DADES IDENTIFICATIVES 2020_21
Assignatura (*) LLENGUA I SOCIETAT Codi 12274011
Ensenyament
Grau d'Anglès (2009)
 Cicle 1r
Descriptors Crèd. Tipus Curs Període
6 Formació bàsica Primer 2Q
Llengua d'impartició
Català
Departament Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys
Filologia Catalana
Filologies Romàniques
Coordinador/a
GALLEGO BALSÀ, LÍDIA
 Adreça electrònica lidia.gallego@urv.cat
Professors/es
GALLEGO BALSÀ, LÍDIA
Web
Descripció general i informació rellevant <p>This course offers an introduction to the study of the relationship between language, society and the indivuidual. In this course, language is perceived as a social practice, focusing on different aspects of its role in social life. The topics reviewed include language in history, language and power, language and the media and multilingualism and English as a global language.&nbsp;</p><div><br /></div><div>This subject combines face-to-face and blended learning in a percentage that has yet to be confirmed. When the academic year starts, the calendar with all of the planned teaching activities (with timetables and classrooms) will be available from the Moodle online campus for each subject.</div><div><br /></div><div>If there is a new lockdown and/or any modification to the sections of the teaching guide, the adjustments that need to be made to teaching practices will be announced via Moodle</div>

Competències
Tipus A Codi Competències Específiques
 A1 Demostrar que coneix els corrents teòrics i metodològics de la lingüística i les seves aplicacions.
 A4 Aprofundir en el coneixement de l’ésser humà i dels seus diversos entorns culturals.
Tipus B Codi Competències Transversals
 CT5 Comunicar informació de forma clara i precisa a audiències diverses.
 CT7 Aplicar els principis ètics i de responsabilitat social com a ciutadà i com a professional.
Tipus C Codi Competències Nuclears

Resultats d'aprenentage
Tipus A Codi Resultats d'aprenentatge
 A1 Identifica les característiques del llenguatge humà.
Valora la riquesa lingüística del món.
 A4 Realitza lectures i recensions sobre etnografies i monografies antropològiques.
Realitza treballs de reflexió i síntesi a partir de la cerca en les fonts bibliogràfiques fonamentals relacionades amb la diversitat cultural i el multiculturalisme.
Tipus B Codi Resultats d'aprenentatge
 CT5 Produir un text de qualitat, sense errors gramaticals i ortogràfics, amb una presentació formal acurada i un ús adequat i coherent de les convencions formals i bibliogràfiques.
Construir un text estructurat, clar, cohesionat, ric i d’extensió adequada.
Elaborar un text adequat a la situació comunicativa, consistent i persuasiu.
Usar els mecanismes de comunicació no verbal i els recursos expressius de la veu necessaris per fer una bona intervenció oral.
Construir un discurs estructurat, clar, cohesionat, ric i d’extensió adequada.
Produir un discurs adequat a la situació comunicativa, consistent i persuasiu, i interactuar de manera efectiva amb l’auditori.
 CT7 Conèixer les principals desigualtats i discriminacions que es produeixen per raó de gènere i comprendre’n les causes.
Identificar els principals problemes ambientals.
Reconèixer i reflexionar sobre les necessitats i problemàtiques socials, i implicar-se en la millora de la comunitat.
Reconèixer els conceptes ètics i deontològics de l’àrea de coneixement, mostrar capacitat crítica i de diàleg, i fer un ús responsable de les normes que l’afecten com a membre de la comunitat universitària.
Tipus C Codi Resultats d'aprenentatge

Continguts
Tema Subtema
Unit 1. Language in history.
Unit 2. Language and Power.
Unit 3. Language and the Media.
Unit 4. Multilingualism and Languages in Contact.

Planificació
Metodologies  ::  Proves
  Competències (*) Hores a classe
 Hores fora de classe
 (**) Hores totals
Activitats Introductòries
1 0 1
Sessió Magistral
A4
 14 5 19
Seminaris
A1
A4
CT5
CT7
 21 30 51
Pràctiques de camp/sortides
A1
A4
CT5
CT7
 3 12 15
Presentacions / exposicions
A1
CT5
CT7
 10 15 25
Portafolis/ Carpeta d’aprenentatge
A1
CT5
 3 6 9
Treballs
A1
CT5
CT7
 3 14 17
Atenció personalitzada
1 0 1
 
Proves objectives de tipus test
A1
 4 8 12
 
(*) En el cas de docència no presencial, són les hores de treball amb suport vitual del professor.
(**) Les dades que apareixen a la taula de planificació són de caràcter orientatiu, considerant l’heterogeneïtat de l’alumnat

Metodologies
Metodologies
  Descripció
Activitats Introductòries - Course presentation: objectives, contents, methodology, course planning, assessment, bibliographical references and relation to the rest of the degree program.
- Instructions to carry out exercises, tasks and assignments
– Feedback to whole group on work done and tests taken
Sessió Magistral - Presentation of course contents by means of explanation, exemplification and visual aids

– Students' active participation: questions and contributions
Seminaris Practical exercises within the classroom.
Pràctiques de camp/sortides Fieldwork in the URV Campus Catalunya and outside to capture data about the linguistic landscapes of the university and the city of Tarragona.
Presentacions / exposicions Oral presentation of one of the assignments that the students need to complete during the course (either a reading or writing assignment).
Portafolis/ Carpeta d’aprenentatge Compilation of the work of the students during the course. They need to include a summary of each compulsory reading assignment and the homework.
Treballs The students will need to submit three written assignments connected with the contents of the course.
Atenció personalitzada – Solve doubts concerning course contents, mechanics or evaluation
– Provide feedback
– Provide additional support
– Make suggestions for improvement
– Provide advice on remedial work
– Check on student progress

Atenció personalitzada
Descripció

Due to the current emergency health situation, in the 2020-21 academic year students will be able to consult their teachers in individual and/or group tutorials if they have any questions or queries on subject-related issues. Students will receive a schedule for these tutorials at the start of the course and be informed what form they will take (i.e. whether they will be held face-to-face, online, via email or on Moodle, etc.).


Avaluació
Metodologies Competències Descripció Pes        
Pràctiques de camp/sortides
A1
A4
CT5
CT7
 In small groups, students will collect data on the linguistic landscapes of a geographical area that they choose (a city, neighbourhood, building, etc.) and will write an essay about what they could observe and how they interpret their findings.

As preparation for the fieldwork, the students will have conducted the same kind of practice with their teacher taking the URV - Campus Catalunya as a case in point. 		15%
Presentacions / exposicions
A1
CT5
CT7
 Students will present the content of one of their written or reading assignments in front of the class. They can choose which assignment they would like to present. 5%
Portafolis/ Carpeta d’aprenentatge
A1
CT5
 Students will keep a portfolio during the course where they will include a summary of each reading assignment (4 in total, one for each unit) and all their homework. As a requirement to submit the portfolio, the students need to attend 75% of the classes. 5%
Treballs
A1
CT5
CT7
 Students will submit three short written assignments: (1) a commentary on a film that will be watched in class, (2) a linguistic autobiography and (3) a linguistic diary with a reflection on the student's own linguistic practices. Each assignment will have a weight of 5% in the final mark. 15%
Proves objectives de tipus test
A1
 There will be four on-line multiple-choice tests, one for each unit. Each test will have a weight of 15% in the final mark. 60%
Altres  

Class attendance is compulsory. The students need to attend a minimum of 75% of the classes to be able to submit their portfolios.

 
Altres comentaris i segona convocatòria

This teaching guide is provisional only. If any health emergency arises it will be adapted in order to comply with the directives issued by the competent bodies. Any modification will be announced via the news forum on the Moodle online campus.

First call: Continuous evaluation

Class attendance is compulsory. The students need to attend a minimum of 75% of the classes to be able to submit their portfolios.


Pass mark: 50%
Second call: exam
Students will have to complete a multiple choice test based on the four units of the course and also, they need to complete a written exercise around a topic included in the course.

Fonts d'informació

Bàsica

Bathia, Aditi (2020) Exploring the Englishes of world politics. World Englishes (published ahead of print). https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12495

Crystal, David (2012) English as a Global Language. 2nd Ed. Cambridge University Press.

Gorter, Durk  (Ed.) (2006) Linguistic Landscape: A New Approach to Multilingualism. Clevelon: Multilingual Matters.

Danesi, Marcel (2016). Language, Society, and New Media: Sociolinguistics Today. New York and London: Routledge.

Fairclough, N. (2015). Language and Power. 3rd Edition. New York, London: Routledge.

Hiramoto, Mie (2015) Inked nostalgia: displaying identity through tattoos as Hawaii local practice, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 36:2, 107-123, DOI:10.1080/01434632.2013.804829

Jaffe, A. (2009). Stance: Sociolinguistic Perspectives. Oxford University Press. 

Jenkins, J. (2007)  English as a Lingua Franca: Attitude and Identity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Johnson, Sally and Ensslin, Astrid (Eds.) (2018)  Language in the Media Representations, Identities, Ideologies. Bloomsbury.

Llurda, E. (2009) Attitudes towards English as an international language: The pervasiveness of native models among L2 users and teachers. In Farzad Sharifian (ed.) English as an International Language: Perspectives and Pedagogical Issues (pp. 119-134). Multilingual Matters.

Martin, C. W. (2020) The Social Semiotics of Tattoos: Skin and Self. Bloomsbury.

Mesthrie, R., Swann, J., Deumert, A., Leap, W.L. (2009) Introducing Sociolinguistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Meyerhoff, M. (2006). Introducing Sociolinguistics. London and New York: Routledge.

Ochs, Elinor (1992) Indexing gender. In Alessandro Duranti, Charles Goodwin (Eds.) Rethinking Context: Language as an Interactive Phenomenon. Cambridge University Press.

Ramjattan, V. A. (2019). Racializing the problem of and solution to foreign accent in business, Applied Linguistics Review (published online ahead of print). doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2019-0058

Romaine, Suzanne (2000) Language in society : an introduction to sociolinguistics. 2. ed.: Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Rosa, Jonathan & Flores, Nelson (2017) Unsettling race and language: Toward a raciolinguistic perspective.

Spolsky, B. (2014). Language Policy. Cambridge University Press. 

Trudgill, Peter (2000). Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to language and society (4th edition). UK: Pearson. 

Wardhaugh, R., & Fuller, J. M. (2015). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (7th edition). UK: Blackwell.

Van Herk, G. (2012) What Is Sociolinguistics? Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell
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The teacher will provide the students with the course readings via Moodle.
(*)La Guia docent és el document on es visualitza la proposta acadèmica de la URV. Aquest document és públic i no es pot modificar, llevat de casos excepcionals revisats per l'òrgan competent/ o degudament revisats d'acord amb la normativa vigent