IDENTIFYING DATA 2015_16
Subject (*) LLENGUA ANGLESA I Code 12254118
Study programme
Grau de Llengua i Literatura Catalanes (2009)
 Cycle 1r
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period Exam timetables and dates
6 Obligatòria Segon 1Q
Modality and teaching language See working groups
Department Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys
Coordinator
MIGUEL GOMEZ, SARA
 E-mail andrearoxana.bellot@urv.cat
sara.miguel@urv.cat
Lecturers
BELLOT ., ANDREA ROXANA
MIGUEL GOMEZ, SARA
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General description and relevant information Acquisition of grammatical competence and knowledge appropriate to level B2 (CERF), with a main focus on the verb phrase and related elements.

Competències
Type A Code Competences Specific
Type B Code Competences Transversal
Type C Code Competences Nuclear
 C1 Dominar en un nivell intermedi una llengua estrangera, preferentment l’anglès.

Resultats d'aprenentage
Type A Code Learning outcomes
Type B Code Learning outcomes
Type C Code Learning outcomes
 C1 Extreu el sentit general dels textos que contenen informació no rutinària dins d'un àmbit conegut
Recull en apunts part de la informació que s'imparteix en una classe
Escriu cartes o prendre notes sobre assumptes previsibles i coneguts

Continguts
Topic Sub-topic
Present and past
Future
Modals
Linking verbs
Verbs and complementation
Basic multi-word verbs
Passives
Reporting
Subjunctive

Planificació
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
 Hours outside the classroom
 (**) Total hours
Activitats Introductòries
1 0 1
Sessió Magistral
12 6 18
Resolució de problemes, exercicis a l'aula ordinària
40 0 40
Estudis previs
1 19 20
Treballs
2 42 44
Resolució de problemes, exercicis
1 20 21
Atenció personalitzada
2 0 2
 
Proves mixtes
3 0 3
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Metodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Activitats Introductòries Course presentation (aims, content, learning methods, assessment).
Sessió Magistral Presentation and explanation of the most difficult course contents, to support and complement practice with the acquisition of appropriate corresponding linguistic and meta-linguistic knowledge.
Resolució de problemes, exercicis a l'aula ordinària Exercises completed and corrected in the class sessions to:
(a) increase the student's degree of grammatical accuracy,
(b) initiate training in basic description and analysis of the English language, and
(c) detect and deal with any especially problematic aspects.
Estudis previs Self-learning sessions at home. Reviewing and revising for written tests.
Treballs Students will have to do a mini-project about a specific grammar aspect.
Resolució de problemes, exercicis Students will be required to read units at home and do exercises about them. They should also tell teachers about any doubts/problems they might come up against when doing so.
Atenció personalitzada Reviews of papers or tests. Individual consultation of any course-related doubts or problems (in visiting hours).

Atenció personalitzada
Description
Reviews of papers or tests. Individual consultation of any course-related doubts or problems (in visiting hours).

Avaluació
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Resolució de problemes, exercicis a l'aula ordinària
Regular active oral participation in class sessions.
Correct, punctual and complete processing of exercises. 		10%
Treballs
Miniproject.

Final report. 		20%

10%
Proves mixtes
Written tests closely based on course content. 60%
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

Segona Convocatòria will consist of a written test which will include questions and exercises on all the topics covered in the course.

Fonts d'informació

Bàsica Hewings, Martin, Advanced Grammar in Use, Third Edition, Cambridge University Press
Haines, Simon & Nettle, Mark, Advanced Grammar in Use (Supplementary Exercises), , Cambridge University Press

The above two items are indispensable course material for both English Language 1 and 2. In both cases, students should acquire them with answers, and in the first case, with CD-Rom.

Other useful sources

Parrot, M. 2000. Grammar for English Language Teachers. Cambridge: CUP.
Swan, M.Practical English Usage.Oxford: OUP.
Complementària

Recomanacions

Subjects that continue the syllabus
LLENGUA ANGLESA II/12274106


Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
ANGLÈS I/12274002
ANGLÈS II/12274003
 
Other comments
The course requires a high degree of student involvement and participation. Consistent day-to-day work will be paramount, as well as following instructions correctly and fully, and meeting deadlines punctually.
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.