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LENGUA INGLESA VI

LENGUA INGLESA VI

GRADO EN ESTUDIOS INGLESES

Curso 2024/2025

1. Datos de la asignatura

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Código
102516
Plan
2010
ECTS
6.00
Carácter
OBLIGATORIA
Curso
4
Periodicidad
Primer Semestre
Idioma
ENGLISH
Área
FILOLOGÍA INGLESA
Departamento
Filología Inglesa
Plataforma Virtual

Campus Virtual de la Universidad de Salamanca

Datos del profesorado

Coordinador/Coordinadora
Pedro Álvarez Mosquera
Grupo/s
A.1 , B.1
Centro
Fac. Filología
Departamento
Filología Inglesa
Área
Filología Inglesa
Despacho
1.8 Dpto. de Filología Inglesa. Edificio Placentinos
Horario de tutorías
A concertar por correo electrónico.
URL Web
https://produccioncientifica.usal.es/investigadores/57437/detalle
E-mail
pedro@usal.es
Teléfono
923294500 Ext. 6156
Profesor/Profesora
Carmen Sumillera Iglesias
Grupo/s
A.1 , B.1
Centro
Fac. Filología
Departamento
Filología Inglesa
Área
Filología Inglesa
Despacho
Despacho de becarios. 2 Dpto. Filología Inglesa. Edificio Placentinos
Horario de tutorías
A concertar por correo electrónico
URL Web
https://produccioncientifica.usal.es/investigadores/823605/detalle
E-mail
carmensumillera@usal.es
Teléfono
923294500 Ext. 1714
Profesor/Profesora
Vasilica Mocanu Florea
Grupo/s
A.2, B.2
Centro
Fac. Filología
Departamento
Filología Inglesa
Área
Filología Inglesa
Despacho
0.2 Dpto. Filología Inglesa. Edificio Placentinos
Horario de tutorías
Lunes: 11-13; Martes 9-11 (also via email; any change will be indicated on Studium)
URL Web
https://produccioncientifica.usal.es/investigadores/58117/detalle
E-mail
vasim@usal.es
Teléfono
923294500, Ext.1707
Profesor/Profesora
Sara Chamorro Egido
Grupo/s
A.2, B.2
Centro
Fac. Filología
Departamento
Filología Inglesa
Área
Filología Inglesa
Despacho
0.1 (Edificio Placentinos - Dpto. Filología Inglesa)
Horario de tutorías
A concertar por correo electrónico
URL Web
https://produccioncientifica.usal.es/investigadores/819211/detalle
E-mail
sarachaeg97@usal.es
Teléfono
923 294500 Ext. 1752

2. Recomendaciones previas

Starting level: C1.2; target level: C1.3/C2

Asignaturas que se recomienda haber cursado: English language I, II, III, IV, V

Asignaturas que se recomienda cursar simultáneamente: Courses in the fourth year

3. Objetivos

Goals of the course:

  • Students are expected to achieve a C1.3/C2 level of English (according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, CEFR) at the end of the course.
  • Students are expected to achieve all the Competences indicated below in the section devoted to Competences.: CE 1- 8; CG 1- 7; CT 1- 5

 In synthesis, students should:

  • understand a wide range of texts written in educated English.
  • write and speak fluently in English and in the register of educated English
  • produce well structured texts on complex topics, showing textual cohesion and coherence.
  • give oral presentations in English showing oral public speaking skills.

Students will develop the competence for lifelong learning in their future professional world.

4. Competencias a adquirir | Resultados de Aprendizaje

Básicas / Generales | Conocimientos.

CG1. Ability to develop foreign language learning skills

CG2. Ability of self-reflection on the personal process of learning

CG3. Ability to develop a philosophy of learning a language in their professional future

CG4. Ability to optimize the process of learning English

CG5. Develop their teamwork skills

CG6. Ability to become autonomous learners in their future

CG7. Highlight the curiosity to learn English, stress the human need to explore and search as the foundation for learning English

Específicas | Habilidades.

CE1. Ability to reflect on the personal process of learning English

CE2. Ability to have an open mind to multimodal communicative channels

CE3. Oral comprehension skills based on the cognitive need of ‘wanting to know’

CE4. Analytical skills to read a range of written texts in depth

CE5. Oral public speaking skills to give individual and group oral presentations

CE6. Writing skills to produce different types of texts.

CE7. Ability to appreciate the English language as an international lingua franca

CE8. Ability to appreciate the English language as a window that grants access to human knowledge.

Transversales | Competencias.

CT1. Ability to learn communication in English

CT2. Ability for abstract knowledge

CT3. Ability to read texts in educated and academic English

CT4. Analytical skills, synthesis skills, critical thinking skills

CT5. Reflective meta-communicative skills.

5. Contenidos

Teoría.

This course is oriented to achieve practical skills.

CONTENTS:

  • Training the four basic skills: Reading, Listening comprehension, Writing, Speaking.
  • Training listening and speaking skills in weekly Portfolios
  • Training discipline
  • Training self-paced learning
  • Training reading complex texts written in educated English
  • Training Oral Public Speaking skills.
  • Training writing with an elegant and educated register of English

Práctica.

PRACTICE:

Practice on the theoretical contents.

6. Metodologías Docentes

Tipología                                                                                                                             

 Descripción                                                                                                                                                                                        

Actividades introductorias (dirigidas por el profesor)

Introductory activities

  The aim is to gather information related to students and to introduce the course

Actividades teóricas (dirigidas por el profesor) Theoreticalactivities

Explanatory sessions devoted to presenting the skills that they are expected to improve.

  Explanations for the students to grasp the strategies we will use to achieve the course goals.

Actividades prácticas guiadas (dirigidas por el profesor) Guidedtasks

Training oral and writing skills

Training listening and reading skills

Training oral publicspeakingskills

  Specific tasks are designed to achieve the course goals

 

Oral presentations

  Group/individual oral presentations to improve students’ oral skills as well as their oral public speaking skills

Actividades prácticas autónomas (sin el profesor)

Individual tasks outside the class

  Individual tasks will be implemented so that students will develop a sense of discipline in their process of mastering English.

Teamwork skills

  Students will be involved in teamwork tasks.

7. Distribución de las Metodologías Docentes

8. Recursos

Libros de consulta para el alumno.

These bibliographical resources will be indicated on Studium.

Multimodality will be the essence of the materials used in the course, that is, written as well as audio-visual sources of educated English.

Otras referencias bibliográficas, electrónicas o cualquier otro tipo de recurso.

These bibliographical resources will be indicated on Studium.

Multimodality will be the essence of the materials used in the course, that is, written as well as audio-visual sources of educated English.

9. Evaluación

Criterios de evaluación.

  • Active individual and group participation in workshops and tasks. 
  • Oral presentations 
  • Portfolios. This task will be explained in class. This task is compulsory and a requirement for course evaluation.

The criteria established by The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages will be followed in this course.

Sistemas de evaluación.

  • Final oral exam
  • Final written exams (Use of English and Written Critical Appraisal of a text) 

Both the final oral exam and the final written exams must be passed independently. 


In the case of failing one of these three exams, the student will have to pass ALL exams again in the next sitting.

 

METODOLOGÍAS DE EVALUACIÓN    

Metodología 

Tipo de prueba a emplear

calificación

Oral skills

Oral presentation

    40%

Use of English

Use of English test

    20%

Written skills

Appraisal of a text

    40%
total       100%

 

Recomendaciones para la evaluación.

  • The student enrolling in this course must have a minimum linguistic and communicative proficiency in English equivalent to level C1.2 (entry level) according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
  • Students who have failed the first exams are advised to devote more time to their training.

10. Organización docente semanal