• Descripción

English 2 (Lengua B-II Inglés/Llengua B-II Anglès) builds upon the knowledge acquired in English 1 (Lengua B-I Inglés/Llengua B-I Anglès) and is designed to reinforce students' knowledge and usage of the English language, as well as the specific skills required for the training in the fields of translation, interpreting and applied languages. This course prioritizes the boosting and monitoring of students' communicative skills in a dynamic and interactive environment through reading complex literary texts, studying and practicing advanced grammar, vocabulary, writing, listening and speaking.

• La asignatura en el conjunto del plan de estudios

English 2 (Lengua B-II Inglés/Llengua B-II Anglès) is a first-year, obligatory, 6-credit course.

• Campos profesionales en el que se proyecta

This subject allows students 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 successful input in institutional, business or educational settings.

• Conocimientos previos

Since this is an advanced language course, students will be expected to already possess a solid knowledge of basic grammar notions and to be able to communicate effectively in English. The language of communication in this class will be, at all times, English.

• Información previa a la matrícula

There are no admission requirements, but it is advisable that students have passed English 1 (Lengua B-I Inglés/Llengua B-I Anglès) before enrolling in this course.

• Objetivos y competencias

This course aims to boost the following skills:

• B3: Being capable of gathering and interpreting relevant data (usually within their field of study) to make judgements that include a reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues.
• B4: Being capable of transmitting information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialized and non-specialized audiences.
• B5: Developing the necessary learning skills to undertake graduate studies with a high degree of autonomy.
• G1: Handling, analyzing, interpreting and summarizing information from various sources.
• G2: Developing and keeping their own competences, skills and knowledge up to date, according to the standards of the profession.
• G3: Possessing aptitudes for criticism and self-criticism, and showing concern and respect for the profession's code of ethics.
• E2: Having a good command of the B language both at a productive and at a receptive level, and being able to communicate effectively in this language in a professional environment, orally and in writing.
• E4: Being familiar with the social and communicative functions of languages, and with intercultural communication processes, in both monolingual and multilingual environments.
• E5: Identifying the foundations of universal history, culture and literature to become familiar with cultural references and apply them to the field of translation and interpreting.
• E12: Being able to analyze, edit and revise oral and written productions.
• E13: Having a good command of the ICT tools applied to languages, translation, interpreting and research, and being familiarized with the potential of virtual communication environments.
• E14: Being skilled at researching, browsing, selecting and managing information.
• T2: Projecting the values of entrepreneurship and innovation on students' exercise of their personal, academic and professional careers through contact with different practical realities and motivation towards professional development.
• T6: Using various oral, written and audiovisual modes of communication correctly, in both their first and second languages.

It is expected that the tasks proposed throughout the semester will help students develop the abovementioned competencies and attain the following learning results:

1. Showing meticulousness when producing and working on oral and written texts of different typologies.

2. Communicating orally and in writing at an advanced level, with communicative efficiency and linguistic conscience.

3. Identifying the fundamental aspects of the literature of the English-speaking countries and their diverse cultures.

4. Mastering the use of ICT tools applied to languages to both research and organize information, and to produce communicative support.

5. Analyzing one's own personal and professional capacities in relation to the different areas of professional practice.

In order to accomplish all the above, the following objectives have been established:

• Gaining a better understanding of the morphology, syntax and the descriptive grammar of English.
• Applying the acquired grammar knowledge to produce written and oral texts in English.
• Learning to use new vocabulary that will be extracted from texts and listening exercises.
• Learning about cultural references by consulting English-language sources.
• Improving students' academic writing skills in English.
• Boosting students' critical skills.
• Practicing reading comprehension skills through the reading of unabridged texts in English.
• Learning about a variety of cultural topics by reading texts and listening to talks.
• Becoming more familiar with English-speaking cultures.
• Practicing and improving students' speaking skills by recording assessable and non-assessable videos.
• Learning to make effective use of the necessary ICT and audiovisual tools.

• Contenidos

• Grammar: relative and participle clauses, subject-verb inversion, conditionals, verb patterns, modal verbs
• A variety of cultural topics to learn new vocabulary and practice the 4 skills

• Información adicional sobre los recursos de aprendizaje y herramientas de apoyo

All the necessary and complementary materials to carry out the tasks can be found in the 'Learning Resources' section of each activity.

• Informaciones sobre la evaluación en la UOC

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 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, software o dispositivos no autorizados durante la evaluación, entre otras, son conductas irregulares en la evaluación que pueden tener consecuencias académicas y disciplinarias graves.

Estas conductas irregulares pueden 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, sea porque se han utilizado materiales, software o dispositivos no autorizados durante las pruebas, como por ejemplo 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 de otros estudiantes, etc.) sin la citación correspondiente, o porque se ha llevado a cabo cualquier otra conducta irregular.

Así mismo, y de acuerdo con la normativa académica, las conductas irregulares en la evaluación también pueden dar lugar a la incoación de un procedimiento disciplinario y a la aplicación, si procede, de la sanción que corresponda, de conformidad con lo establecido en la normativa de convivencia de la UOC.

En el marco del proceso de evaluación, la UOC se reserva la potestad de:

• Solicitar al estudiante que acredite su identidad según lo establecido en la normativa académica.
• Solicitar al estudiante que acredite la autoría de su trabajo a lo largo de todo el proceso de evaluación, tanto evaluación continua como evaluación final, por medio de una prueba oral o los medios síncronos o asíncronos que establezca la universidad. Estos medios tendrán por objeto verificar los conocimientos y las competencias que garanticen la autoría; en ningún caso implicarán una segunda evaluación. Si no es posible garantizar la autoría del estudiante, la prueba será calificada con D, en el caso de la evaluación continua, o con un Suspenso, en el caso de la evaluación final.

  A estos efectos, la UOC puede exigir al estudiante el uso de un micrófono, una cámara u otras herramientas durante la evaluación; será responsabilidad del estudiante asegurar que tales dispositivos funcionan correctamente.

• Consulta del modelo de evaluación