Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
Subject VARIATION, SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION Code 01011035
Study programme
1011 - M.U. PROF. SECUN. O. Y BACH.,F.P. Y E.I.
Descriptors Credit. Type Year Period
4 Optional First First
Language
Ingles
Prerequisites
Department FILOLOGIA MODERNA
Coordinador
MARTÍN JUNQUERA , IMELDA
E-mail imarj@unileon.es
tguzg@unileon.es
Lecturers
GUZMÁN GONZÁLEZ , TRINIDAD
MARTÍN JUNQUERA , IMELDA
Web http://
General description
Tribunales de Revisión
Tribunal titular
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente FILOLOGIA MODERNA O,DOWD , ROBERT ALEXANDER
Secretario FILOLOGIA MODERNA LOBEJON SANTOS , SERGIO
Vocal FILOLOGIA MODERNA DIEZ FERNANDEZ , MARIA DE LOS ANGELES
Tribunal suplente
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente FILOLOGIA MODERNA MORENO FERNANDEZ , ANA ISABEL
Secretario FILOLOGIA MODERNA GUTIERREZ LANZA , MARIA DEL CAMINO
Vocal FILOLOGIA MODERNA PEREZ DIEZ , MARIA DEL CARMEN

Competencies
Type A Code Competences Specific
  A11242
Type B Code Competences Transversal
  B2312
  B2313
  B2316
  B2318
  B2319
Type C Code Competences Nuclear
  C3
  C4

Learning aims
Competences
By the end of the course, the students will have learnt about the formative and cultural value of this area of knowledge: Variation, sociolinguistics and intercultural communication. as well as its background and recent developments and relate these contents with their application in Secondary Education. A11242
B2312
B2316
C3
By the end of the course, the students will be able to use teaching resources like online discussion tools to engage in conversations with native speakers of English in order to develop their learning skills and autonomy, as well as their linguistc, pragmatic and intercultural competencies and communication strategies. B2313
B2318
B2319
C4

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1.- The English area in the curriculum of Secondary Education. Meaning and purpose: uses and applications in the current society. Evaluation of materials.
2.- Variation in English 1.- Introduction and essentials of variation in the English language.
2.- The social nature of language; sociolinguistics.
3.- The technological revolution and current communication tools for teaching English as a Foreign Language in a global world. Presentation of some ICT resources, suitable to be used in the secondary English classroom and hands-on sessions to practise some of these tools.
4.- The sociocultural environment to contextualize activities for the teachinng of English as a Foreign Language. Introduction to the most relevant cultural expressions in the English-speaking countries from the perspective of the teaching-learning process of a foreign language.

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Class hours Hours outside the classroom Total hours
Seminars 18 12 30
 
Other methodologies 2 12 14
 
Lecture 16 12 28
 
Mixed tests 4 24 28
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies   ::  
  Description
Seminars Reflection and discussion of ideas and different tasks to be assessed: oral and/or written tasks, individual activities and/ or team work, and in-class activities and/ or homework.
Other methodologies Use of an online dicussion tool to interact with native speakers of English in order to develop linguistic, intercultural and pragmatic competencies and communication strategies.
Lecture Participative lectures with different formats on the basis of the contents of each session: presentation of theoretical matters, general examples and particular cases (which can include watching audiovisual materials such as movies, documentaries, radio programs, musical performances, etc.)

Personalized attention
 
Lecture
Seminars
Other methodologies
Mixed tests
Description
The students can request an appointment to solve any kind of doubts related to the course and the evaluation through e-mail.

Assessment
  Description Qualification
Lecture Full attendance and participation in class. 5%
Seminars Some tasks will be collected for assessment: oral and/or written tasks, individual activities and/ or team work, and in-class activities and/ or homework.
25%
Other methodologies Use of an online dicussion tool to interact with native speakers of English in order to develop linguistic, intercultural and pragmatic competencies and communication strategies. 20%
Mixed tests Examinations will include one or several of these formats: tests, written exams, oral exams, projects and/or case studies. 50%
 
Other comments and second call

Those students unable to attend at least 80% of the in-class lessons must contact the lecturers and provide justification and corresponding documentation. 

There are two requirements to pass the course:

- the students will have to reach a minimum of 50% in their final average mark. 

- it is necessary to pass each exam and activity. If the average mark is over 5 but one or several marks are below 5, the final mark will be the average mark of those below 5.

A high degree of communicative competence in English will be required (at least C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference). Important mistakes in the written expression (problems of organization, accuracy, cohesion and spelling, grammatical and lexical mistakes) can take away as much as 60% of the final mark. 


Sources of information
Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic

Saville-Troike,Muriel. (1990). the ethnography of communication: An introduction. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.

Stockwell,Peter. (2002). Sociolinguistics: A resource book for students. London& New York:Routledge.

Chacón B. R. (2013).  An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Madrid: UNED.

Complementary

Chambers, J.K., Peter Trudgill and Natalie Schilling-Estes. The handbook of language variation and change. 

Malden MA: Blackwell The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics by Allan Bell

Websites:

Studying varieties of English. Raymond Hickey, Universidad de Essen (Alemania) https://www.uni-due.de/SVE/

Some other readings and materials will be announced in Moodle.


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