1.7. Número de créditos / Credit allotment

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1 ASIGNATURA / COURSE TITLE Segunda Lengua Moderna IV (inglés) / Second Modern Language IV (English) 1.1. Código / Course number Materia / Content area Segunda Lengua / Secondary Language 1.3. Tipo / Course type Formación obligatoria / Compulsory Subject 1.4. Nivel / Course level Grado / Bachelor (first cycle) 1.5. Curso / Year 3º / 3rd 1.6. Semestre / Semester 2º / 2nd (Spring Semester) 1.7. Número de créditos / Credit allotment 6 créditos ECTS / 6 ECTS credits 1.8. Requisitos previos / Prerequisites Importante: Alumnos que no han cursado Segunda Lengua Moderna III (inglés) (Erasmus y otros) no deberían matricularse para este curso. Important: Erasmus students and other students who have not taken Second Modern Language III (English) should NOT register for this course.

2 Nivel avanzado de inglés (B2 o superior). La asignatura se imparte íntegramente en inglés. / Students are expected to have a high intermediate level of English (B2 or higher). All work on this course will be carried out in English Requisitos mínimos de asistencia a las sesiones presenciales / Minimum attendance requirement La asistencia a clase es muy recommendable, y es obligatoria para el curso de / Attendance in class is very strongly recommended, and is obligatory for the component Datos del equipo docente / Faculty data Paul Rollinson (COURSE COORDINATOR) Departamento de Filología Inglesa / Department of English Studies Despacho / Office 311 VI bis Facultad de Filosofía y Letras / School of Arts Teléfono / Phone: Correo electrónico / paul.rollinson@uam.es Página web / Website: Moodle L4 Website Horario de atención al alumnado* / Office hours* Isabel López Hernández Departamento de Filología Inglesa / Department of English Studies Despacho / Office Facultad de Filosofía y Letras / School of Arts Teléfono / Phone: Correo electrónico / isabel.lopez@uam.es Página web / Website: Moodle L3 Website Horario de atención al alumnado / Office hours: TBA Víctor Huertas Departamento de Filología Inglesa / Department of English Studies Despacho / Office 201 IV bis Facultad de Filosofía y Letras / School of Arts Teléfono / Phone: Correo electrónico / victor.huertasm@uam.es Página web / Website: Moodle L3 Website Horario de atención al alumnado / Office hours: TBA Elisa Hidalgo McCabe

3 Departamento de Filología Inglesa / Department of English Studies Despacho / Office Facultad de Filosofía y Letras / School of Arts Teléfono / Phone: Correo electrónico / elisa.hidalgo@predoc.uam.es Página web / Website: Moodle L3 Website Horario de atención al alumnado / Office hours: TBA Carmen Alonso Departamento de Filología Inglesa / Department of English Studies Despacho / Office 305 VI bis Facultad de Filosofía y Letras / School of Arts Teléfono / Phone: Correo electrónico / carmen.alonso@uam.es Página web / Website: Moodle L4 Website Horario de atención al alumnado* / Office hours * *Office hours: Consultations between teachers and students are organised on a mutually convenient basis via Objetivos del curso / Course objectives In the component, students will practice writing and revising fully referenced medium length academic essays of different types, and will learn how to provide effective peer feedback. By the end of the grammar component, students will be able to formally describe a range of lexicogrammatical features (cohesion and sentence manipulation) and show how they are related to various text types in English. G1 G14 E5 E6 E21 To reach a good command of two foreign languages (at levels C2 and B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) whilst developing interpersonal, social and intercultural skills To become an increasingly autonomous learner, with a responsible, enterprising approach. To know the main characteristics of the languages studied in the degree, from a contrastive point of view. To know the formal and pragmatic use of human language. To avoid common errors of transfer between the languages studied in the degree.

4 1.12. Contenidos del programa / Course contents The course is divided into 2 components: and Grammar This is a practical workshop course focusing on writing and revising extended, fully referenced Argumentative and Discussion essays and learning how to provide intensive collaborative peer feedback in small teams, based on theoretical materials covered in the Lengua III component. Grammar 1. Review of Text Functions and their lexico-grammatical features I: description, narration, instruction and explanation. 2. Review of Text Functions and their lexico-grammatical features II: expository texts, argument and persuasion. 3. Cohesion I: reference, ellipsis, substitution, conjunction. 4. Cohesion II: lexical cohesion. 5. Text Structure I: Sentence Manipulation (passive, fronting, clefting, etc.) Referencias de consulta / Course bibliography All materials will be made available for download from the Course webpage (on Moodle). Grammar All class materials will be made available for download from the Course webpage (on Moodle). Additional reading from the sources below will be assigned: Carter, R. and McCarthy, M. (2006). Cambridge Grammar of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp ; Downing, A. and P. Locke. (2006). English Grammar: A University Course. 2nd ed. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. Modules 28, 30. Eggins, S. (2004). An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics. 2 ndedition. London: Continuum. Chapters 2, 3, 10, 11. Nunan, D. (2008). Exploring genre and register in contemporary English. English Today 94, Vol. 24, No. 2.

5 2. Métodos docentes / Teaching methodology In-class activities: Peer feedback workshop sessions Independent study time: Planning, researching, writing and revising of academic texts. Team peer response activity. Grammar In-class activities Theoretical sessions. Lectures on the grammar topics. Guided analysis and worked examples. Practical sessions Grammar exercises. Analyses of authentic texts. Discussion of assigned readings. Independent study time Further practice exercises on grammar topics Preparation of grammar project (in groups/individually) Preparation for class discussions (in groups/individually) Assigned readings. 3. Tiempo de trabajo del estudiante / Student workload Contact hours Theoretical classes + Practical Classes Tutorials 5 Seminars 4 Final exam 4 Nº of hours Percent of total 42 hrs (2 36.6% = 55 components x 21 hours hrs

6 Independent study time Practical Activities 30 h (2 hrs per week x 15 weeks) 63.4% = 95 hours Total Workload 25 hours x 6 ECTS Weekly study Exam preparation 45h (3hrs x 15weeks) 20 h 150 hours 4. Métodos de evaluación y porcentaje en la calificación final / Evaluation procedures and weight of components in the final grade Component Course Work Final Exam 1st convocatoria % of Final Course grade Grammar nd convocatoria Grammar 40 (from first assessment; not recoverable) 40 (partly recoverable) Notes Students must obtain a positive grade (i.e. more than zero) in each of the two components ( and Grammar), or they will receive a No Evaluado notification in the Actas. In each of the two components ( and Grammar), students must obtain a positive grade (i.e. more than zero - not necessarily a passing grade) in BOTH COURSE WORK and EXAM, or they will receive a No Evaluado notification overall in the Actas. For example, a student in 100

7 Grammar who receives a 0 for coursework and a 6 for the exam will receive a No Evaluado for the final assessment in Grammar, and therefore a No Evaluado for Lengua Inglesa IV as a whole, irrespective of the grade achieved in the other component (). Students only have to repeat in a convocatoria extraordinaria the component(s) failed. The grades for the passed components are held for the convocatoria extraordinaria. However, any student with an overall No Evaluado (NE) in the convocatoria ordinaria MUST retake the assessments in ALL the components in the convocatoria extraordinaria, even those which the student may have passed. Students cannot receive more than 4.9 if they have failed either component, no matter what the theoretical average may be. Coursework that is not handed in at the time/date specified by the professor will receive a 0 grade, unless there is a valid medical reason. Attendance is obligatory. An attendance of less than 80% of classes without justification will result in a reduction in the final grade and the possible failure of the component. Assessment for writing is divided into 2 parts: Peer Feedback (50% of assessment) & Essay (50% of assessment). Students must pass BOTH the Peer Feedback part of the evaluation AND the Essay part of the evaluation. If a student fails one part of the evaluation, then the grade received by the student will be less than 5 (i.e. a fail overall for writing) even if the calculated average is above 5. In these cases the grade given will be 4.9 and the students will have to go to the convocatoria extraordinaria examination. Students who fail the writing component in the 1st convocatoria have to do an exam in the convocatoria extraordinaria which counts for 60% of the final assessment. The other 40% is retained from the original assessment (originally 100% on the convocatoria ordinaria). This 40% is not recoverable. Plagiarism of any kind will result in a zero grade.

8 Semana Week Contenido Contents 1 Introduction to course. Organisation of Groups 2-8 Components:, Grammar 9-15 Components:, Grammar 16 Revision, Exam week

9 5. Cronograma / Course calendar Semana Week Contenido Contents Horas presenciales Contact hours 1 Argument Essay 3 hrs + 0.5h 2 Peer response: methods & techniques. 3 hrs + 1h (seminar) 3 3 hrs + 0.5h Horas no presenciales Independent study time 5hrs. Essays and providing peer feedback 5hrs. /Revising Essays and providing peer feedback 5hrs. /Revising Essays and providing peer feedback 4 3 hrs 5hrs. / Revising Essays and providing peer feedback 5 Hybrid 3 hrs + 1 Essay/Discussion Essay (tutorial) 5hrs. Essays and providing peer feedback 6 3 hrs + 1h (seminar) 5hrs. / Revising Essays and providing peer feedback

10 7 3 hrs + 0.5h 5hrs. / Revising Essays and providing peer feedback Semana Week Grammar Contenido Contents Introduction to the Reporting of Evidence in English Epistemic Modality as speaker assessment of evidence Evidential markers: seem, appear, etc Allowing other voices Authorial Stance: evaluating other voices Bringing it together: (1) Bringing it together: (2) Horas presenciales Contact hours 3 hrs + 0.5h 3 hrs + 1h (seminar) 3 hrs + 0.5h 3 hrs 3 hrs + 1 (tutorial) 3 hrs + 0.5h 3 hrs + 0.5h Horas no presenciales Independent study time exercises, analyses of sample texts. Assigned reading exercises, analyses of sample texts. Assigned reading. exercises. Analysis of sample texts, own research on chosen texts. Assigned reading. exercises. Research and analysis of sample texts. Assigned reading. exercises Planning for project. exercises Planning for project. Assigned reading. exercises. Planning for project.