DATOS IDENTIFICATIVOS 2022_23
Asignatura (*) TALLER D'ESCRIPTURA AVANÇADA Código 12274117
Titulación
Grau en Anglès (2009)
Ciclo 1r
Descriptores Cr.totales Tipo Curso Periodo Horarios y datos del examen
6 Obligatòria Quart 1Q
Modalidad y lengua de impartición
Departamento Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys
Coordinador/a
COSTELLO , KEVIN PATRICK
Correo-e kevinpatrick.costello@urv.cat
Profesores/as
COSTELLO , KEVIN PATRICK
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Descripción general e información relevante

In this course fourth-year undergraduate students of English will acquire greater awareness of the norms of clear and concise academic and non-academic writing by practising professional English editing skills. By the end of the course, students will have learned to communicate more clearly, concisely and effectively in writing.


Competències
Tipo A Código Competencias Específicas
 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.
Tipo B Código Competencias Transversales
 CT5 Comunicar informació de forma clara i precisa a audiències diverses.
Tipo C Código Competencias Nucleares

Resultats d'aprenentage
Tipo A Código Resultados de aprendizaje
 A5 Desenvolupa la capacitat d’expressió oral i/o escrita per a satisfer les necessitats d’ús de la llengua anglesa a un nivell superior.
Desenvolupa la capacitat d’expressió oral i/o escrita per a satisfer les necessitats que vagin més enllà de l’ús purament instrumental de la llengua anglesa a un nivell superior.
Elabora un discurs oral i/o escrit concís i coherent a fi de comunicar els resultats del treball realitzat a un nivell superior.
Domina las tècniques i les estratègies pròpies del discurs oral i/o escrit.
Obté consciència dels principals aspectes contrastius entre l’anglès i l’espanyol/català.
Tipo B Código Resultados de aprendizaje
 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.
Tipo C Código Resultados de aprendizaje

Continguts
tema Subtema
Part 1. Copy editing Introduction to copy editing; the pre-set rules.

House Style; style manuals and publishers’ style sheets.

Spelling; spelling mistakes and typographical errors; spellchecker; proper nouns, compound words and homophones; British & American spelling.

Idiomaticity; idioms & Idiomaticity; subject-verb agreement; false friends, fickle friends & faithful friends.

Punctuation; basic rules; the comma: the comma splice, relative clauses, the serial comma, a history of the comma; the modern approach to comma use; colons and semi-colons; the hyphen and the en-dash.

Usage; non-inclusive language; split infinitives; dangling participles.
Part 2. Style editing Introduction to style editing; clarity & concision; the historical context; writing to impress vs. writing to express; foggy language; readability statistics: the Gunning Fog Index, the Flesch Reading Ease and the Flesch-Kincade Grade Level; writing guidelines for clarity and concision.

Write tight; writing longer sentences; writing shorter sentences; lists; redundancies; verbosity.

Prefer verbs; nominalisations.

Use parallel structure; bulleted lists.

Prefer the active voice; the active vs passive debate.

Get personal; impersonal writing; personal pronouns.
Small is beautiful; circumlocutions; multisyllabic words; specialised terminology.

Avoid ambiguity; misplaced modifiers; unclear antecedents.

Start strong; expletives.

Be positive; negatives and double negatives.

Cut the strings; prepositional strings.

Planificació
Metodologías  ::  Pruebas
  Competencias (*) Horas en clase
Horas fuera de clase
(**) Horas totales
Activitats Introductòries
6 0 6
Seminaris
A5
CT5
40 40 80
Debats
A5
CT5
4 4 8
Atenció personalitzada
2 0 2
 
Proves de desenvolupament
A5
CT5
2 30 32
Proves objectives de preguntes curtes
A5
CT5
2 6 8
Proves pràctiques
A5
CT5
4 10 14
 
(*) En el caso de docencia no presencial, serán las horas de trabajo con soporte virtual del profesor.
(**) Los datos que aparecen en la tabla de planificación son de carácter orientativo, considerando la heterogeneidad de los alumnos

Metodologies
Metodologías
  descripción
Activitats Introductòries The course will begin with an initial presentation of the key concepts of copy editing and style editing as important rules and guidelines for producing written documents that are correct and communicative. The course design, structure and format will also be presented and the course assignments and evaluations will be defined.
Seminaris Each week will consist of one group session on copy editing and one group session on style editing. During these sessions, the basic concepts of the rules and guidelines will be presented and discussed, anecdotes, examples and illustrations will be provided, and consolidation assignments will be set to be completed outside the classroom.
Debats The whole-group lectures will be used to conduct an initial evaluation of students’ writing ability, to present and prepare the students’ writing assignments for the course, and to complete all the course tests and quizzes.
Atenció personalitzada To contact students during the course the tutor will use their official URV email addresses. Students are also welcome to consult their tutor during official office hours or by email.

Atenció personalitzada
descripción

To contact students during the course the tutor will use their official URV email address. Students are also welcome to consult their tutor during official office hours or by email.


Avaluació
Metodologías Competencias descripción Peso        
Proves objectives de preguntes curtes
A5
CT5
Tests

Students will be given one test on copy editing and one test on style editing. These tests, which will be designed to enable students to demonstrate their ability to apply the rules of copy editing or the guidelines of style editing, may be completed electronically using Track Changes in Word.

Quizzes

Students will also be given one quiz on copy editing and one quiz on style editing. These quizzes will be designed to test students’ knowledge of numerous concepts contained in the course dossier.
Test on copy editing 10%

Test on style editing 10%

Quiz on copy editing 5%

Quiz on style editing 5%
Proves de desenvolupament
A5
CT5
Consolidation exercises

The 15 sets of consolidation (homework) assignments are designed to enable students to practise the concepts discussed during the group sessions. These exercises will be completed via Moodle as the course progresses.
30%
Proves pràctiques
A5
CT5
Writing assignments

Students will be given four comprehensive writing assignments during the course. In addition to displaying a high degree of grammatical competence and a wide range of vocabulary for this level, students will be expected to show their understanding of the concepts discussed throughout the course by applying them appropriately and judiciously in their writing.

40%
Otros  
 
Otros comentarios y segunda convocatoria

Continuous assessment

4 writing assignments 40%

2 tests 20%

2 quizzes 10%

15 consolidation (homework) assignments 30%

To complete the continuous assessment requirements, students must complete all four writing assignments. Those who fail to complete any of these assignments will not be eligible to pass on the continuous assessment alone. Students must score a minimum of 4/10 on each writing assignment for it to count as completed for continuous assessment purposes.

Plagiarism will result in automatic failure of the specific continuous assessment component of the course in which it is detected. In line with the preceding paragraph, this will also imply automatic failure on the continuous assessment as a whole and the student involved will be obliged to take the Final Exam. Any recurrence of plagiarism in work submitted by the same student will result in the award of a zero grade (${1}isuspens${1}i) for his/her final grade for this course.

The test on copy editing is an obligatory continuous assessment component. Students must score a minimum of 4/10 on this test for it to count as completed for continuous assessment purposes.

The test on style editing is also an obligatory continuous assessment component. Students must score a minimum of 4/10 on this test for it to count as completed for continuous assessment purposes.

For borderline results, regular attendance (>80%), active participation in classroom discussions, and regular completion of the course's consolidation exercises may be taken into consideration at the tutor's discretion.

Final exam

The Final Exam (Segona Convocatòria) will consist of copy editing exercises, style editing exercises, and a written assignment:

Copy editing exercises 30%

Style editing exercises 30%

Writing assignment 40%

The mark achieved by the student in this final exam will account for 100% of his/her overall grade.


Fonts d'informació

Bàsica

There is no text book for this course. Students will be able to access all their learning materials on Moodle. These comprise: (i) two comprehensive instructor-prepared course dossiers containing explanations, illustrations, examples and practical exercises; (ii) PDF PowerPoint documents containing all the course material discussed and practised in class; (iii) 15 sets of online consolidation assignments (i.e. one for each lesson); (iv) PDF documents with sample solutions to the 15 sets of consolidation assignment (these will be uploaded progressively during the course after each assignment deadline has passed); (v) four writing assignments.

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