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Universitat de les Illes Balears
Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres
ANGLÈS ORAL II (4895) ESTUDIS: Filologia Anglesa
DURADA: Anual
NOMBRE DE CRÈDITS: 6 de teòrics / 3 de pràctics
PREREQUISITS PER CURSAR L’ASSIGNATURA: Anglès Oral I PARTICIPACIÓ DE L’ASSIGNATURA EN ELS ESQUEMES DE :
Y Avaluació contínua
X Projecte pilot d’implantació del sistema de crèdits europeus
Y Campus Extens
IDIOMA EN QUÈ S’IMPARTEIX L’ASSIGNATURA: ANGLÈS IDENTIFICACIÓ DEL PROFESSOR
Professor/a: Patricia Bastida Rodríguez Edifici: Beatriu de Pinós
Despatx: 9
Telèfon: 971 17 13 08 E-mail: [email protected]
Tutories: Dimecres 11.00-14.00, Divendres 10.00-11.00 (1r quadrimestre) Dilluns 11.00-13.00, Dimecres 11.00-13.00 (2n quadrimestre)
1. INTRODUCTION:
Anglès Oral II is taught in the second year of the degree in English Philology and it represents a continuation of Anglès Oral I, taught in the first year. Therefore, its contents, methodology and assessment methods are very similar, with only a few differences which are in accordance with the higher level of English expected of students.
2. OBJECTIVES:
Its main objective is to further the development of students’ listening and speaking skills in English initiated the previous year. The perfection of pronunciation and the extension of vocabulary will be essential components in the teaching practice, given the crucial role both play in oral communication, since they will aid students in all kinds of speaking activities. At the end of the course, students are expected to achieve a linguistic competence in English that will enable them to understand most kinds of real- life listening material and communicate effectively orally at an advanced or proficiency level.
2 3. CONTENTS:
Vocabulary Topics
- 1. Relationships: Personality and the family. The animal world.
- 2. Young people today. Education and society.
- 3. Health and medicine. The advances in modern medicine. Ethical problems.
- 4. Body and mind. Health, sport and fitness.
- 5. Crime and punishment. The role of prisons.
- 6. The consumer society. Advertising and consumerism.
- 7. Media and communication. Internet and the new technologies.
- 8. Art and heritage. The world of culture.
Concepts
- Word formation: suffixes and prefixes. Compounds and word-blending.
- Synonyms and antonyms. Collocations.
- Idioms and fixed expressions. Proverbs and clichés.
- Stress and intonation. Question tags.
- Discourse markers: adding, contradicting, generalising, etc.
- Registers of English: formal, neutral, informal. Colloquial English and slang.
- Lexical strategies for speaking: vague expressions.
- Puns and word play: the language of advertising.
Listening subskills
- Listening for specific information.
- Identifying speakers.
- Taking notes while listening.
- Interpreting and rephrasing information.
- Matching information to speakers.
- Recognizing words in context.
- Interpreting attitudes.
- Predicting the spelling of new words.
Speaking subskills
- Expressing opinions, preferences and feelings.
- Describing concepts, location and actions.
- Agreeing and disagreeing politely.
- Describing similarities and differences.
- Expressing certainty, possibility and improbability.
- Arguing for and against.
- Using discourse markers appropriately.
- Using question tags appropriately.
- Using English in academic contexts: giving presentations.
4. METHODOLOGY
A wide range of activities will be used in class in order to foster students’ speaking and listening abilities in English. These will often entail pair work or group discussion, which will prove very useful for the development of students’ communicative skills.
Among these activities we can mention debates, role-plays, descriptions or discussions in pairs, songs, games, dictations and different varieties of listening exercises. Authentic
3 listening and speaking material will be used in class dealing with the different topics listed in the previous section, either from the coursebook (see Basic bibliography) or provided by the lecturer in dossiers which will be left at the photocopy shop in advance.
In accordance with the European system of credits followed in this subject, students are expected to perform certain tasks before each of the sessions, which are compulsory and totally necessary for the correct development of the class.
Friday sessions will be devoted to the conversation practice of students. There will be two rounds of oral presentations in class, in January and May, where students will have to give a prepared talk about a topic and show their linguistic competence in English. At least one of them is compulsory if the student wants to pass the subject.
The second one is optional, but the highest mark of the two presentations will be the one to be kept and used to obtain the global mark (see Assessment).
It is also compulsory to perform one hour per week of autonomous work on an English-learning computer program in the Language Laboratory (Classroom C-13, Guillem Cifre de Colonya, attendance will be checked) and to attend at least three private tutorials during the year, so that the progress of the student can be assessed and corrected before the end of the course. More information about this will be given in class.
COMPULSORY ACTIVITIES:
- One weekly hour of autonomous work on an English-learning computer program in the Language Laboratory.
- At least one presentation (Fridays, January and/or May).
- A minimum of three private tutorials during the year.
5. ASSESSMENT:
Following the European system of credits, there will be continuous assessment, which implies the regular performance in class of different tasks which will be handed in and assessed by the lecturer (listening exercises, dictations, two vocabulary tests and at least one presentation). The average result of these exercises at the end of May, if it is a pass, will allow the student to keep these results and only sit the oral exam. Students must be aware that they have to pass all the different sections independently and also the oral exam (this allows for a possible fail in individual exercises, but not in a complete section). The value of each of the sections in the final mark is the following:
- SPEAKING SECTION 30 % (Oral exam 50 % + Oral presentation 50 %) - LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION 30 %
- DICTATION 20 %
- VOCABULARY TEST 20 %
If the student has failed one or more of the sections during the continuous assessment, s/he will have to sit the final exam in all its sections, and the result obtained will be his/her final mark, in accordance with the percentages stated above. Regular attendance and participation in class will be taken into account.
4 6. BIBLIOGRAPHY:
6.1. Basic Bibliography:
COURSEBOOK: SCOTT-BARRETT, FIONA 2002: New Proficiency Listening & Speaking.
London, Longman.
6.2. General Bibliography:
Reference books:
ALEXANDER, L. G. 1991: Longman English Grammar. London, Longman.
BYWATER, F.V. 1990: A Proficiency Course in English. With Key. London, Nelson.
HEWINGS, M. 1998: Advanced Grammar in Use. A self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English. With Answers. Cambridge U. P.
LEECH, G & J. SVARTVIK 1992: A Communicative Grammar of English. London, Longman.
McCARTHY, M. & F. O’DELL 2002: English Vocabulary in Use. Advanced. Cambridge U.P.
McCARTHY, M. & F. O’DELL 1998: English Idioms in Use. With Answers. Cambridge U.P.
O’CONNOR, J. D. & C. FLETCHER 1994: Sounds English. A Pronunciation Practice Book.
London, Longman.
THOMAS, B. J. 1995: Advanced Vocabulary & Idiom. London, Longman.
SEIDL, J. 1989: English Idioms. Exercises on Idioms. Oxford U. P.
SEIDL, J. & W. McMORDIE 1988: English Idioms. Oxford U. P.
SIDE, R. & G. WELLMAN 1998: Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency. With Key. London, Longman.
SWAN, M. 2000: Practical English Usage. Oxford U. P.
VINCE, M. 1994: Advanced Language Practice. London, Heinemann.
WATCYN-JONES, P. 1990: Test Your Idioms. London, Penguin.
Dictionaries:
Cambridge Word Selector Anglès-Català. 1997. Cambridge U. P.
Cambridge Word Selector Inglés-Español. 1995. Cambridge U. P.
Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary. 1995. Glasgow, Collins.
Collins Spanish-English, English-Spanish Dictionary. 2000. Glasgow, Collins.
Diccionario Oxford Study. Español-Inglés, Inglés-Español. 2000. Oxford U. P.
Dictionary of Slang & Unconventional English. 2 volumes. 1974. London, Routledge.
Everyman’s English Pronouncing Dictionary. 1977. London, Dent.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. 1995. London, Longman.
Longman Dictionary of English Idioms. 1994. London, Longman.
Longman Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. 1996. London, Longman.
Longman Interactive English Dictionary. CD-ROM. 2001. London, Longman.
Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. 1990. London, Longman.
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. 1998. Oxford U. P.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English. 2002. Oxford U. P.
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang. 1993. Oxford U. P.
Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms. 1994. Oxford U. P.
