• Descripción

Advanced Speaking and Writing Skills in English (Tècniques d'expressió oral i escrita [Llengua B] / Técnicas de expresión oral y escrita [Lengua B]) is designed to further reinforce students' knowledge and usage of spoken and written English required for training in the fields of translation, interpreting and applied languages, combining theoretical and practical aspects with social and cultural topics of current interest with a view to the perfecting of students' oral and written expression, prioritizing lexical precision, syntax, pronunciation and optimizing effectiveness in communication. 

• La asignatura en el conjunto del plan de estudios

This obligatory subject amounts to 6 credits for the degree in Translation, Interpreting and Applied Languages. It is part of the B-language group of interdisciplinary studies for the degree.

• Campos profesionales en el que se proyecta

This subject enhances the depth and scope of students' written and oral skills to meet the needs of the professional practice of interlinguistic and intercultural communication where language skills, cultural understanding, collaborative teamwork and digital networking tools ensure successfull outcomes in institutional, business or educational settings. 

• Conocimientos previos

It is recommended that students should have previously passed the subject English 3 (Llengua B-III Anglès / Lengua B-III Inglés).

• Información previa a la matrícula

This subject requires collaborative teamwork, forum discussion, writing, peer-revision, listening, self-recording of reading aloud and readings and exercises in pronunciation and phonetics.

• Objetivos y competencias

OBJECTIVES:

Speaking: Students will practice reading aloud and record themselves reading authentic contemporary texts of interest, putting into practice the theoretical basis underlying English phonetics and phonology; follow-up with error correction.

Listening/Reading: Students will listen to and read authentic contemporary English texts available to them in native-English recordings that will serve as practical models of correct English-language pronunciation and intonation.

Writing: Students will produce and peer-correct several written texts of various types in correct English at the advanced level.

Phonetics and phonology: Students will gain an advanced-level understanding of English phonetics and phonology and its variations.

Cultural understanding: Students will acquire greater breadth and depth of scope in cultural issues of English-speaking societies, including enhanced perspective of ethnic diversity and gender.

COMPETENCES:

Students will

• B3: Have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their area of study) in order to make judgments that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical matters.
• B4: Be capable of transmitting information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialized and non-specialized audiences.
• B5: Develop the necessary learning skills to undertake graduate studies with a high degree of autonomy.
• G2: Develop and keep their own competences, skills and knowledge up to date, according to the standards of the profession.
• G3: Possess aptitudes for criticism and self-criticism, and they will show concern and respect for the profession's code of ethics.
• E2: 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.
• E4: Be familiar with the social and communicative functions of languages, and with intercultural communication processes, in both monolingual and multilingual environments.
• E5: Identify significant historical, cultural and literary references pertinent and applicable to the fields of translation, interpreting and applied languages.
• E12: Be able to analyze, edit and revise oral and written productions.
• E13: 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.
• E14: Be skilled at researching, browsing, selecting and managing information.
• T1: Respond with critical spirit and reflection to knowledge in all its dimensions, exhibiting intellectual, cultural and scientific curiosity with a commitment to rigor and quality in professional demands.
• T2: Project values consistent with undertaking challenges and innovation in exercising a professional and academic career and personal development through contact with various and differing practices and motivation in professional development.
• T6: Use various oral, written and audiovisual modes of communication correctly, in both their first and second languages.

• Contenidos

Readings in English phonetics and phonology along with practical exercises. Monitored self-correction. Reading and recording authentic contemporary English texts of current interest. Preparation and composition of original written texts; participation in interactive communication with a view to producing effective written texts. Peer correction.

• Consulta de los recursos de aprendizaje de los que dispone la asignatura

• Recursos de aprendizaje y herramientas de apoyo

Book:

English Phonetics and Phonology for Spanish Speakers (2a edición), by Brian Mott. Publicacions i Edicions Universitat de Barcelona, 2011. ISBN: 978-8447535040

• Informaciones sobre la evaluación en la UOC

El proceso de evaluación se fundamenta en el trabajo personal de cada estudiante y presupone la autenticidad de la autoría y la originalidad de los ejercicios realizados.

La falta de autenticidad en la autoría o de originalidad de las pruebas de evaluación; la copia o el plagio; el intento fraudulento de obtener un resultado académico mejor; la colaboración, el encubrimiento o el favorecimiento de la copia, o la utilización de material o dispositivos no autorizados durante la evaluación, entre otras, son conductas irregulares que pueden tener consecuencias académicas y disciplinarias graves.

Por un lado, si se detecta alguna de estas conductas irregulares, puede comportar el suspenso (D/0) en las actividades evaluables que se definan en el plan docente –incluidas las pruebas finales– o en la calificación final de la asignatura, ya sea porque se han utilizado materiales o dispositivos no autorizados durante las pruebas, como redes sociales o buscadores de información en internet, porque se han copiado fragmentos de texto de una fuente externa (internet, apuntes, libros, artículos, trabajos o pruebas del resto de estudiantes, etc.) sin la correspondiente citación, o porque se ha practicado cualquier otra conducta irregular.

Por el otro, y de acuerdo con las normativas académicas, las conductas irregulares en la evaluación, además de comportar el suspenso de la asignatura, pueden dar lugar a la incoación de un procedimiento disciplinario y a la aplicación, si procede, de la sanción que corresponda.

• Consulta del modelo de evaluación