Departamento de Filologas Inglesa y Alemana LICENCIATURA EN
FILOLOGA INGLESA ADELEX: EVALUACIN Y DESARROLLO DEL LXICO A TRAVS
DE INTERNETBreve descripcin/ Short course description
ThiscourseisdesignedforEnglishPhilologystudentswhowanttoenlargetheir
lexicalcompetencebymeansofanonlinecourse.Inashortandintensive
programme, we have developed activities to expand word knowledge,
collocations and lexical phrases and encourage the use of
dictionary look-up, linguistic corpora
andotherlinguisticresourcesontheweb.Activitiesaimatprocessingdiscrete
lexical elements (synonyms, false friends, homonyms, homographs,
homophones,
metaphors,clinesetc.)throughgap-filling,multiplechoicequestions,semantic
mapsorquizzesandareconcernedwiththedevelopmentoflexisbothatthe
sententialandthetextuallevel.Inthissense,wewillprovidestudentswithinitial
homebasesitesfromwhichtheycanbranchouttofindothers.Thus,theywill
profitfromvisitstootherwebsitesandevenmakeuseoftheInternetsoftware.
Participants will also benefit from sharing experiences with others
enrolled on this
course.Duetothenatureofthesubject,thiscoursewillemphasizereallife
examples rather than theoretical issues. Profesorado/
Lecturer(s)Nombre/Name: Mara Moreno Jan Email: [email protected]
Tfn./Tel.:Web/web page:Despacho/Office:Tutoras/Office hours:Monday
and Wednesday: 15.30-18.30 Datos del curso/ Course details Curso
acadmico / Year of study: Tipo de asignatura / Course type:
Troncal/Core Obligatoria/Core Optativa/Elective Libre
configuracin/Elective Calendario / Calendar: Anual / Year
Cuatrimestral / Semester 1 2 Requisitos y
recomendaciones/Prerequisites To follow the course some basic
knowledge of English is necessary. Crditos ECTS/ECTS credits Total
ECTS tericos / theory: 2 Total ECTS prcticos / practice: 4 Desglose
de crditos ECTS / ECTS breakdown: HORAS NO PRESENCIALES: 150 horas
Estudio individual: 10 horas Lecturas: 35 horas Actividades y
tareas: 80 horas Tutoras virtuales (individuales o en grupo): 25
horas Descriptores/ Course keywords Objetivos / Objectives of the
courseTo assess and develop the lexical competence of English
Philology students.To promote learner autonomy through an online
methodology To develop an interactive e-learning programme on the
Internet which addresses lexical shortfall so that acceptable
levels of vocabulary may be achieved. To produce a site with usable
and attractive materials online and available links to interesting
resources on the web. The site will be a storehouse of regularly
updated teaching materials.Contenidos/ Syllabus Module 1: Studying
vocabulary from a linguistic and pedagogic perspective Module 2:
Knowing a word through online dictionaries Module 3: Learning
collocations Module 4: Semantic fields: Tourism Module 5:
Vocabulary and the British Press Module 6: Vocabulary and Culture
Module7:Acquiringconversationalcompetencethroughamicroetnographic
analysis of films: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Module 8: Learning
vocabulary through films: Casablanca Mtodos docentes/ Teaching
methods This is a modular virtual course where learners will have 2
weeks to work on each module. They will first have to read the
contents included in the module itself and after that, they will
complete all the assignments and tests to be sent to the tutor.
Regular participation in forums and online discussions is also a
requisite. Evaluacin/ Assessment Criterios de evaluacin /
Assessment criteria: Assessment is not based on a final exam, so
regular and active participation will be essential on this online
course and will count towards the final grade. Students will have
to take part in forums and log on a minimum of once a week, either
with questions or comments. Forums will be related to module
topics. Procedimientos de evaluacin / Assessment procedures:
Assignments and tests in each module (70%) Participation in forums,
chats and online discussions. Quality of contributions counts (30%)
Idioma usado en clase y exmenes/ Language of instruction
English Bibliografa y recursos/ Recommended reading Bibliografa
Obligatoria / Compulsory Reading Bibliografa Bsica / Recommended
reading Cordn, O. & Anaya, K. 2004. Enseanza virtual:
Fundamentos, perspectivas actuales y visin de la Universidad de
Granada. http://cevug.ugr.es/web-cevug/documentos/thales2.pdf
Draves, W. A. 2000. Teaching online. River Falls, NJ: LERN Books.
Levy, M. 1997. Computer-Assisted Language Learning: Context and
Conceptualization. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Nation, I.S.P.
2001. Learning Vocabulary in Another Language. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. Prez Basanta, C. 2004. Pedagogic aspects of the
design and content of an online course for the development of
lexical competence: ADELEX. ReCALL 16/1: 129- 149. Prez Basanta, C.
1999. La enseanza del vocabulario desde una perspectiva lingstica y
pedaggica. In S. Salaberri (ed.). Lingstica Aplicada a las Lenguas
Extranjeras (pp. 262307). Almera: Univ. de Almera. Picardo, O. J.
2003. Pedagoga informacional: Ensear a aprender en la sociedad del
conocimiento.
Schmitt, N. &McCarthy, M. 1997. Vocabulary: Description,
Acquisition and Pedagogy. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
