EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH II

Competencies and objectives

Course context for academic year 2021-22
Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees)
Learning outcomes (Training objectives)
Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2021-22

Course context for academic year 2021-22

Theory and practice of English focused on obtaining the B1 level (CERF). In addition, we will extensively work on communicative contexts, cultural aspects and grammar.

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

DEGREE IN HUMANITIES

General Competences (CG)

CG1 : Foreign language skills.
CG10 : Recognition of cultural diversity and equal opportunities.
CG2 : Computer and information technology skills.
CG4 : Critical reasoning.
CG5 : Capacity for analysis and synthesis.
CG6 : Capacity for teamwork.
CG7 : Capacity for organisation and planning.
CG8 : Creativity and capacity for initiative.
CG9 : Problem-solving and decision-making.

Specific Competences (CE)

CE1 : Understand human behaviour in society using specific methods and techniques of analysis and, in this way, develop the ethical commitment to gender equality and a special capacity for interpersonal relationships.
CE2 : Understand History and the major artistic and philosophical currents of Mankind, particularly the classical foundations on which European cultural reality is based, and be able to transmit them by promoting the social value of culture.
CE3 : Master one or more foreign languages to facilitate access to the production and interpretation of cultures in their diverse expressions, especially contemporary culture, cultural diversity and its management.
CE5 : Assess and interpret the cultural diversity of the Region of Valencia, contrasting the indigenous cultures of the region with other cultures with which relations and contacts are established, using the official languages as the vehicles for interaction.
CE7 : Make creative entrepreneurial use of the basic principles of the public and private organisation and management of ICTs to evaluate, create and carry out cultural dissemination projects.
CE8 : Acquire skills to prepare and display content related to the human and social sciences for dissemination and for educating secondary school children, using personal skills and ICT.

DEGREE IN CATALAN STUDIES

General Competences (CG)

CG2 : Capacity to understand the role of language in the construction of human beings as active members of a linguistic and cultural community and relate this to the function of individuals in society.
CG3 : Capacity to develop reading, analysis and synthesis techniques.
CG7 : Social commitment to the equality of men and women, the plurality and diversity of the realities of modern society, to peace and democracy.

General Competences acquired at University of Alicante (CGUA)

CGUA1 : Capacity to communicate in a second language in communicative situations (oral and written), with students acquiring a level equivalent to B1 of the common European framework of reference.
CGUA2 : Ability to use basic ICT tools at user level.

Specific Competences (CE)

CE1 : Capacity to communicate in the Catalan language in communicative situations (oral and written), allowing fluid communication in the professional and academic areas in which the student will be working in the future, taking into account his/her knowledge of the historical, social, cultural and artistic reality of his/her context.
CE10 : Capacity to use the pertinent resources and materials for self-learning (bibliographies, dictionaries, reference works, terminological works, tutorials, new technologies) and transmit the information in the Catalan language.
CE11 : Be able to develop reading, analysis and synthesis techniques, formulate working hypotheses, demonstrate them with arguments and reach conclusions, as well as recognise and ensure the textual coherence (structure of the text, organisation of ideas, progression of information, use of keywords), to explain and argue any subject related to Catalan language and literature, thus achieving the role of expert, transmitter and adviser regarding the knowledge acquired.
CE12 : Capacity to understand, value and take advantage of multilingualism with an attitude favouring the standardisation of Catalan, to participate in cultural and linguistic diversity, as well as promoting it to ensure the better social development of the language.

DEGREE IN SPANISH: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURES

Generic Degree Course Competences

CG2 : Capacity to understand the role of language in the construction of human beings as active members of linguistic and cultural communities and relate it to the function of individuals in society.
CG3 : Be able to develop reading, analysis and synthesis techniques.

Generic UA Competences

CUA1 : Understand and express oneself in one's discipline in a language other than the two official languages of the Region of Valencia.
CUA2 : Be able to use basic ICT tools at user level.

Specific Competences (CE):>>Conceptual

CC16 : Acquire level B1 of the CEFR in a second language.
CC5 : Capacity to communicate in the language of the speciality (Spanish) and in a second language in oral and written situations to enable fluid communication in the future professional and/or academic contexts the student will be involved with in the future.

Specific Competences (CE):>>Procedural

CP20 : Capacity to use the pertinent materials and resources: bibliographic repertories, dictionaries, works of reference, critical editions, translations and ICTs as an independent learner able to control one's own learning process and make the corresponding independent progress.

Specific Competences (CE):>>Attitude

CA22 : Be able to value and take advantage of multilingualism and multiculturalism as a social agent participating in the construction of a plural and tolerant society on the basis of the multicultural configuration of the Spanish-speaking world.
CA23 : Be able to show a critical and self-critical attitude during the learning process.
CA24 : Capacity to demonstrate social commitment to the equality of men and women, the plural and diverse nature of modern society, peace and democracy.

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2021-22

To acquire a B1.2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) of linguistic competence.
The course aims to consolidate the knowledge acquired in secondary education and enhance the development of the skills to communicate in English in an effective way, by practising all these skills.
To know cultural and sociolinguistic aspects of the English-speaking countries.