Información detallada de curso |
Primer semestre 2017
Abr 25, 2024 |
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| Código y Nombre de la Asignatura: IGL 5004 - ENGLISH VII |
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División Académica:
Instituto de Idiomas
Departamento Académico: Dpto. Lenguas Extranjeras IGL 5002 Calificación mínima de 3.0 o Homo. Inglés Pregrado CR 007 o Certificado Inglés Pregrado CR 007 o Examen Clasif.InglésPregradoCR 007 Número de créditos: Intensidad horaria (semanal para nivel pregrado y total para nivel postgrado): 4.000 Horas de Teoría 0.000 Horas de Laboratorio 0.000 Otras Horas Niveles: Educación Superior Pregrado Tipos de Horario: Teoría This course is geared to students of the Undergraduate English Program that have a general knowledge of English and have completed the previous course Exigencia Inglés VI or have directly classified in this level. It is intended to strengthen and extend students’ abilities to use English in academic contexts. 3. Rationale. Globalization has brought many challenges that all professionals need to face in order to be more competitive and marketable. Among these challenges is the need to adopt a foreign language that can facilitate communication within the international environment at a professional and personal level. The Instituto de Idiomas has designed this English course for students in the Undergraduate English program in order to contribute to their intellectual, professional, and cultural development through English. 4. Course goal. On completing this course students should be able to understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation. To interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with proficient English speakers quite possible without strain for either party. To produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options. 5. Specific objectives. At the end of the course, students will be able to: Reading: *Take notes on main ideas and details of academic texts. *Recognize and interpret compare-contrast and cause-effect relationships. *Develop latent academic vocabulary. Writing: *Use an academic perspective to demonstrate objectivity. *Avoid plagiarism by paraphrasing, summarizing, providing in-text citations, and listing references. *Write a compare and contrast essay. Listening: *Take notes on main ideas and details. *Anticipate and listen for opposing arguments in an informal academic debate. *Develop latent academic vocabulary. Speaking: *Speak confidently about an issue related to their area of academic study. *Employ persuasive language in an informal academic debate. *Give a short talk on a map. In addition, the following grammatical structures will be covered in the course: Advanced language structures; conjunctions (coordinating, subordinating, adverbial); and conditional sentences. 6. Course topics Topic 1: Philosophies of Medicine Topic 2: Risk Perception and Embracing Risk Topic 3: Saving the World, One Child at a Time 7. Bibliography of the course Leap B |
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