The methodology used in the directed activities combines master classes (for the presentation of the theoretical and descriptive contents of the course) with practical activities, which require the active participation of the students individually and in groups.

In the supervised activities, students must read, analyze and synthesize texts and mandatory reading documents, as well as prepare and carry out the activities assigned by the teacher.

The students will have support materials in the Moodle of the subject and with face-to-face tutorials.

A detailed schedule outlining the content of each session will be presented on the first day of the course and will be available on the course’s Virtual Campus, where students will find the various teaching materials deemed appropriate by the instructors and necessary information for effective course monitoring. Should the teaching modality change for reasons of force majeure according to the

competent authorities, the teaching staff will inform students of any modifications to the course schedule and teaching methodologies.

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 assesment

Throughout the course, students must complete the following assessments:

• Practice exercises involving the analysis and production of written language samples (25%).
• Practice exercises involving the analysis and production of oral language samples (25%).
• Reading comprehension test on the required readings (10%).
• Written exam on the theoretical and descriptive course content (40%).

The specific characteristics of each practice will be detailed during the course and can be consulted on the Virtual Campus. To pass the course, students must achieve a final grade equal to or higher than 5. The final grade will be calculated using the percentages indicated above. Students will receive a grade of "Not Assessable" if they have submitted less than 30% of the assessment activities. Those who have completed more than 30% will be graded according to the established weighting.

Single assesment

Students must complete the following assessments:

• Practice exercises involving the analysis and production of written language samples (25%).
• Practice exercises involving the analysis and production of oral language samples (25%).
• Reading comprehension test on the required readings (10%).
• Written exam on the theoretical and descriptive course content (40%).

The date for the theoretical exams and the submission of the practice exercises will be announced on the Virtual Campus at the beginning of the course.

The conditions for passing and resitting the course are the same as for students following continuous assessment.

Resit exam

Students will be entitled to reassessment in the course if they have been evaluated on a set of activities accounting for at least two-thirds of the total course grade. Additionally, to be eligible for the resit, students must have obtained a minimum average grade of 3.5.

WARNINGS:

Spelling mistakes, as well as errors in punctuation, morphosyntax, and vocabulary, will be penalized with -0.2 points each. If there are more than 15 mistakes or grammatical errors, the test will be considered failed with a grade of 0 and must be retaken in the resit. Students may only resit a maximum of two out of the four assessments.

If a student commits any irregularity (copying, cheating, plagiarism, identity fraud, use of artificial intelligence, etc.) that may lead to a significant alteration of the grade of an assessment activity, that assessment activity will be graded with a 0, regardless of any disciplinary proceedings that may be initiated. In the event of multiple irregularities in the assessment activities of the same course, the final grade for the course will be 0.

In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is not permitted at any stage, unless otherwise indicated by the teaching staff. Any assignment containing content generated by AI will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in a partial or total penalty to the assignment grade, or more serious sanctions in severe cases.

Any student suspected of submitting assignments that have been generated by AI, written by others or copied; include unattributed AI-generated content, or fall outside the permitted scope, may be asked to provide the preliminary work or other materials that can demonstrate it is original work and the result of their own authorship. They may also be asked to separately explain or justify their work. Teachers may also use AI detection systems or carry out any verification tasks they deem appropriate. If, after review, the instructor detects irregularities, the assignment may be graded zero, and the student may be subject to further disciplinary action.