Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA 2011_12
Subject SEGUNDA LENGUA B: INGLES Code 00409120
Study programme
LIC. EN LINGUISTICA
Descriptors Credit. Type Year Period
6 Compulsory Second Second
Language
Prerequisites
Department FILOLOGIA MODERNA
Coordinador
FERNÁNDEZ LÓPEZ , MARISA
E-mail mferl@unileon.es
nramg@unileon.es
Lecturers
FERNÁNDEZ LÓPEZ , MARISA
RAMÓN GARCÍA , NOELIA
Web http://
General description

Knowledge of the English language, both oral and written, to CEF level C1. The development of the use of contextually appropriate language and effective communication through exercises in reading,writing, listening and speaking together with in-depth awareness of the structures of English.

  • To provide for the development of the learners' linguistic, socio-linguistic, discourse, strategic, socio-cultural and social competence.
  • To provide for the systematic development of the skills required to pass the examination through the use of a wide range of media, texts and activities designed to meet the learners' needs and interests, and through the provision of the necessary practice material in the examination format.
  • To increase students' understanding of cultures where English is spoken as a first language.
  • To help students to become effective learners and take on responsibility for their own learning .
Tribunales de Revisión
Tribunal titular
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Tribunal suplente
Cargo Departamento Profesor

Objetivos

Knowledge of the English language, both oral and written, to CEF level C1. The development of the use of contextually appropriate language and effective communication through exercises in reading,writing, listening and speaking together with in-depth awareness of the structures of English.

  • To provide for the development of the learners' linguistic, socio-linguistic, discourse, strategic, socio-cultural and social competence.
  • To provide for the systematic development of the skills required to pass the examination through the use of a wide range of media, texts and activities designed to meet the learners' needs and interests, and through the provision of the necessary practice material in the examination format.
  • To increase students' understanding of cultures where English is spoken as a first language.
  • To help students to become effective learners and take on responsibility for their own learning .

Methodologies

During the lessons dealing with general English the students will focus on the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in a communicative way by carrying out varied tasks. As for the texts on Linguistics (chosen among the students' fields of interest), they will be analysed during the lessons and/or as homework by completing a series of oral and written activities on their form and meaning

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
SECTION I. General English. The course will follow the contents (language focus, vocabulary, reading, listening, speaking and writing) of New Headway. Advanced Student's Book by Liz and John Soars. SECTION II: Texts on LINGUISTICS. SECTION III: Job offers, CVs and application letters in the field of LiNGUISTICS. Identifying the rhetorical organization of these genres. Expressing personal, academic and professional characteristics.

Personalized attention

Assessment
  Description Qualification
 
Other comments and second call

- Examination on General English contents, including different aspects worked during the lessons (language use, vocabulary, grammar, etc.)

- Continuous assessment of the tasks carried out during the lessons or as homework.

Basic

Textbook:

  • SOARS, L. & J. (2003): New Headway. Advanced Student?s Book, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 
Complementary

General dictionaries:

  • Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary (1995) London: Collins
  • GARCIA PELAYO Diccionario moderno español-inglés English-Spanish, Larousse Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Essex: Longman

 Specific dictionaries:

  • CRYSTAL, D. (2003): A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics, Malden (USA) : Blackwell Publishing.
  • RICHARDS, C., PLATT, J. & PLATT, H. (1995): Longman dictionary of language teaching and applied linguistics, Harlow (Essex), Longman.

Grammars:

  • QUIRK & GREENBAUM A University Grammar of English Essex: Longman.
  • SINCLAIR, J. Collins Cobuild English Grammar London: Collins. SWAN, M. Practical English Usage, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Links:

http://alt.venus.co.uk/VL/AppLingBBK/welcome.html (The Applied Linguistics WWW Virtual Library)
http://tristram.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/ (Lexicon of Linguistics)
http://www.aclweb.org/(The Association for Computational Linguistics)
http://www.cal.org/ (Center for Applied Linguistics)
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~barlow/corpus.html (Corpus Linguistics)
http://www.sil.org/ (SIL International)