This subject is part of the minor in Foreign Language in 4th year.

The aim is that the students reinforce their knowledge of foreign Language (English) that they are going to teach in their professional life.

Moreover, the students will have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of cultural and literary aspects in English-speaking countries.

1-To show a general command of the English language focusing on a fluent and accurate use of the four skills (oral and written comprehension, oral and written production) in order to reach level C1.

2- To develop oral and writing skills in order to carry out expositions and write academic texts.

3- To develop the writing and oral skills in order to access the labour market.

4- To develop the skills in order to understand social issues and concerns of English speaking countries in order to improve their language knowledge and make a critical appreciation.

5- To acquire basic knowledge of the most important literary trends of British and North American Literature.

6- To analyze a literary text in order to improve their language knowledge and learn to enjoy reading in English following a critical appreciation.

7- To develop writing skills for fiction writing.

LANGUAGE:

Use of language: oral and written comprehension and production. Activities aimed at developing the necessary competences to reach level C1 in English language.

-CV writing and cover letter writing.

-Academic writing and oral expositions.

CULTURE:

Cultural issues of English speaking countries.

LITERATURE:

-Brief review of British and North American literature.

-Fiction writing.

Theoretical and practical sessions.

NOTES ON TEACHING ACTIVITIES

The theoretical sessions will consist of teacher’s explanations.

The practical sessions will be devoted to:

-Practical work: exercises, correction of homework, analysis of language, practice of language through interaction with peers or individual work…

-Oral presentations in groups.



In case there would be a national health crisis, class-attendance standards will be changed, by applying online or mixed standards approved by the faculty and university. For that purpose, the profesor will make use of the necessary technological resources in order to guarantee teaching standards.

• Continuous Assessment System
• Final Assessment System
• Tools and qualification percentages:
  • Written test to be taken (%): 30
  • see guidelines below (%): 70

CONTINUOUS EVALUATION SYSTEM



Exam: 30%

Tasks: 70%



Exam (30%): The conditions for this evaluation task shall be written, oral, presential or non-presential in accordace with the health protocols.



The subject will be passed only if all assessment activities have been passed independently. Otherwise, marks from the continuous evaluation will be kept for the extraordinary call, but in no case for the following academic year.



In every assesment task, notwithstanding its procedure, should there be any doubts on the originality of the work and the authorship of the task, the protocol of the University will be applied.



ORDINARY CALL DECLINE:

According to Article 12.2, students of continuous evaluation may withdraw from the ordinary call by giving a written waiver to the teacher up to 11 weeks after the beginning of the lessons.





FINAL EVALUATION SYSTEM

Students are entitled to be evaluated by means of the final evaluation system (whether they had taken part in the continuous evaluation or not. Art. 8.3). To that aim, they must contact the teacher in writing and express their desire to leave the continuous evaluation system. This has to be done within the first 11 weeks of class.



Exam: 30%

Tasks: 70%



Exam (30%): The conditions for this evaluation task shall be written, oral, presential or non-presential in accordace with the health protocols.



The subject will be passed only if all assessment activities have been passed independently. Students must contact the teacher to receive orientations and set a date for the presentation (during the exam period).



In every assesment task, notwithstanding its procedure, should there be any doubts on the originality of the work and the authorship of the task, the protocol of the University will be applied.



The teacher will maintain the right to apply as many assessment tasks as necesssary for non-attending students to demonstrate the acquisition of the above mentioned competences.

Exam: 30%

Tasks: 70%



Exam (30%): The conditions for this evaluation task shall be written, oral, presential or non-presential in accordace with the health protocols.



The subject will be passed only if all assessment activities have been passed independently. Students must contact the teacher to receive orientations and set a date for the presentation (during the exam period). Otherwise, marks from the continuous evaluation will be kept for the extraordinary call, but in no case for the following academic year.



In every assesment task, notwithstanding its procedure, should there be any doubts on the originality of the work and the authorship of the task, the protocol of the University will be applied.



The teacher will maintain the right to apply as many assessment tasks as necesssary for non-attending students to demonstrate the acquisition of the above mentioned competences.

Course book and/or class material (authentic text, textbooks, documents, magazines, newspapers…) in order to provide input.
Audiovisual material (CD, DVD, video, projector…)
PC with internet connection.

COMPULSORY READINGS:
Atwood, M., & Mateo, E. (2017). El cuento de la criada (1ª ed., Narrativa). Barcelona: Salamandra.
Hawthorne, N., Rest, J., Melville, H., & Hawthorne, N., Hawthorne, Nathaniel. (1978). Relatos (Biblioteca básica universal, 32). Buenos Aires: Centro Editor de América Latina.
Shakespeare, W., Valverde, J., Dalí, S., & Shakespeare, W., Shakespeare, William. (2006). Macbeth. Barcelona: Planeta.
Shelley, M. (2010). Frankenstein. Norwich (Norfolk): Samphire Press.

Basic bibliography

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

--- El poder y la palabra : 10 ensayos sobre lenguaje, política y verdad

by George 1903-1950 Orwell, Miquel‏ Berga (Pr.), Miquel Berga (Pr.), George Orwell Orwell, George Albert, E. (1979). History of English literature (5th ed. / revised by J.A. Stone ed.) (J. Stone, Ed.). London: Harrap.

Atwood, M., & Somacarrera Iñigo, P. (2000). Juegos de poder (power politics) (Ed. bilingüe, [1a ed. española] ed., Poesía hiperión, 378). Madrid: Hiperión.

Behrendt, S., Mellor, A., & Behrendt, S. (1990). Approaches to teaching Shelley's Frankenstein (Approaches to teaching world literature, 33). New York: Modern Language Association of America.

Birch, D., & Oxford University Press. (2009). The Oxford companion to English literature (7th ed.) [7th ed.]. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (2009).

BLOOM, Harold. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. Nueva York: Riverhead, 1999

Dobson, M., Wells, S., Sharpe, W., & Sullivan, E., (Cultural historian). (2015). The Oxford companion to Shakespeare (Second ed., Oxford quick reference) [Second edition.]. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (2015)

Hart, J., & Leininger, P. (1995). The Oxford companion to American literature (6th ed., rev. and enl ed.) [6th ed., rev. and enl.]. New York: Oxford University Press. (1995).

Horan, T. (2018). Desire and empathy in twentieth-century dystopian fiction(Palgrave studies in utopianism). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Science and Business Media. (2018)

Parini, J. (2004). The Oxford encyclopedia of American literature. New York: Oxford University Press. (2004).

Person, L. (2007). The Cambridge introduction to Nathaniel Hawthorne (Cambridge introductions to literature). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Wilson, S., Friedman, T., & Hengen, S. (1996). Approaches to teaching Atwood's The handmaid's tale and other works. New York: Modern Language Association of America.



DICTIONARIES:

Collins English Dictionary (2009). HarperCollins Publishers.

Gran Diccionario Oxford Español-Inglés / Inglés-Español (2008). Oxford University Press.

MORRIS M. (1998). Morris Student Plus. Euskara-Ingelesa/ English-Basque. Klaudio Harluxet Fundazioa.

In-depth bibliography

-CARTER, R. & MCRAE, J. (1995) The Penguin Guide to English Literature : Britain and Ireland. Penguin. London.
-LAVERY, C. (1994) Focus on Britain. Cultural studies for the Language Classroom. Macmillan Publishers. Oxford.
-MURPHY, R. (2004). English Grammar in Use. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.
-SWAM, M. (2005). Practical English Usage. Oxford University Press. Oxford.

Web addresses

www.bbclearningenglish.com
www.britishcouncil.org