Students of "Lengua Inglesa I" will have three lecture periods per week, plus individual work at the language laboratory. In addition to that, students will have one weekly practice session in smaller groups.
THEORETICAL LESSONS (1st semester)
PART 1: MORPHOSYNTAX (GRAMMAR & TEXT ANALYSIS).
Set book: Campos, M. A., A. Lillo & V.M. Pina. (2002): Grammar in Gobbets. Alicante: Aguaclara.
In this module students will have a grammar coursebook that will serve as reference material. The first half of this book (lessons 1 to 8) will be dealt with during the first year, and the second half (lessons 9 to 18) will be studied during the second year. Students will be asked to prepare the lessons at a rate of approximately one lesson every two weeks. Difficult aspects or doubts that may arise after reading the explanations in the book will be treated in class, after which the corresponding exercises will be corrected. It is assumed that students will prepare the material at home, since a good proportion of the class time will be devoted to identifying difficulties and solving doubts. As for text analysis, the students will have to analyse texts from a grammatical point of view. Thus, the focus is on morphology and syntax, rather than on semantics. Students will sometimes have to study passages that will be given to them in the class without any chance to prepare them, although on occasion they will be supplied with texts in advance to prepare at home.
THEORETICAL LESSONS (2nd semester)
PART 2: WRITING SKILLS.
Set book: Eastman, J.K. & V.M. Pina (19992): Write Right. Alicante: Aguaclara.
The writing portion of the class will be devoted to developing a variety of writing techniques and good proofreading skills. Emphasis will be more on correct writing (through use of Write Right) and error avoidance (see appendix below) than on creativity, which is again left to second year. Students will be required to write a number of out-of-class compositions, corresponding to different sub-genres (narrative, description, argumentation...). Among the subjects covered, there will be compositions on the set reading texts.
PRACTICAL LESSONS (1st and 2nd semesters)
PART 3: USE OF ENGLISH.
Materials provided by the teacher.
The main purpose of this section is to focus on specific grammatical structures and aspects of vocabulary which traditionally have presented special difficulties for students. Students will complete exercises which will then be corrected and reviewed in informal small group sessions with the various teachers. Listening comprehension and reading exercises will also be included in this section of the course.
PART 4: ORAL PRACTICE.
Students will attend one weekly session in small groups where they will employ a variety of spoken language skills which will allow them to use the structures and grammar they are learning i |