1.7. Número de créditos / Credit allotment

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ASIGNATURA /

COURSE TITLE

Primera lengua moderna 1 (INGLÉS)

1.1. Código /

Course number

17331

1.2. Materia / Content area

Idioma moderno / Modern language

1.3. Tipo / Course type

Formación básica / Compulsory subject

1.4. Nivel /

Course level

Grado / Bachelor (first cycle)

1.5. Curso /

Year

1º / 1st

1.6. Semestre /

Semester

1º / 1st (Fall Semester)

1.7. Número de créditos /

Credit allotment

6 créditos ECTS / 6 ECTS credits

1.8. Requisitos previos /

Prerequisites

Es imprescindible realizar la prueba de nivel al principio del semestre (véase información en la Sección 4) / Students must sit the Placement test at the start of the semester (see information in Section 4)

Las clases se imparten en ingles, por lo que se asume un nivel intermedio desde el momento en que se ingresa en el grado / Classes are taught in English: Students are expected to have an intermediate level upon

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1.9. Requisitos mínimos de asistencia a las sesiones

presenciales /

Minimum attendance requirement

La asistencia a clase es muy recomendable / Attendance in class is very strongly recommended.

1.10. 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: +34 91 497 4422

Correo electrónico / Email: [email protected] Página web / Website: Moodle L1 Webpage

Horario de atención al alumnado / Office hours: TBA Susana Murcia

Departamento de Filología Inglesa / Department of English Studies Despacho / Office 205 VI bis

Facultad de Filosofía y Letras/ School of Arts Teléfono / Phone: +34 91 497 7081

Horario de atención al alumnado / Office hours: TBA Karina Vidal

Despacho / Office 214 III

Facultad de Formación de Profesorado y Educación Teléfono / Phone: 91-497-8539

Horario de atención al alumnado / Office hours: TBA Mick O'Donnell

Departamento de Filología Inglesa / Department of English Studies Despacho / Office 311 VI bis

Facultad de Filosofía y Letras Teléfono / Phone: +34 91 497 2273

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Página web / Moodle L1 Webpage

Website: http://www.uam.es/departamentos/filoyletras/filoinglesa/Personal /michael.odonnell/

Horario de atención al alumnado / Office hours: TBA Silvia Riesco Bernier

Departamento de Filología Inglesa / Department of English Studies Despacho / Office 204 Módulo VI-BIS

Facultad de Filosofía y Letras Teléfono / Phone: +34 91 497 4085

Horario de atención al alumnado / Office hours: TBA Margarita Vinagre

Departamento de Filología Inglesa / Department of English Studies Despacho / Office 306 Módulo VI bis

Facultad de Filosofía y Letras / School of Arts Teléfono / Phone: +34 91 497

Correo electrónico / Email: [email protected] Página web / Website: Moodle L1 Website

Horario de atención al alumnado / Office hours: TBA Laura Arce

Despacho / Office

Teléfono / Phone: +34 91 497

Horario de atención al alumnado / Office hours: TBA Avelino Corral

Despacho / Office

Teléfono / Phone: +34 91 497

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1.11. Objetivos del curso /

Course objectives

By the end of the first year (L2) students should have reached a B2 level in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The L1 course aims towards the acquisition of such language competence.

Students will practice writing short texts of a variety of genre types (personal blog entries, autobiographical compositions, narratives, reviews, letters, editorials) employing a variety of rhetorical functions appropriate for this level (describing and reporting events and experiences, debating, giving opinions and support, evaluating and justifying) within a number of personal topic areas (daily life, personal experiences, relations with other people, social events and issues). Purposes of the writing will include: referential, emotive, phatic, conative.

Towards the end of the semester, students are expected to have acquired an intermediate (pre-B2) level in the perception and production of a number of phonetic and phonological features of English which present special difficulties for speakers of Spanish, and in the comprehension of extended oral messages. They should be able to recognize specific phonemes in context, take dictation correctly and understand general and specific information from lectures in English.

Students will learn how to talk about the parts of English phrases (noun phrases, verb phrases, etc.). This competence will be drawn upon in later years of the degree. Additionally, through practice with problematic aspects of phrases, students will improve their writing and speaking abilities.

G1 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.

G14 To become an increasingly more autonomous learner, with a responsible, enterprising approach.

E5 To know the main characteristics of the languages studied in the degree, from a contrastive point of view.

E6 To know the formal and pragmatic use of human language.

E21 To avoid common errors of transfer between the languages studied in the degree.

E28 To develop the strategies for the effective presentation of papers and arguments in Spanish and in the foreign languages studied in the degree, both orally and in writing.

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1.12. Contenidos del programa /

Course contents

The course is divided into 3 components: Writing, Listening/Speaking and Grammar.

Writing

1. Writing from experience: autobiographical personal narrative. 2. Describing people, events and scenes.

3. Personal writing and reflection: diaries and blogs 4. Giving opinions, justification/support and evaluations. 5. Doing informal peer feedback.

6. Introduction to argumentation Listening/Speaking

1. Word level

Weak forms, Function words

Word variation: Redistribution, Resyllabification 2. Connected Speech: Assimilation Elision Reduction Formulaic Chunks Lexical segmentation Parsing: Syntactic Cues

Intonation Groups, Intonation Focus 3. Authentic Listening

Filled pauses, false starts, repetitions, contracted forms Unknown words

Expanding on information & new information Topic sentence, main points, supporting info Connectors 4. Academic Listening Detailed comprehension Note-taking Dictations Grammar

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2. Structure of the Noun Phrase 3. Structure of the Adjectival Phrase 4. Structure of the Adverbial Phrase 5. Structure of the Prepositional Phrase 6. Structure of the Verb Phrase

6.1 Elements of the Verb Phrase 6.2 Tense and Aspect

1.13. Referencias de consulta /

Course bibliography

Writing

Materials available for download from Course (Moodle) webpage, plus other online resources.

Listening/Speaking

Doff, A. (2002). Listening 4. Cambridge: CUP

Downs, L.J. (2008). Listening Skills Training. Danvers, MA: The American Society for Training and Development Press.

Espeseth, M (2004). Academic listening encounters human behavior : listening, note taking discussion. Cambridge: CUP.

Hancock, M (2003). English Pronunciation in Use. Cambridge: CUP.

Lynch, T (2004). Study Listening: A course in listening to lectures and note-taking. Cambridge: CUP.Tesfaye, T. 2010. Factors affecting EFL Listening Comprehension. VDM Verlag.Field, J. 2009. Listening in the Language Classroom. Cambridge: CUP

Grammar

Course materials and exercises will be made available on the Course webpage to be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Additional exercises from the following books may be used for extra practice: Hashemi, L. (2008) Cambridge Grammar for First Certificate (With Answers and Audio CD). 2nd edition. Cambridge, CUP.

Prodromou, L. (1999) Grammar and Vocabulary for First Certificate. London, Longman.

Tayfoor, S. (2008) Common Mistakes at First Certificate … and How to Avoid Them. Cambrdige, CUP

Willis, D. (1991) Collins Cobuild Student’s Grammar (Self-study Edition with Answer Key). London, Harper Collins

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2. Métodos docentes /

Teaching methodology

Writing Contact Hours

Theoretical sessions:

Readings and critical analysis/discussion of personal/autobiographical /narrative/evaluative/opinion/argumentative texts

Use of Source Materials How to do Peer Feedback Practical sessions:

Writing workshops

Feedback on peer writing.

Online grammar exercises based on student errors Independent study time

Written exercises

Analytical tasks (reading and analysing texts). Planning and writing short texts up to 600 words. Personal Blogs/diaries

Listening/Speaking Contact hours

Each of the topics within the Listening/Speaking component will be presented in class through explanations and examples, and reinforced through various types of exercises and listening activities.

Independent study time Weekly study

Completion of weekly homework and extensive listening. Grammar

Contact hours

Each of the topics within the grammar component are presented in class through explanations and examples, and reinforced through various types of exercises (cloze tests, sentence transformations, error correction and Spanish-English translation).

Independent study time

Homework (exercises and revision)

Reading grammatical explanations in the books, completion of exercises and self-correction.

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3.

Tiempo de trabajo del estudiante /

Student

workload

4. Métodos de evaluación y porcentaje en la

calificación final /

Evaluation procedures and

weight of components in the final grade

Nº de horas Porcentaje Presencial Clases teóricas 45 h 36,6% = 55 h Clases prácticas

Tutorías programadas a lo largo del semestre 2,5h

Seminarios 5 h

Otros

Realización del examen final 2,5 h

No

presencial

Realización de actividades prácticas 78h (5h x 12 seman as, 2 h x 9 semanas) 63,4% = 95 h Estudio semanal

Preparación del examen 17 h

Carga total de horas de trabajo: 25 horas x 6 ECTS 150 h

Component Course Work % Final Exam % % of Final Course

grade 1st convocatoria Writing 100 0 40 Listening/Speaking 20 80 40 Grammar 20 80 20 2nd convocatoria

Writing 40 (from course

grade - unrecoverable)

60 40

Listening/Speaking 20 (recoverable) 80 40

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Evaluation Notes:

• Students who do not sit the Placement Test at the beginning of the course will not be able to pass the subject and will receive an "Exam not evaluated" (No Evaluado) notification in the Actas.

• Students must obtain a positive grade (i.e. more than zero) in each of the three components, (both in course work and exam) or they may receive an "Exam not evaluated" (No Evaluado) notification in the Actas.

• Students only have to repeat in a 2nd convocatoria the component(s) failed. The grades for the passed components are held for the 2nd convocatoria.

• Students cannot receive more than 4.9 as their overall grade if they have failed any component.

• Coursework that is not handed in at the time/date specified by the professor will receive a 0 grade, unless there is valid medical reason.

• Plagiarism in any component may lead to a zero in that component.

5. Cronograma /

Course calendar

Semana Week Contenido Contents Semana Week Contenido Contents 1 Introduction to Course Test of Level Moodle workshop 2-7 Components: Writing &

Listening

4-12 Component: Grammar 8 Study Week

9-14 Components: Writing and Listening 15 Revision/Study week 16 Exams Semana Week Contenido Contents Horas presenciales Contact hours Horas no presenciales Independent study time Writing component 1 Characteristics of personal narrative and autobiographical texts Avoiding Plagiarism Reading and analysis + writing workshop. Peer response

3h + 0.5h (group tutorial)

5h Homework Daily diary/Blog Assignment

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Semana

Week

Contenido

Contents Horas presenciales Contact hours Horas no presenciales Independent study time Listening/Speaking component 1 Word level:

Weak forms, Function words Word variation: Redistribution, Resyllabification

Dictations

3 + 1h (seminar) 5h. Extensive listening activities &

dictations. Pronunciation & transcription exercises 2 Connected Speech: Assimilation Elision Reduction 3h 5h. Extensive listening activities &

dictations. Pronunciation & transcription exercises 3 Connected Speech: Formulaic Chunks Lexical segmentation Parsing: syntactic Cues Dictations

3h + 0.5h (group tutorial) 5h. Extensive listening activities &

dictations. Pronunciation &

transcription exercises 4 Connected Speech: Intonation

Groups, Intonation Focus Authentic Listening: Filled pauses, false starts,

3h 5h. Extensive listening activities &

dictations. Pronunciation & Reading and analysis +

writing workshop Peer response

3 Autobiography: Descriptions of scene, place.

Reading and analysis + writing workshop Peer response 3h + 1h (seminar) 5h Homework Assignment 3 Daily diary/Blog Reading 4 Critical Reviews. Evaluative/subjective writing + writing workshop Peer response 3h + 0.5h (group tutorial) 5h. Homework Assignment 4 Reading 5 Letters and Replies.

Complaints/Queries and responses + writing workshop Peer response 3h + 1h (seminar) 5h. Homework Assignment 5 Reading 6 Editorialising. Introduction to

formal argumentation and support + writing workshop Peer response

3h 5h. Homework Assignment 6

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5 Authentic Listening:

Expanding on given information & new information

Topic sentence, main points, supporting info

Connectors Dictations

3h + 1h(seminar) 5h. Extensive listening activities &

dictations. Pronunciation & transcription exercises 6 Academic Listening: Detailed comprehension Note-taking Dictations

3h+ 0.5h (group tutorial) 5h. Extensive listening activities &

dictations. Pronunciation & transcription exercises Semana Week Contenido Contents Horas presenciales Contact hours Horas no presenciales

Independent study time

Grammar component

4 Fundamental Concepts of Grammar

1 h + 0.5h (group tutorial)

2h Study and Use of English Exercises 5-7 Structure of the Noun

Phrase

3 h 5h Study and Use of English Exercises

1 hr online quiz 8 Structure of the Adjectival

Phrase

1 h 2h Study and Use of English Exercises 9 Structure of the Adverbial

Phrase

Structure of the Prepositional Phrase

1 h 1h Study and Use of English Exercises

1 hr online quiz 10 Structure of the Verb Phrase

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1 h 2h Study and Use of English Exercises 11 Tense and Aspect 1 h+ 1 h (seminar) 1h Study and Use of

English Exercises 1 hr online quiz 12 Revision of the course 1 h 2h Home revision of