Modern Language. English Skills for Psychology

Objectives

In today's global context, access to information has reached a critical importance. It is estimated that 80% of information stored in electronic format is in the English language and around 50% of all scientific and academic publications are written in English. For this reason, this subject will work on the ability to extract, understand and produce information in the English language orally and in writing.

Students will have to:

• acquire the habit of consulting written and oral documents in the English language as a source of information on topics related to psychology
• acquire tools, techniques and strategies to be able to access information in written and oral documents in the English language
• acquire sufficient resources to be able to understand and interpret texts from the scientific, academic and professional fields
• develop strategies to express themselves in writing and orally in the English language
• develop their autonomy when synthesizing and summarizing information from oral and written texts
• know and use the appropriate grammatical structures and vocabulary for the academic context and the subject of psychology
• develop skills for oral presentations in English

Learning outcomes

• Communicates orally and in writing in English
• uses strategies to express himself orally and in writing in the English language
• uses grammatical structures and vocabulary appropriate for the academic context and the topic of psychology
• acquire specific vocabulary in English in the field of psychology
• communicates knowledge, methodology, problems and solutions in the field of psychology to all types of audiences (specialized or not) in a clear and precise manner
• carry out a written work and an oral presentation in the field of psychology
• develops the autonomy to synthesize and summarize information from oral and written texts
• understands oral and written messages of different types fully expressed in English
• consult written and oral documents in the English language on topics related to psychology
• uses the tools, techniques and strategies to be able to access information in written and oral documents in the English language
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Skills

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Group work: 30% (15% oral, 15% written)

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Active participation in class: 10%

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The works presented must be unpublished and prepared by the student himself/herself.

Recovery of assessable elements:
In the event that one (or more) of the assessable elements has not reached the required level during the course of the subject, there is the possibility of redoing it(s) before the end of the semester.

However, to be able to access the recovery, they must have been presented all the works in accordance with the planned deadlines. Any element not presented within the established period will not be recoverable.

The evaluable activities and/or the oral part of the group work that have not achieved a grade of 5 or more in the first evaluation, may be resubmitted, duly reworked, during the week of closing the subject. The recovery of the exams and/or the written group work will be done during the recovery week. Any activity or exam that is made up, will get a maximum mark of 5.

Retakes are only for students who have failed the first assessment. You cannot resubmit already approved work, or retake exams, to get a better grade.

If it is suspended one (or more) of the assessable elements after the recovery period, the entire subject must be repeated.

Methodology

To achieve the skills and objectives of the course it is essential to attend all class sessions regularly and with the material that will have been delivered for each session.

• Class sessions: teaching aimed at the whole group to transmit and work on the contents of the subject through written texts and audiovisual materials
• Directed work: work in small groups in which the students, with the guidance of the teachers, will have to solve the doubts and difficulties that arise from the personal work. The sessions will also serve for the students to carry out research work on academic texts in the English language. During group work, the attendance of each of the group members is mandatory
• Personal work: work that the students will have to invest in the preparation and implementation of the proposed activities - above all readings and related tasks, and development of their own lexical resources
• Individual tutorials: sessions to monitor the learning process of each student. Throughout the semester, individual tutoring will take place at the request of the student or teacher
• Work Plan: it is the tool used to plan the work that the student must do for each of the subjects. It will be delivered at the beginning of the semester so that the student can organize personal work

In the case of a health emergency situation that involves new confinement, teaching will be transferred to virtuality in its entirety and the methodology will be adapted to this new context. The online teaching sessions will allow for general classes, directed work sessions and the return of worked documents.

Bibliography

Bibliography

• (2014). Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English. Oxford.
• De Chazal, E. & Rogers, L. (2013). Oxford EAP. A course in English for Academic Purposes (Intermediate/B1+). Oxford.
• Murphy, R. (2005). English Grammar in Use. Cambridge.
• Philpot, S. & Curnick, L. (2011). Headway. Academic Skills. Reading, Writing and Study Skills. Oxford.
• Swan, M. (2017). Practical English Usage. Oxford.

Reading

Teachers will provide complementary bibliography and compulsory reading throughout the course via the Virtual Campus.