• Descripción

English 3 (Lengua B-III Inglés) is designed to further reinforce students’ knowledge and usage of the English language, as well as the specific skills required for training in the fields of translation, interpreting and applied languages. Starting from the B2 (Advanced) level of the Common European Framework for Reference for Languages, this subject prioritizes the boosting and monitoring of students’ communicative skills in a dynamic and interactive environment through reading, studying and practicing grammar, writing, listening and speaking.

• Objetivos y competencias

OBJECTIVES:

Speaking: Students will prepare an oral presentation based on one of the open-access BBC World Service programs such as “Outlook” available online. They are expected to make effective use of audiovisual tools to record their presentation.

Listening: Students will extract information from audiovisual sources, such as conversations, oral presentations or talks.

Reading: Students will read and understand various types of authentic texts, and they will consult English-language sources for their research.

Writing: Students will write descriptions, opinion essays, summaries and text commentaries in correct academic English.

COMPETENCES:

Students will

• Be capable of transmitting information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialized and non-specialized audiences.
• Develop the necessary learning skills to undertake graduate studies with a high degree of autonomy.
• Develop and keep their own competences, skills and knowledge up to date, according to the standards of the profession.
• Possess aptitudes for criticism and self-criticism, and they will show concern and respect for the profession's code of ethics.
• Have a good command of the B language both at a productive and at a receptive level, and they will be able to communicate effectively in this language in a professional environment, orally and in writing.
• Be familiar with the social and communicative functions of languages, and with intercultural communication processes, in both monolingual and multilingual environments.
• Identify significant historical, cultural and literary references pertinent and applicable to the fields of translation, interpreting and applied languages.
• Be able to analyze, edit and revise oral and written productions.
• Have a good command of the ICT tools applied to languages, translation, interpreting and research, and they will be familiarized with the potential of virtual communication environments.
• Be skilled at researching, browsing, selecting and managing information.
• Use various oral, written and audiovisual modes of communication correctly, in both their first and second languages.

• Contenidos

Reading, reflection, discussion and writing. Advanced grammar and syntax. Lexical precision and register. Oral presentations combined with audiovisual support. Expressing information and ideas effectively.

• Materiales y herramientas de apoyo

Books:

• Advanced Grammar in Use with Answers: A Self-Study Reference and Practice Book for Advanced Learners of English, 3rd edition, by Martin Hewings. Cambridge University Press, 2013. ISBN: 978-1107539303
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. London: Virago, 1984. ISBN: 978-0860685111

• Información sobre la evaluación en la UOC

La Normativa académica de la UOC dispone que el proceso de evaluación se fundamenta en el trabajo personal del estudiante y presupone la autenticidad de la autoría y la originalidad de los ejercicios realizados.

La falta de originalidad en la autoría o el mal uso de las condiciones en las que se hace la evaluación de la asignatura es una infracción que puede tener consecuencias académicas graves.

El estudiante será calificado con un suspenso (D/0) si se detecta falta de originalidad en la autoría de alguna actividad evaluable (práctica, prueba de evaluación continua (PEC) o final (PEF), o la que se defina en el plan docente), ya sea porque ha utilizado material o dispositivos no autorizados, ya sea porque ha copiado de forma textual de internet, o ha copiado de apuntes, de materiales, manuales o artículos (sin la citación correspondiente) o de otro estudiante, o por cualquier otra conducta irregular.

La calificación de suspenso (D/0) en la evaluación continua (EC) puede conllevar la obligación de hacer el examen presencial para superar la asignatura (si hay examen y si superarlo es suficiente para superar la asignatura según indique este plan docente).

Cuando esta mala conducta se produzca durante la realización de las pruebas de evaluación finales presenciales, el estudiante puede ser expulsado del aula, y el examinador hará constar todos los elementos y la información relativos al caso.

Además, esta conducta puede dar lugar a la incoación de un procedimiento disciplinario y la aplicación, si procede, de la sanción que corresponda.

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