ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
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 Psychology
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
• To develop the main language skills, paying special attention to oral presentations and the writing of scientific prose.
• To grasp the main features of the phonetics of English with a view to ‘masking’ the Romance pronunciation.
• A B2.1 level (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) is expected. This entails the mastering of linguistic, sociolinguistic, and pragmatic skills relating to the use of English in academic settings.
Academic writing: Main aspects of academic discourse. Specialised lexicon. Clausal connectors. Textual and structural cohesion.
English Phonetics and Phonology: The phonetic and phonological systems of English; RP (‘received pronuntiation’ or ‘BBC English’), with special attention to the vocalic system and its strong and weak forms.
1. General features of scientific discourse: style and register
2. Paragraph structure: connectors and punctuation
3. Common Grammatical and lexical mistakes
4. English Phonetics and Phonology
5. The vowel system
6. The consonantal system
7. Strong and weak forms
Basic and complementary bibliography
Basic bibliography:
Academic writing:
• DiYanni, R. & Hoy II, Pat C. The Scribner Handbook for Writers. 4th ed. 2004. Allyn & Bacon.
• Fava-Verdé, A. & A. Manning. Essay Writing. 2007. Garnet Education Ltd.
• Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 2003. MLA.
• Hogue, A. & Oshima, A. First Steps in Academic Writing. 3rd ed. 2006. Longman.
• McCormack, J. & J. Slaght. Extended Writing & Research Skills. 2009. Garnet
Publishing Ltd.
• Oshima, A. & Hogue, A. Writing Academic English. 3rd ed. 1998. Longman.
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. 2001. APA.
• Swales, J.M. & Feak, C.B. Academic Writing for Graduate Students: Essential Tasks and Skills. A Course for Nonnative Speakers of English (English for Specific Purposes). 1998. U of Michigan P.
• Truss, Lynne. Eats, Shoots, and Leaves. The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. 2003. Profile.
English Phonetics and Phonology:
• Gómez González, M. Á. and M. T. Sánchez Roura. 2016. English Pronunciation for Speakers of Spanish. From Theory to Practice (EPSS). Mouton de Gruyter: Boston/Berlin/Beijing.
• Cruttenden, A. 2001. Gimson´s Pronunciation of English. London: Arnold. 6th edition, revised version of A.C. Gimson (1962) An Introduction to the Pronunciation of English. London: Edward Arnold
• Hewings, M. 2007. English Pronunciation in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Lillo, A. 2009. Transcribing English: The Nuts and Bolts of Phonemic Transcription. Madrid: Comares.
• Roach, P. 2009. English Phonetics and Phonology. A Practical Course. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 9th edition.
Complementary bibliography:
• Sinclair, J. (ed.). Collins Cobuild English Grammar. 1990. Collins.
• Sinclair, J. (ed.). Collins Cobuild Student’s Grammar. 1991. Collins.
Competences
BASIC
BC7. To be able to apply acquired knowledge and to use problem-solving capacities in new environments embedded in wider and/or multidisciplinary contexts.
BC9. To be able to effectively communicate conclusions, as well as the reasons and knowledge supporting them, both to specialized and non-specialized audiences.
BC10. To possess the learning skills needed to make progress autonomously in the future.
GC2. To be able to choose an appropriate strategy in order to tackle the problems in the field.
GC4. To be able to formulate valid research proposals based on the knowledge of the field, of professional practice and of social needs, as well as to implement them in an innovative, scientific way.
GC7. To be able to design and carry out the provision of services, be it as either a self-employer or as part of a public or private entity, with an adequate understanding of issued pertaining to planning, organization and staff management.
TRANSVERSAL
TC1. To be able to exhibit an adequate handling of documental sources, selection, analysis and synthesis of relevant information contained in scientific texts.
TC3. To have an ability to apply deep, critical reasoning.
TC5. To be able to update acquired knowledge and skills in accordance with the standards in the field, the profession and the applicable laws. .
ESPECIFIC
• Lesson-explanation
• Workshops
• Tutoring
Students’ progress will be assessed in relation to a series of tasks, oral presentations and practical activities. Active participation is strongly encouraged.
In order to pass this course, students will have to take a final test.
Should a student not attend classes, s/he will be evaluated solely on the basis of the final test.
The following grading system will apply:
- 20% ACTIVE participation in class +
- 20% home tasks +
- 60 % final test
Students who are exempt from class attendance will receive their grade based solely on the final test.
We recommend that a minimun of one hour a day of individual work at home be pursued.
Class attendance and active participation are strongly recommended, as this course has an eminently practical nature. Students would do well in trying to detect their weaknesses and focusing on overcoming them by working harder in those areas.
Juan Carlos Acuña Fariña
Coordinador/a- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- Phone
- 881811900
- carlos.acuna.farina [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
| Wednesday | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | English | Classroom 10 |
| Thursday | |||
| 16:00-18:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | English | Classroom 10 |