ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 99 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 24 Interactive Classroom: 24 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish, Galician, English
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Center Faculty of Communication Science
Call: First Semester
Teaching: Sin Docencia (En Extinción)
Enrolment: No Matriculable (Sólo Planes en Extinción)
The course objectives are as follows:
To study the English language and its norms, its orthography, lexicon and specific phraseology, with special emphasis on its use in a journalistic and audiovisual setting; in its spoken form as well as written, in the terminology used in order to express ideas and content, to be able to study the language in a practical manner within the technical field of journalism and audiovisual communication.
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
- Consolidate and update their knowledge of the foreign language by means of the study of grammar, the acquisition of vocabulary and the practice of the four language skills.
- Develop vocabulary for the Media through academic strategies, with a view to reaching a common level of communicative competence.
- Become acquainted with notions and tools related to the field of Communication Studies.
- Extend students own awareness of critical reading.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The students enrolled in this subject from the academic year 2024-2025 onwards are not entitled to attend classes
because the subject has extinguished (it was set up for the last time in academic year 2023-24). They are however entitled to be evaluated according to the contents of the program that was taught in the academic year 2023-2024.
- Grammar (Verb tenses, the passive voice, prepositions, countable and uncountable nouns, modal verbs, reported speech, phrasal verbs)
- Writing (General writing skills, with a focus on style and punctuation, particularly between various print media and advertising. The students will learn writing skills in order to communicate effectively in English)
- Reading (The students will regularly read articles and learn how to analyse and summarise them effectively)
- Listening (Development of listening skills and comprehension using radio, podcasts, TV, etc.)
- Speaking (The students will regularly participate in class discussions and debates.
Only English will be spoken in class, so the students can become familiar with the language and become comfortable using it constantly.)
- Analysis of different media - The students will become familiar with new vocabulary in order to describe and discuss newspapers (both tabloids and broadsheets), magazines, radio, TV, film, news and current affairs, etc. both in oral and written expression.appears in newspapers as well as in magazines, advertising, etc.
Tasks and assignments:
- Reading and discussion of texts (both individually and in groups)
- Reading of articles in different print media such as newspapers (the Sun, the Daily Mirror, or the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian), or on websites, to illustrate how the different papers approach the same story.
- Grammar exercises
- Writing and listening exercises (making summaries, writing articles, advertisements, film reviews) The units through which the aforementioned skills will be developed are:
1. Newspapers
- Digital journalism.
- The role of social networks (such as Twitter) in digital journalism.
- Political satire.
2. Radio
- Podcasts
3. Magazines
- Digital formats.
-Photography.
4. Television
-TV commercials.
- Genres.
-(Live) Streaming, on-demand shows.
5. Film
- Documentary films.
- Foley artists.
6. New Media
- Blogging (see unit 6 from the course book).
- Social networking.
- Video blogs (vlogs).
- User-generated content websites (like Wikipedia).
- Video games.
- Remix culture.
7. Advertising
- Political propaganda (e.g. WWII)
- Forms of online advertising
8. Marketing
- Note: some transversal topics will be dealt with, such as gender roles in advertising, the influence of mass media on body image, etc. Some of the subtopics above are relevant in more than one unit, for example, photography appears in newspapers as well as in magazines, advertising, etc.
BIBLIOGRAPHY BASIC
CERAMELLA, N. and LEE, E. (2008) Cambridge English for the Media. Cambridge. MURPHY, R. (2012) English Grammar in Use. Cambridge.
DICTIONARIES ON-LINE
Merriam Webster, Diccionario monolingüe: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary Diccionario multilingüe y traductor: http://dictionary.reference.com/ http://www.wordreference.com
http://www.onelook.com OTHER RESOURCES ON-LINE
The New York Times www.nytimes.com The Times www.timesonline.co.uk Time magazine www.time.com
The Guardian www.guardian.co.uk
The Sunday Times www.sunday-times.co.uk BBC www.bbc.co.uk
Media UK www.mediauk.com
Film English www.film-english.com ENGLISH RESOURCES ONLINE
www.teachingenglish.org.uk www.esl.about.com www.better-english.com www.nonstopenglish.com www.speakspeak.com www.eslgo.com
http://www.esl-lab.com (Listening exercises) http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/
- BASIC AND GENERAL
CG1 - Acquire and understand the most important concepts, methods and results of the different branches of communication, with a historical perspective of their development.
CG2 - Gather and interpret relevant data, information and results, as well as draw conclusions and issue reasoned reports.
CG3- Apply the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired, as well as the capacity of analysis and abstraction, both in the definition and presentation of problems and in the search for their solutions in academic and professional contexts.
CB2 - That the students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possess the competencies that are usually demonstrated through the elaboration and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study.
CB3 - That the students have the capacity to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their area of study) to make judgements which reflect relevant themes (social, scientific, or ethical, for example).
CB4 - That the students can transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to the public, whether they are trained in this area or not.
CB5 - That the students develop their skills throughout their education, which are necessary for undertaking further learning opportunities with a higher level of self-discipline and autonomy.
- TRANSVERSAL
CT01 - The capacity to organise and plan CT02 - The capacity to manage information CT03 - Working as a team
CT04 - Autonomous learning CT05 - Creativity
CT06 - An enterprising spirit who takes initiative CT07 - Basic knowledge of the profession
- SPECIFIC
CE16 - The correct use of the English language in the context of audiovisual communication.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The students enrolled in this subject from the academic year 2024-2025 onwards are not entitled to attend classes
because the subject has extinguished (it was set up for the last time in academic year 2023-24). They are however entitled to be evaluated according to the contents of the program that was taught in the academic year 2023-2024.
Contents and suggested activities will be uploaded to the teaching platform.
The teacher will be available for tutorials during office hours.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The students enrolled in this subject from the academic year 2024-2025 onwards are not entitled to attend classes
because the subject has extinguished (it was set up for the last time in academic year 2023-24). They are however entitled to be evaluated according to the contents of the program that was taught in the academic year 2023-2024.
FIRST AND SECOND CHANCE
Final exam, representing 100% of the overall grade, on the official date. The exam will consist of:
- a writing exercise (40%)
- a test with grammar, listening, reading and vocabulary exercises (30%)
- a speaking test (30%).
The same system applies to students retaking the subject.
IMPORTANT
-The vehicular language will be English. The correct use of the English language will be taken into account in the evaluation.
-Academic misconduct (plagiarism, copying in exams, etc.) will be penalized. Note the following about plagiarism: In case of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of art. 16 of the "Normativa de avaliación do rendemento académico dos estudantes e de revisión de cualificacións" will apply:
“A realización fraudulenta dalgún exercicio ou proba exixida na avaliación dunha materia implicará a cualificación de suspenso na convocatoria correspondente, con independencia do proceso disciplinario que se poida seguir contra o alumno infractor. Considerarse fraudulenta, entre outras, a realización de traballos plaxiados ou obtidos de fontes accesibles ao público sen reelaboración ou reinterpretación e sen citas aos autores e das fontes”.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The students enrolled in this subject from the academic year 2024-2025 onwards are not entitled to attend classes
because the subject has extinguished (it was set up for the last time in academic year 2023-24). They are however entitled to be evaluated according to the contents of the program that was taught in the academic year 2023-2024.
Tutorials 5
Personal work ............. 145 (depending on the level of the student)
Total study time........ 150 hours
The students should regularly check the teaching platform.
Caio Nogueira Fontes De Castro
- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- caio.nogueira [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Reader
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