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: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
1. To have an overview of the British written press and which 'news values' are most relevant in this context
2. To become familiar with the structure of a press article (headlines, lead, entire article)
3. To understand how the incorporation of other voices and sources in the article (heteroglossia) works, through the different levels of citation and attribution. Ethical and stylistic conventions.
4. To achieve a medium-high command of comprehension techniques (written and oral) of news texts from the British press, which are relevant tothe possible job expectations of the students.
5. To produce written press releases in the English language
6.To reinforce the study of grammar, vocabulary, style, punctuation and spelling in the English journalistic context
7. To become familiar with the linguistic uses in media English, obtaining the adequate command of the English language that is useful to carry out their work effectively in a globalized world, both in oral and written discourse.
8. To analyze journalistic discourse critically
1.News values
2. The British press: overview
3. Structure: Headlines (1)
4. Structure: Headlines (2)
5. Structure: the 'lead'
6. structure: the full newspaper article
7. Other voices: quotation and attribution
8. Journalistic English (1): accuracy and clarity (grammar and style)
9. Journalistic English (2): the right words (vocabulary)
10. Journalistic English (3): formal rigour (punctuation and spelling)
11. Critical discourse analysis (1): case study
12. Critical discourse analysis (2): case study
Bednarek, Monika and Helen Caple (2019). News Discourse. London: Bloomsbury Academic
Ceramella, N.and Lee, E.(2008 ). Cambridge English for the Media. C.U. P.
Essential English for Journalists. Editors and Writers. Pimlico
Wynford Hicks. English for Journalists.(edic. revisada 2006) Media Skills.
Sharma, P(2007).Reading the News. Thomson ELT (International Herald Tribune). Boston,
Hagreaves; I(2005). Journalism:A Very Short Introduction. Oxford:OUP.2005
Milan, M C A(2003). Practical Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. MLA.
Rowe, Jeff (2005). Broadcast News for Professionals. Marion Street Press.
Dictionary:
Alcaraz Varó, E; Hughes, B, Campos, M.A. Diccionario de términos de marketing, publicidad y medios de comunicación. Barcelona:Ariel.1999
Newspapers; The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Sun, The Daily Express, THe Daily Mirror (paper and online versions)
Basic and general
Students should know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and possess the competences that are usually demonstrated through the elaboration and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study.
Students should have the ability to collect and interpret relevant data (usually within their area of study) to make judgments that include reflection on relevant issues of a social, scientific or ethical nature.
Students should be able to transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to both a specialized and non-specialized audience.
Students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.
Basic contextual competence of a transdisciplinary order.
Contextual competence to place journalism in the field of communication.
Competence to practice the profession with professional ethics and civic commitment.
Transversal
Organizational and planning skills.
Ability to manage information.
Teamwork.
Autonomous Learning.
Creativity.
Initiative and entrepreneurial spirit.
Basic knowledge of the profession.
Specific
Correct expression of the English language (oral and written) in the context of the journalistic profession.
Reading and listening to understand information from abroad in English.
The 'expositivo' sessions (lectures) will be devoted, essentially through the exposition of contents by the teacher, to the comment and debate written / oral material.
The subject has an eminently practical focus, therefore the continued collaboration of the
students will be very important. We will rely on texts taken from different models of the press, magazines and other resources related to journalism
The interactive classes will be devoted to the comprehension and expression of newspaper articles, both written and oral.
The Virtual Classroom housed in the Virtual Campus of the USC is used
In the event of any contingency scenario being decreed, the indications given in the Observations section under the
'Contingency Plan' heading will apply.
For all students, including repeaters:
Continuous assessment. Exercises to be submitted: 30%
Final test: 70% (this includes a listening test)
Students exempted from attendance will be assessed with a final exam only (100% of the final grade).
Second Call (July): the tasks prepared during the semester will again count 30% of the final grade. Students who did not prepare these tasks during the course, or who had failed them, may get that 30% of the final grade through extra set tasks.
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, th eindications given in the Observations section below under the heading 'Contingency Plan' will be applied
The study time will depend on the level of command of the English language.
To study this subject, an initial level of communicative competence in English is recommended, corresponding to level B1 of the European Framework for Languages.
Active attendance and participation in class sessions (face-to-face or virtual, as decreed)
Reading the recommended bibliography
Completion of exercises
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 assessment system as in scenario 1 will be applied. 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.
Maria Teresa Sanchez Roura
Coordinador/a- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- Phone
- 881811889
- mteresa.sanchez.roura [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
| Monday | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00-10:00 | Expositivo 1 | English | Classroom 4 |
| 10:00-11:00 | Expositivo 1 | English | Classroom 4 |
| Tuesday | |||
| 10:00-11:00 | Expositivo 1 | English | Classroom 4 |
| 11:00-12:00 | Expositivo 1 | English | Classroom 4 |
| 05.26.2021 10:00-14:00 | Expositivo 1 | Classroom 3 |
| 05.26.2021 10:00-14:00 | Expositivo 1 | Classroom 4 |
| 07.07.2021 16:00-20:00 | Expositivo 1 | Classroom 3 |