunity Exam (June / July)
(A) For those students who have passed a section of the 1st chance Exam they may retain it for this exam, in which case the evaluation system is the same as above.
(B) For those students who have not passed any part of the 1st chance exam, the final exam will represent 100 % of their final mark:
---- Final oral exam: 30%
---- Final written exam: 70%
In case of fraudulent academic work (tasks, exercises, papers or exams) students will be penalized according to the rules and regulations dealing with the academic assessment of university students.
The detection of plagiarism in any of the academic work turned in for grading in this subject will be penalized with a “Fail” in this subject, even when the student has passing marks in other areas of evaluation.
In case of the contingency scenarios 2 or 3, it will be applied what is reflected in the observation section under the title “Contingency plan”
This course consists of 15 weeks of class in which there will be 15 one-hour-long weekly sessions which the students may attend. These theoretical/practical sessions will be complemented with the practical activities that should be done by students on their own outside the classroom.
This subject will require a total of 150 hours of work by the student.
Class Attendance:
Class attendance is not mandatory; however, students should be capable of doing the work involved in this course on their own. The final evaluation for this subject will depend on the students following the indications of the professors as far as home study, turning in required work on time, and active participation in the Virtual classroom is concerned.
Class work & Home study:
Active participation in the virtual classroom will help the students to improve their performance in both written and oral English. After the completion of a Unit of study in the Textbook, students are expected to continue their preparation with the Workbook and/or other materials available in the Bibliography and in the Virtual Classroom.
During the year several compositions will be assigned to allow the practice of English composition. In order for this practice to be evaluated, the compositions must be typewritten and double-spaced and must be turned in on time.
Course Description:
Subject: Modern Language II: English
Numerical code: G5101231 (Lugo) (semi-presencial)
Credits ECTS: 6.
Type: Basic
Year of study and semester: Second year, Autumn semester.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: In the USC Rules for Academic Performance (DOG 21 from 21 July, 2011, Art. 16) presenting fraudulent academic work for any type of final evaluation is penalized with a “Fail” in the corresponding exam period. Turning in this type of work may also result in a disciplinary process for the offender (1). Hence, any detection of plagiarism in any of the academic work turned in for grading in this subject will be penalized with a “Fail” in this subject, even when the student has passing marks in other areas of evaluation. As “plagiarism” we understand when an academic paper includes any partial or complete copy, in literal form or not, of content, or ideas published in other academic papers or in any other type of published format (paper or Internet), and where the student does not cite the source from which the said content or idea was taken. Students who fail because of plagiarism will not be allowed to take part in the second chance exam period.
All of the activities which are turned in should include the bibliographical sources that were consulted, as per an established academic method of bibliographical (and digital) quotation.
(1) https://www.usc.es/export/sites/default/gl/normativa/descargas/resavare…
Contingency plan for the academic course 2021-2022
If scenarios 2 and 3 come to be established by the authorities the methodology will be adapted according to the different faculties and USC regulations. The teaching activities that cannot be carried out face to face will do so in a virtual way using the institutional tools for that end. Synchronous and asynchronous activities will be combined using Teams and Moodle platforms depending on the type of activity.
The evaluation system used in scenario 1 will be maintained in scenario 2 whenever possible. If it is not possible, emphasis will be given to continuous assessment and, should it be necessary, online testing both synchronous and asynchronous will be implemented using institutional tools.