ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 102 Hours of tutorials: 6 Expository Class: 18 Interactive Classroom: 24 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish, Galician, English
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: English and German Philology
Areas: English Philology
Center Faculty of Teacher Training
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
- Introduce students to particular aspects of English language teaching, such as planning and assessment.
- Teach students to relate linguistic theory to teaching practice.
- Reflect upon the factors that influence the process of teaching and learning foreign languages.
- Provide students with basic skills related to English language teaching.
- Make students acquainted with specialized bibliographical references about the topics dealt with in the syllabus.
- Provide students with basic theoretical principles and techniques for their own development as future teachers of English.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
- Provide patterns and practical orientation for effective classroom management.
- Familiarize students with the curriculum of English in Secondary Education and Bachillerato.
- Teach students to plan and design learning units and lessons.
- Make students acquainted with the materials which are commonly used for English language teaching (textbooks, audiovisual and multimedia materials, grammars, dictionaries, glossaries, supplementary sources, etc.).
- Analyze the role of new technologies in English language teaching.
- Define and explain the main differences between “assessment” and “evaluation” and consider the importance of both in the process of teaching and learning.
Review of basic notions and concepts related to English as a Foreign Language. The English language in the Spanish Educational System.
Planning and Programming. Long term planning (course planning). Learning units. Lesson planning.
Materials for English language teaching and learning: analysis, selection, and evaluation.
Evaluation and assessment. Types, instruments, and framework.
- Celce-Murcia, Marianne and Donna M. Brinton and Marguerite Ann Snow, Eds. 2014. Teaching English as a second or foreign language. 4th ed. Boston: National Geographic Learning
- Celce-Murcia, Marianne et al. Ed. 1999. The Grammar Book: and ESL/EFL Teacher's Course. 2nd ed. Boston: Heinle & Heinle.
- Estaire, Sheila and Zanón, Javier. 1994. Task-based Teaching. Oxford: Heinemann.
- Gower, R., Phillips, Diane and Walters, S. 1995. Teaching Practice Handbook. Oxford: Heinemann.
- Grant, Neville. 1987. Making the Most of your Textbook. Longman: London and New York.
- Harmer, Jeremy 1994. How to Teach English. Longman: Harlow.
- Hill, Jimmy and Lewis, Michael. 1992. Practical Techniques for Language Teaching. 2nd Ed. Language Teaching Publications: Hove.
- Lewis, Michael. 1992. Practical Techniques for Language Teaching. Rev. ed. Hove: Language Teaching Publications.
- Murphy, John. 2020. Teaching Pronunciation. Alexandra, Virginia: TESOL Press.
- Palacios, Ignacio et al. Dicionario de ensino e aprendizaxe de linguas. 2009. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade de Santiago.
- Ribé, Ramón and Vidal, Núria. 1995. La Enseñanza de la Lengua Extranjera en la Educación Secundaria, Alhambra Longman, Madrid. (Chapters 8, 10 and 11)
- Salaberri, Sagrario. 1999. Lingüística Aplicada a la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras, Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad: Almería.
- Schellekens, Philida.2007. The Oxford ESOL Handbook. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Ur, Penny.1996. A Course in Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Watkins, Peter. 2005. Learning to Teach English. Delta Publishing: Peaslake. (Chapter 16)
- Willis, Jane1981. Teaching English through English. Longman: Harlow.
- Woodward, Tessa. 2001. Planning Lessons and Courses. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Spanish translation, 2002)
* Further bibliographical references and electronic resources will be provided for the units studied.
- Development of teaching skills, particularly those concerning planning and classroom management.
- Transformation of the curriculum into a syllabus with tasks and activities.
- Acquisition of criteria to evaluate didactic materials.
- Acquisition of techniques to implement didactic materials.
- Fostering of a classroom environment which enhances learning and highlights students’ findings.
- Integration of audiovisual and multimedia communication in the process of teaching and learning.
- Knowledge of strategies and procedures for evaluation and assessment. The latter will be understood as a procedure to regulate learning and stimulate the students’ effort.
- Use of references and tools (including the Internet) to search for general and specialized bibliographical resources-
- Management of time and resources, priorities, alternative routes, and logical errors in decision-making.
- Enhancement of the capacity to work in cooperative and multidisciplinary environments.
Theoretical explanations will alternate with practical activities, exercises, homework, and class discussions, These activities may be carried out individually, or in pairs and groups. Students are expected to actively participate in the classroom. Micro sessions and micro teaching sessions will be carried out by students so that they can present and implement their work.
The grading system will be based on the continuous evaluation of the student during the class sessions of this subject, complemented by written and/or oral tests, according to the following parameters:
FIRST PERIOD OF ASSESSMENT
A Students whose attendance is compulsory
Assessment for this subject will be done with continuous evaluation during the semester. Class attendance is mandatory, and students must participate in at least 80% of the class sessions. Preparation of the daily tasks, active participation in classroom itself, and all other written and oral work / tests will be taken into consideration for this grade.
The final grade will be the result of adding the following sections:
--Active participation in class and on time completion of assigned tasks: (10%).
--Completion, on-time presentation and exposition of the assigned tasks and the micro teaching sessions (40%)
--Final exam (50%)
To successfully pass this subject, students will need to obtain at least 50% in each of the sections listed above.
B Students who are legally exempt from attending class sessions
The final grade will be the total of the following sections:
--Completion, on-time presentation and exposition of the assigned tasks and micro teaching session (30%)
--Final exam (70%)
To successfully pass this subject, students will need to obtain at least 50% in each of the sections listed above.
All of the activities which are turned in should include the bibliographical sources that were consulted, as per any established academic method of bibliographical (and digital) quotation*.
*See the IMPORTANT NOTICE below.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: In the USC Rules for Academic Performance (DOG 21 from 21 July, 2011, Art. 16) presenting fraudulent academic work for any type of final evaluation is penalized with a “Fail” in the corresponding exam period. Turning in this type of work may also result in a disciplinary process for the offender (1). Hence, any detection of plagiarism in any of the academic work turned in for grading in this subject will be penalized with a “Fail” in this subject, even when the student has passing marks in other areas of evaluation. As “plagiarism” we understand when an academic paper includes any partial or complete copy, in literal form or not, of content, or ideas published in other academic papers or in any other type of published format (paper or Internet), and where the student does not cite the source from which the said content or idea was taken. Students who fail because of plagiarism will not be allowed to take part in the second chance exam period.
SECOND PERIOD OF ASSESSMENT
The same system used for the first period of assessment will be applied. All passing grades for any section may be maintained for this part of the assessment process.
STUDENTS WHO NEED TO TAKE THIS SUBJECT AGAIN
The same system used for the first period of assessment will be applied. All passing grades for any section may be maintained for this part of the assessment process.
As stated in the official study plan for this degree program, in this 6-ECTS-credit subject, the workload for students will total 150 hours. This includes the work carried out in the 42 hours of traditional classes (18 theoretical hours and 24 practical hours) as well as 108 hours of study time to prepare for classes and carry out autonomous learning.
Although the time needed to successfully complete the assignments required for this subject may vary, students should plan on doing between 10-14 hours of preparation and study time for each week of classes.
This subject has a practical and pragmatic focus; consequently, attendance and participation in class are a must. Active participation of the students is expected in the work they carry out before attending classes, in the classroom, and when preparing and presenting the various assigned tasks.
In addition, all the activities turned in for grading must include the consulted bibliographic sources used in the documentation of the work and these sources must be cited according to academic standards for bibliographic and digital citation.
Inclusive language should be used when possible in the classroom as well as in the preparation of academic work.
When possible, assignments should be uploaded to the on-line classroom. When giving presentations in class, one should try to generate as little waste as possible and avoid the use of plastic or other toxic materials.
Students with special educational needs must contact the teacher during the first two weeks of the semester, and present the report issued by SEPIU, so that the professors in charge can consider and decide on any adaptations that might be able to be applied for assigned tasks and / or the assessment system.
If plagiarism/cheating is detected, in either the activities or the exam, the sanctions laid out in “Normativa de avaliación do rendemento académico dos estudantes e de revisión de cualificacións” will be applied. See the IMPORTANT NOTICE above in the “ASSESSMENT SYSTEM” section.
Jesus Varela Zapata
Coordinador/a- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- Phone
- 982824715
- varela.zapata [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Jodee Anderson Mcguire
- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- Phone
- 982824713
- jo.anderson [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
| Wednesday | |||
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| 16:00-20:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 | English | Classroom 25 |
| 05.30.2025 16:00-18:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 27 |
| 07.02.2025 16:00-18:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 20 |