Educational guide 2015_16 Faculty of Arts

Methodologies

	Description
Introductory activities	Course presentation (aims, content, learning methods, assessment).
Lecture	Presentation and explanation of course contents, to support and complement practice in the acquisition of the corresponding linguistic and meta-linguistic knowledge.
Problem solving, classroom exercises	Exercises completed in the class sessions (corrections will be explained in English, preferably by the students), to: (a) increase the student's degree of grammatical accuracy, (b) initiate training in basic description and analysis of the English language, and (c) detect and deal with any especially problematic aspects.
Previous studies	Reviewing and revising for written exams. Complementation (with brief readings) of class lectures.
Problem solving, exercises	Class exercises designed to check student's actual knowledge and command of each new topic, and to detect any areas which may require special attention.
Assignments	Students will have to write a short paper on a specific grammatical point.
Personal tuition	Individual consultation of any course-related doubts or problems (in visiting hours). Paper supervision. Exam reviews.