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 Communication Science
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
The course objectives are as follows:
To study the English language and its norms, its orthography, lexicon and specific phraseology, with special emphasis on its use in a journalistic and audiovisual
setting; in its spoken form as well as written, in the terminology used in order to express ideas and content, to be able to study the language in a practical manner
within the technical field of journalism and audiovisual communication.
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
- Consolidate and update their knowledge of the foreign language by means of the study of grammar, the acquisition of vocabulary and the practice of the four language skills.
- Develop vocabulary for the Media through academic strategies, with a view to reaching a common level of communicative competence.
- Become acquainted with notions and tools related to the field of Communication Studies.
- Extend students own awareness of critical reading.
- Grammar (Verb tenses, the passive voice, prepositions, countable and uncountable nouns, modal verbs, reported speech, phrasal verbs)
- Writing (General writing skills, with a focus on style and punctuation, particularly between various print media and advertising. The students will learn writing skills in
order to communicate effectively in English)
- Reading (The students will regularly read articles and learn how to analyse and summarise them effectively)
- Listening (Development of listening skills and comprehension using radio,
podcasts, TV, etc.)
- Speaking (The students will regularly participate in class discussions and debates.
Only English will be spoken in class, so the students can become familiar with the language and become comfortable using it constantly.)
- Analysis of different media - The students will become familiar with new vocabulary in order to describe and discuss newspapers (both tabloids and broadsheets), magazines, radio, TV, film, news and current affairs, etc. both in oral and written expression.appears in newspapers as well as in magazines, advertising, etc.
Tasks and assignments:
- Reading and discussion of texts (both individually and in groups)
- Reading of articles in different print media such as newspapers (the Sun, the Daily Mirror, or the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian), or on websites, to illustrate how
the different papers approach the same story.
- Grammar exercises
- Writing and listening exercises (making summaries, writing articles, advertisements, film reviews)
The units through which the aforementioned skills will be developed are:
1. Newspapers
- Digital journalism.
- The role of social networks (such as Twitter) in digital journalism.
- Political satire.
2. Radio
- Podcasts
3. Magazines
- Digital formats.
-Photography.
4. Television
-TV commercials.
- Genres.
-(Live) Streaming, on-demand shows.
5. Film
- Documentary films.
- Foley artists.
6. New Media
- Blogging (see unit 6 from the course book).
- Social networking.
- Video blogs (vlogs).
- User-generated content websites (like Wikipedia).
- Video games.
- Remix culture.
7. Advertising
- Political propaganda (e.g. WWII)
- Forms of online advertising
8. Marketing
- Note: some transversal topics will be dealt with, such as gender roles in advertising, the influence of mass media on body image, etc. Some of the subtopics above are relevant in more than one unit, for example, photography appears in newspapers as well as in magazines, advertising, etc.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BASIC
CERAMELLA, N. and LEE, E. (2008) Cambridge English for the Media. Cambridge.
MURPHY, R. (2012) English Grammar in Use. Cambridge.
DICTIONARIES ON-LINE
Merriam Webster, Diccionario monolingüe: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary
Diccionario multilingüe y traductor: http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://www.wordreference.com
http://www.onelook.com
OTHER RESOURCES ON-LINE
The New York Times www.nytimes.com
The Times www.timesonline.co.uk
Time magazine www.time.com
The Guardian www.guardian.co.uk
The Sunday Times www.sunday-times.co.uk
BBC www.bbc.co.uk
Media UK www.mediauk.com
Film English www.film-english.com
ENGLISH RESOURCES ONLINE
www.teachingenglish.org.uk
www.esl.about.com
www.better-english.com
www.nonstopenglish.com
www.speakspeak.com
www.eslgo.com
http://www.esl-lab.com (Listening exercises)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/
Competence
5.5.1.5 COMPETENCIES
5.5.1.5.1 BASIC AND GENERAL
CB2 - That the students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner, and that they possess the skills to demonstrate the
way in which they develop ideas, defend arguments, and resolve problems in their area of study.
CB3 - That the students have the capacity to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their area of study) to make judgements which reflect relevant
themes (social, scientific, or ethical, for example).
CB4 - That the students can transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to the public, whether they are trained in this area or not.
CB5 - That the students have developed their skills throughout their education, which are necessary for undertaking further learning opportunities with a higher level of self-discipline and autonomy.
CG1 - A basic contextual competency of a transdisciplinary order.
CG2 - A contextual competency in which audiovisual communication is situated within a society of information.
CG3 - A competency to practise the profession in an ethical manner and with a civic commitment.
5.5.1.5.2 TRANSVERSAL THEMES
CT01 - The capacity to organise and plan
CT02 - The capacity to manage information
CT03 - Working as a team
CT04 - Autonomous learning
CT05 - Creativity
CT06 - An enterprising spirit who takes initiative
CT07 - Basic knowledge of the profession
5.5.1.5.3 SPECIFICS
CE16 - The correct use of the English language in the context of audiovisual communication.
Capacity to show the acquisition of knowledge, particularly concerning their field of study.
Capacity to develop autonomous learning.
Capacity to learn from their own errors.
Capacity to develop collaborative and respectful attitudes.
Capacity to face multicultural situations considering the principles of equality and respect for diversity.
The classes will combine a theoretical presentation and practical analysis of texts.
In the event of any of the contingency scenarios being decreed, the indications given in the Observations section under the 'Contingency Plan' heading will apply.
Assessment must be continuous and will be performed by taking into account the educational objectives and the assessment criteria below:
Weighting of assessment:
-In-class assignments: 30%
- Final exam: 70%
The assessment system will be the same in the first and second calls, as well as for the repeating students. The students with official leave not to attend will be assessed
by means of a final exam (100%).
IMPORTANT
-Lessons will be conducted in English. The correct use of the English language will be taken into account for assessment purposes.
-Inadequate academic conduct (plagiarism, cheating, etc.) will be penalized. Note the following about plagiarism: In the event of fraudulent performance of exercises or
tests, art. 16 of the Regulations for the assessment of students academic performance:
“A fraudulent performance during an exercise or test will mean a fail grade in the corresponding call, regardless of disciplinary process that may be followed against the offending student. Plagiarised work or work carried out by using information obtained from accessible sources open to the public, among others, without due re-elaboration or reinterpretation with quotes from the authors and the sources, are considered fraudulent."
In the event of any contingency scenarios being decreed, the indications given in the Observations section below under the heading 'Contingency Plan' will be applied
Theory classes.......... 24
Seminars………….........…24
Tutorials………..........……..3
Personal work ............99 (depending on the level of the student)
Total study time .......150 hours
The students must come to class (both 'expositivas' and 'seminarios') regularly and participate actively.
CONTINGENCY PLAN: to be applied in case the relevant authorities decreed scenarios 2 or 3.
(1) Methodology:
The methodology will be adapted to the guidelines established by the USC and to the parameters agreed by the Faculty, so that teaching activities that cannot be carried out in person will be carried out virtually using the institutional tools made available by the USC, combining activities of a synchronous nature (mainly through the TEAMS platform) and / or asynchronous (mainly through TEAMS or Moodle) depending on the type of activity.
(2) Assessment:
In the blended teaching modality, whenever possible, the same evaluation system as in scenario 1. If this is not possible, or if In Scenario 3, face-to-face tests will be replaced by telematic tests (synchronous or asynchronous, oral or written) using institutional tools.
Eithne Mary Keane
Coordinador/a- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- Category
- Professor: Reader
Vanesa Roldan Romero
- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- Category
- Ministry Pre-doctoral Contract
Scott Hawkley Raines
- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- Category
- Professor: Reader
| Monday | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00-10:00 | Expositivo 1 | English | Classroom 8 |
| 10:00-11:00 | Expositivo 1 | English | Classroom 8 |
| Thursday | |||
| 09:00-10:00 | Seminario 1 | English | Classroom 8 |
| 10:00-11:00 | Seminario 1 | English | Classroom 8 |
| 01.18.2022 16:00-20:00 | Expositivo 1 | Classroom 5 |
| 01.18.2022 16:00-20:00 | Expositivo 1 | Classroom 6 |
| 06.22.2022 16:00-20:00 | Expositivo 1 | Classroom 7 |