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ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3
GROUP BC
PATRICIA BOU
PATRICIA.BOU@UV.ES
2022-2023
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3
Group: BC

Teacher: Patricia Bou http://boup.blogs.uv.es

Classess: Wednesday & Friday in room S05 from

12.10 to 13.50

Tutorials: Monday 10-12, Thursday 11-12 and by email

ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3
Optional Module
6 ECTS credits
Students:5
- Modern languages and literatures
- Hispanic studies
- Catalan studies
- Translation and mediation
Aim: B2+, of the CEFR
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COMPETENCES
 Develop knowledge of grammar and communicative competences in (a)
foreign language(s).
 Develop and apply the currents and methodologies of linguistics (semantics)
 Apply information and communication technologies and computer tools to
language studies
Work as a team in the environment of language studies and developing
interpersonal relations
Develop skill to work and learn autonomously and to plan and manage work
time.
Extract from Teaching Guide
 ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3 - ACTIVITIES
• English language tasks – from BOOK (C1) and handouts (B2&C1)
• Grammar presentations & Vocabulary exercises
• Writing activities
• Essay
• Report
• Review
• Progress tests (4)
• Mock exams (8)
• Linguistic content – Semantics
• Translating lyrics and analyzing metaphors – Oral presentation (sing-along?)
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COURSE CONTENTS / SYLLABUS
See teaching guide and weekly planner

Explore book organization, units 1-7 (pp. 4-5)

Complete Advanced Student’s Book with answers.

Press. Units 1-7. Guy Brook-Hart and Simon Haines

(2014).

Complete Advanced. Workbook with answers: 2014.

Laura Matthews & Barbara Thomas

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Explore Teaching Guide

COURSE PLANNER
COURSE PLANNER
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Semantics: Recommended readings

Hurford, James R., Brendan Heasley & Michael B. Smith. 2007. Sense relations (1) / Sense
relations (2). In Semantics. A coursebook (p. 105-140). Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
Suau Jiménez, F. 2008. Semantics. In: Fuster, M. & Sánchez, A. (Eds.). Working with words: An
Introduction to English Linguistics. Publicacions de la Universitat de València (PUV).
Boers & Lindstromberg. 2008. Closing chapter: From empirical findings to pedagogical
practice. In Boers, Frank & Seth Lindstromberg (Eds.), Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to
Teaching Vocabulary and Phraseology (pp. 376-393). Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
DIGITAL RESOURCES

CAE EXAM PRACTICE:

https://idiomium.es/examenes/ejercicios-de-examen/nivel-c1-advance
d/ejercicios-para-practicar-el-advanced/

Check AV for links to online dictionaries and further digital resources

ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3_ASSESSMENT
A) Individual final examination that includes a reading test, a use of English test, and a written
expression test: 80%

B) Activities carried out during the course: 20%

To pass the subject students need to get at least 50% as an average of both part A and B.
Students must also get 50% in each section of part A.

The mark for activities in part B is only counted if the student passes part A.

If a student fails one section of the examination (part A) in the first call, he/she would need to
take all the parts again. The mark for the 20% of part B will be carried over to the second call.
These activities (part B) can only be done during the course and cannot be handed in for the
second call.
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B) Activities carried out during the course: 20%
1. Writing assignments (10%):
W1 = Essay; W2 = Report; W3 = Review.
350 words each
Writing assignments should be typed and uploaded to aula virtual as
scheduled (see weekly planner)
2. Semantics project and other classwork (10%)

Please note that these tasks cannot be handed in at the end of the course. It is very
important that you complete them during the course
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Learning Outcomes – Upon completion, students should be able to …
 demonstrate communicative and social competence in the English language
(reading comprehension and written expression, including grammatical
and stylistic correction) at the B2+ level of the Common European
Framework of Reference for Languages.
 explain semantic concepts and meaning phenomena related to the English
language.
 recognize different grammatical categories and their corresponding
functions.
 use tools, programmes and software designed specifically for the study of
the English language and its literatures, including email, blogs and aula
virtual. Extract from Teaching Guide
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LANGUAGE 3

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