2012_13
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Facultat de Lletres
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Grau d'Anglès (2009)
 Assignatures
  DESTRESES COMUNICATIVES: SPEAKING AND LISTENING II
   Continguts
Tema Subtema
Listening skills -listen for the gist
-follow extended speech
-deal with difficulties in understanding
-use strategies that help understanding
-infer and recognise moods
Speaking skills -engage in extended conversations
-participate in natural discourse
-express opinions and viewpoints
-give detailed descriptions, accounts of experiences
-summarise
-speculate about causes, consequences and hypothetical situations
-grammatical and lexical accuracy in speaking
-express feelings and emotions through intonation and speed
TOPICS

1. THE MEDIA

2. ARTS

3. SCIENCE 		SUBTOPICS
1.1 MEDIA OBJECTIVITY
1.2 CENSORSHIP
1.3 THE INTERNET
1.4 TABOO TOPICS
1.5 ETHICS AND THE MEDIA
1.5 CURRENT NEWS



2.1 THE NOTION AND ITS DEFINITION
2.2 ARTISTS AND THEIR ROLE
2.3 CREATIVE PASTIMES
2.4 POP ART
2.5 HIGH ARTS vs. LOW ART






3.1 NATURE vs. NURTURE
3.2 THE ENVIRONMENT
3.3 EVOLUTION
3.4 MIND & BRAIN
3.5 GENETICS
3.5 HUMANS
NB: The exact course contents are subject to change and will depend on time limitations and students´ needs.