ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
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)
To acquire a general knowledge of ESP as a whole and a deep acquaintance with one or several of its sub-branches.
To develop a critical awareness of the main topics and challenges of ESP as an applied and research area.
To get acquanted with the main structural and linguistic features of the different text types used in ESP contexts.
To develop a basic competence in the composition of the main text types used in specific areas of ESP.
To get familiar with the key issues and concepts and develop basic teaching competences in ESP.
To get acquainted with and develop an ability to use the main research tools (data, analytical instruments, relevant software, etc.) in ESP for practical or research purposes.
An overview of the discipline. Different branches of ESP. Research and applied perspectives.
English as the lingua franca of science. Affordances and obstacles.
Doing research in ESP. Quantitative and qualitative methods in ESP research.
Genre Analysis in EAP
The language of EAP
Spoken genres: the conference presentation
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Belcher, D. (2009). English for specific purposes in theory and practice. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press
Bhatia, Vijay K. (2004). Worlds of written discourse. A genre-based view. London and New York: Continuum.
Dudley Evans, Tony & Maggie Jo St John (1998), Developments in English for Specific Purposes, A multi-disciplinary Approach. Cambridge: Cambridge U. P.
Flowerdew, John (ed.) (2002) Academic discourse. Harlow: Longman
Flowerdew, John and Matthew Peacock (eds.) (2001) Research perspectives on English for academic purposes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Fortanet Gómez, Inmaculada (coord.) (2008) Hablar inglés en la universidad : docencia e investigación. Oviedo: Septem.
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Hyland, Ken (2004). Disciplinary discourses. Social interactions in academic writing. Michigan: University of Michigan Press.
Hyland, Ken (2006) English for academic purposes: an advanced resource book. London: Routledge.
Hyland, Ken & Marina Bondi (eds) (2006) Academic discourse across disciplines. New York: Peter Lang.
Swales, J. (2004) Research genres. Explorations and applications. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Swales, John M. & Christine B. Feak (2000) English in today's research world: a writing guide. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Swales, John M. (2001) Genre analysis: English in academic and research settings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ventola, Eija & Anna Mauranen (eds.) (1996) Academic writing: intercultural and textual issues. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Ventola, Eija; Celia Shalom & Susan Thompson (eds.) (2002) The Language of conferencing. Frankfurt am Main; New York: Peter Lang.
CB6. Students should acquire and fully understand knowledge that will allow them to put forward original research proposals in their field of studies.
CB7. Students should be able to apply their knowledge and problem-solving capacities in the resolution of new problems in multidisciplinary environments.
CB9. Students should be able to share their findings, as well as the background knowledge and rationale of their research, with both expert and non-expert audiences.
CB10. Students should develop a capacity for autonomous self-study and self-learning
G01 Ability to analyse the concepts, principles, theories and models pertaining to the different fields of English Studies, and to know the appropriate methodology to solve the characteristic problems of the field of study.
G02 Ability to apply the knowledge acquired in the multidisciplinary and multifaceted field of English Studies
G03 Capacity to use efficiently the new information and communication technologies in the field of English Studies
G04 Capacity to write proficient and relatively original compositions and sounded discussions, essays, scientific articles and reasonable hypotheses.
G05 Ability to make presentations of experiences, ideas and reports. Capacity to assess and discuss topics following certain objective criteria, external norms or personal opinions with a proficient level of academic and scientific language, both oral and written.
G06 Ability to find and use operating tools to gather relevant information which can improve the learning process of English Studies.
G07 Ability to work and learn in an autonomous, independent manner.
G08 Capacity to do research and handle new information and knowledge in the field of English Studies.
G09 Capacity to adopt a critical perspective which can lead students to assess the relevance of the existing investigations in the field of English Studies and of their own research.
G10 Capacity to gauge and appreciate the diverse and multicultural nature of the different contexts of English Studies.
E01 Ability to use rigorous linguistic terminology and appropriate notation
E02 Knowledge of the main linguistic research models
E05 Capacity to reflect upon the factors determining the learning and acquisition of English as a foreign language.
A large part of the contact hours of the course will consist in the presentation by the teacher of key ideas and concepts in the field, which will be complemented with practical work by the students. Practical activities will consist, for instance, in the analysis of text samples, participation in class discussions, class presentations, etc. Some of the sessions may have a workshop format and focus on the preparation or practical usage of research tools.
Continuous assessment (100%). Alternatively, continuous assessment (50%) + final test (50%). As for the continuous assessment, regular class attendance is required. Furthermore, students will have to complete a series of practical tasks, which may include a combination of any of the following: text analyses, class presentations, writing essays and small research projects. The following factors will be considered in the assessment of these tasks: ability to summarize and combine information from different sources, clarity in the presentation of ideas, accuracy in the use of specialized concepts and terminology, involvement in seminars and group activities, rigor and originality in the formulation of research proposals, comprehensiveness and punctuality in the realization of the tasks and, finally, the use of an appropriate academic style. The final test will consist in a series of questions related to the course contents.
The same assessment procedure will be applied in the case of students with an extra opportunity or those retaking the course. In the case of students with an extra opportunity, for the continuous assessment component, the student may be required to repeat a selection of the activities done throughout the course or to complete some extra tasks. As for those students with an official exemption of class attendance, continuous assessment will be based on their eventual completion of the assignments set through the virtual component of the course. These students must also sit the final written test (if applicable) or, alternatively, complete an equivalent task (or set of tasks) specified by the lecturers.
IMPORTANT NOTE. Cheating, plagiarism or any other form of misconduct during the realization of an assessment test or exercise will be treated according to the USC’s Normativa de avaliación do rendemento académico dos estudantes e de revisión de cualificacións.
Total number of in-class hours 14
Total number of hours through virtual platform 10
Total number of student’s autonomous work 51
Contingency plan for Covid 19 possible scenarios. In essence, in scenarios 2 and 3 in the Vice-Chancellor’s guidelines of 23 June 2020, course aims and contents will remain basically unchanged. However, both teaching methodology and assessment may be modified to align with the Vice-Chancellor’s recommendations, with part or all of the teaching being carried out online. In scenario 2, all lectures may take place through Teams, live or previously recorded and uploaded to Teams or to the online campus (Moodle). For the more interactive lessons, face-to-face teaching will be privileged in scenarios 1 and 2. In scenario 3, all the teaching/learning activity, including teacher’s lectures, collaborative learning activities, student presentations, submission of tasks, questionnaires, etc. will be conducted online through the USC Virtual Campus and Teams. Should there be a final exam at the end of the term, whenever possible, it will be face-to-face in scenarios 1 and 2, online in scenario 3.
All other interaction between students and lecturers, including tutorials, consultations, etc. will take place online through the e-mail, the course notification forum in the virtual course and/or the chat tool in Teams.
Francisco J. Fernandez Polo
Coordinador/a- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- Phone
- 881811898
- xabier.fernandez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Mario Cal Varela
- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- Phone
- 881811858
- mario.cal [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
| Wednesday | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 16:00-17:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | English | C09 |
| 17:00-18:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | English | C09 |
| Thursday | |||
| 16:00-17:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | English | C09 |
| 17:00-18:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | English | C09 |
| 01.12.2021 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | D03 |
| 01.12.2021 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | D03 |
| 06.18.2021 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | D03 |
| 06.18.2021 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | D03 |