IDENTIFYING DATA

2023_24

Subject (*)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE IV

Code

12274112

Study programme

Bachelor's Degree in English Studies (2009)

Cycle

1st & 2nd

Descriptors

Credits

Type

Year

Period

Compulsory

Third

Language

Anglès

Department

English and German Studies

Coordinator

BRUGUÉS MELLADO, CRISTINA

E-mail

cristina.brugues@urv.cat

Lecturers

BRUGUÉS MELLADO, CRISTINA

Web

General description and relevant information

<p>Acquisition of grammatical knowledge and competence appropriate to level C1 (CERF): focus on (i) morphological and syntactic description and analysis of English basic units and (ii) language use.</p>

Competences

Type A	Code	Competences Specific
Type B	Code	Competences Transversal
Type C	Code	Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes

Type A	Code	Learning outcomes
Type B	Code	Learning outcomes
Type C	Code	Learning outcomes

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
1. Language and linguistics	1.1. Linguistics and its subfields 1.2. Prescriptive and descriptive grammars and rules 1.3. Speech vs writing 1.4. Formal vs informal language 1.5. Standard, non-standard and incorrect language
2. Sentence typology	2.1. Major types of sentences 2.2. Minor types of sentences 2.3. Representing clauses
3. Morphology: Basic concepts	3.1. Words, word-forms and lexemes 3.2. Morphemes, morphs and allomorphs 3.2.1. Bound vs free 3.2.2. Lexical vs grammatical 3.2.3. Inflectional vs derivational 3.2.4. Portmanteau morphs and suppletion 3.2.5. Syncretism, defectiveness, irregularity 3.3. Roots, affixes, stems, bases 3.4. The lexicon and morphological rules
4. Morphology: The classification of words	4.1. Closed-system items vs open-class items 4.2. Traditional parts of speech 4.3. Word classes: Criteria for a formal classification 4.3.1. Grammatical categories 4.3.2. Semantic criteria 4.3.3. Morphological criteria 4.3.4. Syntactic criteria 4.4. Word classes 4.4.1. Nouns 4.4.2. Pronouns 4.4.3. Determiners and quantifiers 4.4.4. Verbs 4.4.5. Auxiliaries 4.4.6. Adjectives 4.4.7. Adverbs 4.4.8. Prepositions 4.4.9. Conjunctions 4.4.10. Other
5. English word formation: an overview	5.1. Morphological structure 5.2. Word formation processes 5.2.1. Productive vs lexicalization 5.2.2. Derivational processes 5.2.2.1.1. Affixation 5.2.2.1.2. Conversion 5.2.2.1.3. Category change 5.2.2.1.4. Semantic change 5.2.3. Compounding 5.2.3.1.1. Semantic classification 5.2.3.1.2. Syntactic classification 5.2.3.1.3. Compounds versus phrases 5.2.4. Other word formation processes 5.2.4.1.1. Clipping 5.2.4.1.2. Blending 5.2.4.1.3. Acronyms 5.2.4.1.4. Back-formation 5.2.4.1.5. Word manufacture 5.2.4.1.6. Idioms and collocations

Planning

Methodologies :: Tests

Competences

(*) Class hours

Hours outside the classroom

(**) Total hours

Introductory activities

Lecture

Problem solving, exercises in the classroom

CT4

Problem solving, exercises

Personal attention

(*) 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	– 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
Lecture	– Presentation of course contents by means of explanation, exemplification and visual aids – Students' active participation: questions and contributions
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom	- Practical analysis of instances of language brought by the teacher. - Flipped classroom activity in which the students can volunteer to present a questions for discussion to the rest of the class. - The students will be working on the analysis of the texts they'll use for their group projects during the seminar hours.
Problem solving, exercises	-Further problems solving practice outside of the classroom
Personal attention	– Individual or group – 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

Personalized attention

Description

The teachers office hours will be displayed on Moodle

Assessment

Methodologies	Competences	Description	Weight
Others		There are four components to the evaluation of this course. These include 1) three short class tests (60%); 2) an oral summary of a short written text to be carried out in groups (15%); 3) an oral presentation of the history of an English word to be carried out in groups (15%); and 4) the submission of self-corrected exercises worked on in seminars (10%).	100%

Other comments and second exam session

No test/exam will be taken outside scheduled dates and times.

1st Convocatòria

Students must take all 3 tests and obtain a minimum of 50% in test 3 for the computation of the final grade in the 1st convocatòria. Passing grade: 50%.

2nd Convocatòria

Final exam worth 100% that includes questions and exercises on all the topics covered in the course. Students must obtain a minimum of 50% to pass this exam.

Sources of information

Basic
	Biber, Douglas.; Conrad, Susan.; Leech, Geoffrey N., Longman student grammar of spoken and written English, , 2002 Biber, Douglas.; Conrad, Susan.; Leech, Geoffrey N., Longman student grammar of spoken and written English workbook, , 2002 Börjars, K.; Burridge, K., Introducing English grammar, 3rd, 2019 Greenbaum, S.; Quirk, R.; Chalker, S., A student's grammar of the English language, , 1990 Chalker, S., A student's English grammar workbook, , 1992 Carstairs-McCarthy, A., An Introduction to English Morphology: Words and Their Structure, , 2018 Plag, I., Word-formation in English, , 2003 Baur, L., English word-formation, , 1983 Students will also be expected to read and critically summarise a series of blog posts and popular press articles on topics addressed in class. Students will be expected to use several English dictionaries and lexicographic resources
Complementary

Recommendations

Subjects that continue the syllabus

ENGLISH LANGUAGE V/12274115

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

NARRATIVE IN ENGLISH/12274122

INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH TRANSLATION/12274124

THE SOUND SYSTEM IN ENGLISH II/12274114

Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

ENGLISH I/12274002

ENGLISH II/12274003

COMMUNICATION SKILLS: READING AND WRITING II/12274110

COMMUNICATION SKILLS: SPEAKING AND LISTENING II/12274108

COMMUNICATION SKILLS: SPEAKING AND LISTENING I/12274107

COMMUNICATION SKILLS: READING AND WRITING I/12274109

ENGLISH LANGUAGE II/12274106

ENGLISH LANGUAGE I/12274105

ENGLISH LANGUAGE III/12274111


Other comments
It is strongly advisable to have previously passed the following courses: English I - English II - English Language I - English Language II - English Language III - Communication Skills: Speaking and Listening I - Communication Skills: Speaking and Listening II - Communication Skills: Reading and Writing I - Communication Skills: Reading and Writing II

(*)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.