IDENTIFYING DATA 2020_21
Subject (*) ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE Code 12274210
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree in English Studies (2009)
 Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
6 Optional 2Q
Language
Anglès
Department English and German Studies
Coordinator
GUTIÉRREZ-COLON PLANA, MARIA DEL MAR
 E-mail mar.gutierrezcolon@urv.cat
Lecturers
GUTIÉRREZ-COLON PLANA, MARIA DEL MAR
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General description and relevant information <p class="Cuerpo"><!--[if !supportLists]-->·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <!--[endif]-->Given the current health emergency, during the 2020-21 academic year, the Faculty’s courses will exceptionally and temporarily be taught in either a face-to-face, a blended or an online format depending on the regulations issued by the health authorities and any other competent bodies and if the spatial requirements allow it.</p><p class="Cuerpo"><!--[if !supportLists]-->·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <!--[endif]-->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.</p><p class="Cuerpo"><!--[if !supportLists]-->·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <!--[endif]-->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. </p><p class="Cuerpo"><!--[if !supportLists]-->·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <!--[endif]-->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.&nbsp;</p><p>The objectives of this course are the following:</p><div><div><ul><li>To introduce students to the concepts about Teaching and Learning a second Language/foreign Language.</li><li>To learn about the main current theories, approaches, practices and activities in ELT.&nbsp;</li><li>To provide materials and activities to help students in their professional development as well as a reflection of their own teaching.</li></ul></div><div><br /></div></div>

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A1 Demostrar que coneix els corrents teòrics i metodològics de la lingüística i les seves aplicacions.
 A5 Dominar la llengua anglesa des d’un punt de vista teòric i pràctic i expressar-s’hi oralment i per escrit de manera fluida i precisa.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A1 Presenta una visió crítica de la investigació entorn de l’adquisició de l’anglès como a llengua estrangera.
Coneix els principis bàsics de l’adquisició de segones llengües.
 A5 Mostra un maneig de la llengua anglesa (de forma oral i/o escrita) en contextos diversos a un nivell superior.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. Introduction to the history of second/foreign language teaching
2. Contexts for language learning:
2.1.Background to language learning (personal factors, differences between L1 and L2), learner needs, etc.
2.2.Background to teaching (assessement types, type of activites)
3.Planning a lesson: Preparing a lesson, choosimg materials.
4.Managing the teaching and learning process: teachers' and learners' language in the classroom; Classroom management.

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
 Hours outside the classroom
 (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
10 0 10
Problem solving, exercises
A1
 25 45 70
Forums of debate
A1
A5
 10 15 25
Reading written documents and graphs
A1
 10 30 40
Personal attention
A5
 5 0 5
 
 
(*) 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.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Introduction of the field and the different topics.
Problem solving, exercises Students will be presented with some practica cases that will have to be analysed according to the theory studied. This will also be part of the final mark.
Forums of debate The course will have forums related to all the topics studied in class to share ideas and raise questions.
Reading written documents and graphs The students will have to read many articles and boock chapters related to the topics.
Personal attention Students will be in touch with the teacher on a regular basis.

Personalized attention
Description

Students will be given personal feedback on their work during the course


Donada la situació d'emergència sanitària, durant el curs 2020-21 s'atendrà els estudiants en tutoria individualitzada i/o grupal per tal de resoldre possibles dubtes, consultes i altres qüestions relacionades amb l'assignatura. La tutoria podrà ser presencial i/o virtual. A principis de curs s'informarà a l'estudiant sobre com es portarà a terme aquesta atenció personalitzada (horaris, si serà presencial, per correu electrònic, Moodle,...)

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Problem solving, exercises
A1
 Problem solving, exercises- The student will have to analyse some real situations related to the different topics. 40%
Reading written documents and graphs
A1
 Reading written documents and graphs- The students will have to sit an exam in which the student will have to reflect his/her understadning of all the different theories and approaches studied during the course

60%
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

Aquesta guia docent és orientativa. En el cas de situacions d'emergència sanitària s'adaptarà l'avaluació perquè es pugui dur a terme d'acord amb les directrius que estableixin els organismes pertinents. Qualsevol modificació s'informarà, si escau, mitjançant el fòrum de notícies del campus virtual (Moodle).

Sources of information

Basic

A compilation of required readings will serve as the text for the course. Most of these readings are journal articles or book chapters on the specific topics, which will be provided by the professor at the end of the semester. 
Complementary

Recommendations
(*)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.