Oral expression A for interpreters (Spanish)
Code: 101455Credits: 3
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Translation and Interpreting | OP | 4 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Andrea González Centelles
- Email :
- andrea.gonzalez.centelles@uab.cat
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
This subject requires a native or near-native level of Spanish.
Students must be able to understand and produce fairly complex oral texts in Spanish on general topics and in a wide range of fields and registers.
Objectives
The goal of the course is to provide the student with a basic linguistic competence in Spanish that allows the student to communicate in this language, incorporate Spanish as a language of study at the university and prepare the student for translation.
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- Understand oral and written discourse genres of different degrees of complexity.
- Produce written texts on general topics of social and academic fields.
Learning outcomes
- Working effectively in teams: Working effectively in teams.
- Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying phonological, lexical, morphosyntactic, textual and linguistic variation related knowledge.
- Implementing strategies in order to understand verbal texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to understand verbal texts from different fields.
- Implementing strategies in order to produce verbal texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce verbal texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes.
- Producing verbal texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing verbal texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness.
- Producing verbal texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Producing verbal texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes.
- Solving interferences between the working languages: Solving interferences between the working languages.
Contents
· Basic knowledge of lexicon, morphosyntax, phonetics and spelling.
· Introduction to the structures necessary to carry out communicative functions such as obtain and give information, describe, narrate, say, etc.
· Comprehension of oral and written texts of various genres of different degrees of complexity over general issues of familiar topics (stories, explanations, debates...)
· Production of oral and written texts on social and academic topics in fields that are close to the student
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Activity of analysis, comprehension and correction of oral texts | 3 | 0.12 | |
| Self-correcting activity of produced oral texts | 4 | 0.16 | |
| Preparation of exercises. Readings | 45 | 1.8 | |
| Activity of production of oral texts | 10 | 0.4 | |
| Preparation of evaluation tests | 7 | 0.28 |
This subject consists of 3 ECTS, which correspond to 75 hours of student dedication. Of this total, the 24% correspond to activities directed to the classroom; 10% to supervised activities, and 60% to autonomous activities. The remaining 6% corresponds to classroom assessment activities.
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.
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test of analysis, comprehension and correction of oral texts. There will be one and it will be worth 20% of the final grade. | 20 | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 2, 3, 7 |
| Self-correction test of the oral texts produced 1. | 10 | 0.75 | 0.03 | 2, 3, 7 |
| Oral text production test 2. | 30 | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 5, 6, 7 |
| Oral text production test 1. | 30 | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
| Self-correction test of the oral texts produced 2. | 10 | 0.75 | 0.03 | 2, 3, 7 |
Continuous assessment
Students must provide evidence of their progress by completing various tasks and tests. These activities are detailed in the table at the end of this section of the Study Guide.
Review
When publishing final grades prior to recording them on students' transcripts, the lecturer will provide written notification of a date and time for reviewing assessment activities. Students must arrange reviews in agreement with the lecturer.
Missed/failed assessment activities
Students may retake assessment activities they have failed or compensate for any they have missed, provided that those they have actually performed account for a minimum of 66.6% (two-thirds) of the final grade for the subject and that they have a weighted average grade of at least 3.5.
The lecturer will inform students, in writing, of the procedure involved when publishing final grades prior to recording them on transcripts. The lecturer may set one assignment per failed or missed assessment activity or a single assignment to cover a number of such activities. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final grade be retaken or compensated for. In the case of retakes, the maximum grade will be 5 (Pass).
Classification as "not assessable"
In the event that the assessment activities a student has performed account for 25% or less of the subject's final grade for the subject, their work will be classified as "not assessable" on their transcript.
Misconduct in assessment activities
Students who engage in misconduct (plagiarism, copying, personation, etc.) in an assessment activity will receive a grade of “0” for the activity in question. In the case of misconduct in more than one assessment activity, the student involved will be given a final grade of “0” for the subject. Assessment activities in which irregularities have occurred (e.g. plagiarism, copying, impersonation) are excluded from retake activities.
Single assessment
This subject may be assessed under the single assessment system in accordance with the terms established in the academic regulations of the UAB and the assessment criteria of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting.
Students must make an online request within the period established by the faculty and send a copy to the lecturer responsible for the subject, for the record.
Single assessment will be carried out in person on one day during week 16 or 17 of the semester. The Academic Management Office will publish the exact date and time on the faculty website.
On the day of the single assessment, teaching staff will ask the student for identification, which should be presented as a valid identification document with a recent photograph (student card, DNI/NIE or passport).
Single assessment activities
Single assessment will include a minimum of three assessment activities of different types, as stated in the assessment guidelines.
Grade revision and retake procedures for the subject are the same as those for continual assessment. See the section above in this Study Guide.
In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is not permitted at any stage of the assessment activities. Any work that includes AI-generated content will be considered a breach of academic integrity and will be graded a 0, regardless of any disciplinary proceedings that may be initiated.
Bibliography
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Campo Vidal, Manuel (2008). ¿Por qué los españoles comunicamos tan mal?. Plaza y Janés. Barcelona, 2008.
Castellà Lidon, Josep M., M. Vilà i Santasusana, M. Casas Deseuras (2018) Secretos para hablar bien en público, Ed. Plataforma.
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Laborda Gil, X. (2019). Claves de la comunicación oral. Prácticas para el orador afable. Barcelona: Univesitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC).
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París, C. (2014). Reflexiones sobre el discurso oral. Hablar en público. Ribalta: Quaderns d´ aplicació didàctica i investigació, (21), 75-90.
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Software
It will be specified throughout the course.
Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |