Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2014-15

 

  • The subject of Inglés I will be imparted in the tenth semester in the undergraduate degree courses of Engineering and Architecture. This subject together with Inglés II will enable students to obtain the University of Alicante’s required English language degree, B1. The students are strongly advised to have previous knowledge of the language (A2 or equivalent level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
  • Both subjects, Inglés I and Inglés II, will necessarily contain solid technical and scientific components linguistically dealt with, which will eventually permit students to tackle oral and written information required in their formal academic and professional training. Specifically, Inglés I seeks to enable students to acquire the abilities and strategies to read and understand oral and written texts of technical and scientific nature. Students should be able to know and reasonably apply linguistic and extra-linguistic resources which feature scientific discourse in English in order to effectively address and solve major issues in their particular fields.

 

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees)

Basic Competences and Competences included under the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education (MECES)

  • CB 1 : Que los estudiantes hayan demostrado poseer y comprender conocimientos en un área de estudio que parte de la base de la educación secundaria general, y se suele encontrar a un nivel que, si bien se apoya en libros de texto avanzados, incluye también algunos aspectos que implican conocimientos procedentes de la vanguardia de su campo de estudio.
  • CB 2 : Que los estudiantes sepan aplicar sus conocimientos a su trabajo o vocación de una forma profesional y posean las competencias que suelen demostrarse por medio de la elaboración y defensa de argumentos y la resolución de problemas dentro de su área de estudio.
  • CB 3 : Que los estudiantes tengan la capacidad de reunir e interpretar datos relevantes (normalmente dentro de su área de estudio) para emitir juicios que incluyan una reflexión sobre temas relevantes de índole social, científica o ética.
  • CB 4 : Que los estudiantes puedan transmitir información, ideas, problemas y soluciones a un público tanto especializado como no especializado.
  • CB 5 : Que los estudiantes hayan desarrollado aquellas habilidades de aprendizaje necesarias para emprender estudios posteriores con un alto grado de autonomía.

 

UA Basic Transversal Competences

  • CT-6 : Capacidad de adaptarse a nuevos conceptos y métodos. Capacidad de aprender y aplicar, de forma autónoma e interdisciplinar, nuevos conceptos y métodos.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2014-15

 

General Objectives

 

  • Acquire and know how to use the language of English for science and technology. 
  • Develop strategies to identify and analyze the most usual semantic-syntactical structures in oral and written scientific discourse channeled in English.
  • Acquire the skills to interpret and apply the language of visuals. 
  • Acquire and put into practice varying reading speeds to apply them for different reading purposes: skimming, scanning, and so on.
  • Know how to take notes and how to summarize oral passages from lectures delivered in English of scientific and technical content
  • Acquire strategies for an effective oral communication to address issues pertaining to the world of science and technology.
  • Know how to use ICT effectively enough to develop oral and written communicative activities in the LMS (Moodle)
  • Make a repertoire of question solving techniques available to the students to undertake any challenging activity of scientific and technical nature delivered in English

 

The lecturers’ specific aims for the subject

  • Settle the means to reach the standards for level B1 as established in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
  • Put into practice oral and written reception and production skills in the ICT most relevant fields (academic, job market, publicity to name some).

 

 

 

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General

Code: 35558
Lecturer responsible:
AMILBURU OSINAGA, ANA MARIA MARGARITA
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 2,40
Practical credits: 0,00
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: ENGLISH STUDIES
    Area: ENGLISH STUDIES
    Theoretical credits: 2,4
    Practical credits: 0
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught