Universidad de Jaén

1. Grammatical contents
2. Lexical contents
3. Functions
4. The four skills: writing, reading, speaking and listening.

CONTENT:

Unit 1.A. Questions and answers. Grammar (question formation), Vocabulary (working out meaning from context) Pronunciation (intonation: showing interest)

Unit 1.B. It is a mystery. Grammar (auxiliary verbs; the...., the....+ comparatives), Vocabulary (compound adjectives) Pronunciation (intonation: showing interest)

Unit 2.A. Doctor, doctor! Grammar (present perfect simple and continuous), Vocabulary (illnesses and injuries) Pronunciation (see page 26)

Unit 2.B. Act your age.  Grammar (using adjectives as nouns, adjective order), Vocabulary (clothes and fashion) Pronunciation (vowel sounds)

Unit 3.A. Fasten your seat belts. Grammar (narrative tenses, past perfect continuous, so/such...that), Vocabulary (air travel) Pronunciation (irregular past forms, sentence rhythm)

Unit 3.B. A really good ending? Grammar (the position of adverbs and adverbials phrases), Vocabulary (adverbs and adverbial phrases) Pronunciation (word stress and intonation)

Unit 4.A. Stormy weather. Grammar (future perfect and future continuous), Vocabulary (the environment, weather) Pronunciation (vowel sounds)

Unit 4.B. A risky business. Grammar (zero and first conditionals, future time clauses), Vocabulary (expressions with take) Pronunciation (linked phrases)

Unit 5.A. I am a survivor. Grammar (unreal conditionals), Vocabulary (feelings) Pronunciation (word stress in three- or four-syllable adjectives)

Unit 5.B. A risky business. Grammar (wish for present/future, wish for past regrets), Vocabulary (expressing feelings with verbs or -ed/-ing adjectives) Pronunciation (sentence rhythm and intonation)

Group classes: theory and practise.

Oral presentations.

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• Lecture (theory): 1 hour per week
• Lecture (practice): 3 hours per week
• Homework: 6 hours per week

N.B.: As the subject will be entirely taught in English, no distinction will be made between regular students and PATIE students as regards methodology.

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

• Theoretical contents (final exam): 50%
• Attendance and active participation: 20%
• Assignments: 30%

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The correspondence between assessment procedures, competences and learning outcomes is the following:

• S1: CB4; G06, G09, T06, T13; R31.
• S2: CB1, CB5; G02, H12, H20, H23, T01, T03, T08, T14; R29, R30, R32
• S3: CB2, CB3; E16, H21, T04, T05, T11; R33.

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N.B. (1): In order to pass the subject it will be necessary to get at least 5/10 considering all the assessment criteria above.

N.B. (2): as for the dates for the final exam, international students should note that, unless there are exceptional reasons, no alternative dates to the official ones will be offered to them, as they will be considered in exactly the same terms as the rest of the students. All official exams will take place in May-June (regular exams or "convocatoria ordinaria") and -if the student does not pass the subject- in June-July (extraordinary exams or "convocatoria extraordinaria").

1. TEACHING METHODOLOGY AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES*

*The information in the following tables will depend on the sanitary conditions and facilities available.

**It is taken for granted that if the number of students is below the limit allowed in the classroom allocated, all physical presence teaching will be 100%.

 2. EVALUATION

2.1 1st sitting.

*Contingency plan: if at any moment during the teaching period of the semester it were necessary to change from a multimodal or mixed scenario to a remote/distance teaching one, the evaluation applied will be the one specified for the remote/distance teaching scenario.

2.2. 2nd Sitting/resit*

The exam will be physical and will include both theoretical and practical contents of the subject up to 100% of the final mark. It will be 100% physical providing that both the sanitary conditions and facilities allow it to be.

*Contingency plan: if at any moment during the teaching period of the semester it were necessary to change from a multimodal or mixed scenario to a remote/distance teaching one, the evaluation applied will be the one specified for the remote/distance teaching scenario.

1. 1TEACHING METHODOLOGY AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES

1. 2EVALUATION
   • 2.1. Ist Sitting

• 2.2. 2nd sitting/ Resit

This will be a synchronous and / or asynchronous test in which both the theoretical and practical contents of the subject will be assessed. This exam will constitute 100% of the final mark.

Institution in charge of data processing: Universidad de Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas, s/n, 23071 Jaén

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Purpose: In accordance with the Universities Law and other national and regional regulations in force, carrying out exams and assessment tests corresponding to the courses students are registered in. In order to avoid frauds while sitting the exam, the exam will be answered using a videoconference system, being able the academic staff of the University of Jaén to compare and contrast the image of the person who is answering the exam with the student's photographic files. Likewise, in order to provide the exam with evidential content for revisions or claims, in accordance with current regulation frameworks, the exam will be recorded and stored.

Legitimacy: compliance with legal obligations (Universities Law) and other national and regional regulations currently in force.

Addressees: service providers who are the owners of the platforms where the exams are carried out and with whom the University of Jaén has signed the corresponding data access contracts.

Storage periods: those established in current in force regulations. In the specific case of exam videoconference recordings, not before the examination records and transcripts are closed or the exam can still be reviewed or challenged.

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Data protection delegate (DPO): TELEFÓNICA, S.A.U. ; Email: dpo@ujaen.es

Procedure aim: To manage proper recordings of teaching sessions with the aim of facilitating learning process under a multimodal and/or online teaching

Period for record storage: Images will be kept during legal term according to regulations in force

Legitimacy: Data will be managed according to legal regulations (Organic Law 6/2001, December 21, on Universities) and given consent provided by selecting corresponding box in legal admission documents

Data recipients (transfers or assignments): Any person allowed to get access to every teaching modality

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