Language of instruction: English

Students are expected to use English actively both during class and in the activities carried out outside the classroom in order to develop their communicative competence in contexts that closely reflect real-life situations and the tourism industry.

The course follows a communicative, student-centred approach. The lecturer designs and promotes activities that encourage students to participate actively in the learning process while fostering learner autonomy, collaborative work and the practical application of language knowledge.

Depending on the needs of each group and the learning objectives, the following methodologies may be used:

• Presentation and consolidation of grammar and vocabulary.
• Discovery learning and noticing techniques.
• Individual, pair and group communicative tasks.
• Problem-solving and decision-making activities in communicative contexts.
• Simulations of real-life situations related to everyday life and the tourism industry.
• Debates, discussions and oral presentations on general and tourism-related topics.
• Analysis and discussion of authentic materials (articles, videos, podcasts, TED Talks, etc.).
• Revision and consolidation activities using digital tools (e.g. Kahoot or similar applications).
• Production of written texts based on models and a variety of communicative situations.
• Self-correction, peer assessment and learner autonomy strategies.
• Project-based and context-based learning activities related to the tourism sector.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Continuous Assessment

To follow the continuous assessment system, students must attend at least 80% of the face-to-face classes.

Structure of Continuous Assessment

Continuous assessment is based on a range of assessment activities designed to evaluate the progressive development of students' language competence.

The assessment components are as follows:

• Participation and engagement (10%): attendance, active participation, involvement in classroom activities and collaborative work will be assessed.
• Written and oral production tasks (24%): throughout the semester, students will complete a range of individual and group speaking and writing tasks. Lecturers may require students to revise or rewrite selected tasks for formative purposes.
• Mid-term tests (12%): one or more written and/or oral tests will be administered during the semester, following a format similar to that of the final examination.
• Final project (14%): students will complete an integrative project designed to assess the different language skills developed throughout the course.
• Final examination (40%): this consists of a written and an oral examination assessing the communicative competences acquired during the course.

The final mark for students following the continuous assessment system will be calculated by weighting the marks obtained in the continuous assessment activities (60%) and the final examination (40%).

To pass the course, students must obtain an overall minimum score of 60%.

Single Assessment

Students wishing to opt for the single assessment system must submit their request to the Academic Administration Office within the deadlines established by UAB academic regulations.

The single assessment consists of:

• Written production (two writing tasks).
• Oral production.

To pass the course, students must obtain a minimum score of 60% in this assessment.

The final mark for students opting for the single assessment system will be based entirely (100%) on the result obtained in this examination.

Resit Assessment

Students who have not passed either the continuous assessment or the single assessment may take the resit examination.

The resit examination consists of:

• A written examination (two writing tasks).
• An oral examination.

To pass the course, students must obtain a minimum score of 60% in the resit examination.

The final mark recorded in SIGMA will be the mark obtained in the resit examination, expressed on a 10-point scale.

Final Grade

For students following the continuous assessment system, the final mark will be calculated by weighting the continuous assessment activities (60%) and the final examination (40%).

For students following the single assessment system, the final mark will be based entirely (100%) on the result obtained in the final examination.

Students who do not attend the final examination, or who complete less than 50% of the assessment activities, will receive the grade Absent (NP), in accordance with current academic regulations.

Plagiarism, cheating and academic misconduct

In accordance with the current academic regulations, "in the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject."

Use of artificial intelligence

All assessment activities must be completed entirely by the student. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools or technologies is not permitted in any assessment activity in this course, whether as part of continuous assessment or the single assessment option.

The use of AI tools, either wholly or partially, to produce any assessment activity will be considered academic misconduct and will be subject to the current regulations on plagiarism and academic dishonesty set out in the previous section.