The methodology will be based on the following activities:

• Teacher-led activities (33%)
• Supervised activities (10%)
• Self-study and student led activities (40%)
• Assessment activities (17%)

Teacher-led activities (Theoretical and practical classes)

• Lectures using ICTs and group discussions.
• Practical activities in groups or pairs.
• In-class receptive and productive skills practice.

Self-study and student-led activities

• Language practice with the course books and other reference books.
• Completing reading activities.
• Writing argumentative essays.
• Participation in the reading circles.
• Practice with ICTs and Moodle.

Assessment tasks

• Grammar and vocabulary (UoE) midterm
• Reading midterm
• Academic reading circles (ARCs)
• Final reading exam
• Final writing exam

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: 40%

• Final Exam 1 (Reading and Use of English): 30%

• Final Exam 2 (Writing): 30%

Please take note of the following criteria that will be applied to this course:

The exact dates of the assessment activities will be announced at the beginning of the course through the calendar published on the class Moodle.

• Any non-submitted assignments will be graded as 0.

• To be eligible for reassessment, students must have previously been assessed in a set of activities whose combined weighting is equivalent to at least two-thirds of the total continuous assessment grade, provided that they have not failed to submit more than 30% of the assessment activities.

• A student will receive a grade of “Not assessable/not submitted” if they have not submitted more than 30% of the assessment activities.

• To calculate the final average, students must obtain a minimum score of 4.5 in each part of the final exam.

• Only if the student passes both final exams and has attended and participated in at least 80% of the classes and classroom activities will the average grade be calculated, including the continuous assessment marks.

• Students are only eligible to take the final exams if they have submitted at least 30% of the continuous assessment activities.

To pass the course, students must:

• Pass both final exams with a minimum of 50%.

• Achieve a final average grade for the course (considering all assessment activities) equal to or higher than 50%.

Due to the practical nature of this course, students must attend and participate in at least 80% of all training activities (comments, tests, homework, reading circles, attendance, classroom participation, etc.) to be assessed for the 30% of the grade related to practical activities derived directly from in-class work.

The schedule for assessment tasks and exams cannot be modified, except in exceptional and justified cases. Erasmus students or any exchange students requesting to take an exam earlier or change an assessment date must present a written document from their home university justifying the request.

Single Assessment

This course does not allow for a single-assessment (final evaluation-only) option.

Reassessment:

• Only the final exams can be reassessed, and only if the original score is ≥ 35% and < 50%.

• If more than one part of the final exam is not passed (with scores between 3.5 and 4.5), the student may only retake ONE of them.

Assessment activities excluded from reassessment:

Continuous assessment activities cannot be retaken. These include:

• Written exercises, reading exam, midterms, reading circles and other homework assignments.

Grade Review Procedure

At the time each assessment activity takes place, the instructor will inform students (via Moodle) about the procedure and date for reviewing grades.

VERY IMPORTANT:

• If a student commits any irregularity that could lead to a significant change in the grade of an assessment task, that task will be graded with a 0, regardless of any disciplinary proceedings that may follow. If multiple irregularities occur within the assessments for a single course, the final grade for that course will be 0.

• Irregularities include, for example, cheating on an exam, copying from sources without proper attribution, or improper use of AI, such as submitting a work as original when it was generated by an AI tool or program. These assessment activities cannot be reassessed.

• This subject entirely prohibits the use of AI technologies in all of its activites. Any submitted work that contains content generated or modified using AI will be considered academic dishonesty; the corresponding grade will be awarded a zero, without the possibility of reassessment. In cases of greater infringement, more serious action may be taken.