Guia docente 2013_14
Facultade de Filoloxía e Tradución
Grao en Tradución e Interpretación
 Materias
  Idioma moderno: Idioma 1, II: Inglés
   Contidos
Tema Subtema
Unit 1. Childhood. 1. Talk about adapting to different cultures
2. Talk about memory and personal memories
3. Evoke the feelings and moods of a past event
Unit 2. Personality and identity.

1. Talk about personality traits.
2. Talk about identity.
3. Understand promotional language
4. Say how you met someone
5. Use effective introduction strategies.
6. Promote yourself.
Unit 3. Language and language learning.

1. Describe a book.
2. Give a personal response.
3. Talk about languages and ways to learn them.
4. Describe experiences of language learning.
5. Discuss plans and priorities.
Unit 4. World.

1. Interpret maps and facts.
2. Make comparisons and talk about changes.
3. Talk about diet and nutrition.
4. Discuss changing trends.
5. Talk about result.
Unit 5. Concepts of space.
1. Describe spaces in cities.
2. Describe how spaces are used.
3. Talk about crime and surveillance.
4. Comment on experiences.
5. Outline problems.
6. Discuss and suggest solutions.
Unit 6. Appearances.
1. Describe appearance and changes to appearance.
2. Discuss photos and images.
3. Talk about aim and intention.
4. Talk about fakes and forgeries.
5. Convince people and express doubt.
6. Conduct a personal interview.
7. Describe someone’s life, achievements and attitudes.
Unit 7. Health. 1. Talk about health problems and treatment.
2. Describe and comment on an exhibition or a show.
3. Describe a process or experiment.
4. Discuss implications and significance.
5. Discuss an issue.
Unit 8. Advertising and brands. 1. Discuss brands.
2. Describe effects and influences.
3. Talk about the image and qualities of products.
4. Talk about advertising and marketing.
5. Describe an advert.
6. Pass on detailed information.
Unit 9. Icons, images and objects. 1. Speculate about images and objects.
2. Interpret and respond to a story.
3. Discuss icons.
4. Identify critical language in a text.
5. Talk about what something represents.
6. Present argument and counter-arguments.
7. Give criticism and respond to it.
Unit 10. Groups. 1. Describe groups and membership.
2. Describe feelings about belonging.
3. Give opinions emphatically.
4. Explore strategies for analysing authentic texts.
5. Persuade others to take action.
6. Describe an organisation.
7. Present something in the best possible light.
Unit 11. Climate. 1. Talk about climate change.
2. Describe inventions and how they work.
3. Discuss proposals.
4. Describe an ongoing process.
5. Understand imagery in a poem.
6. Conduct a debate.
7. Report a point of view and react to it.
Unit 12. Knowledge and Technology. 1. Talk about knowledge and technology.
2. Discuss how to access information.
3. Describe technological advances.
4. Talk about how things develop.
4. Explain an idea.
5. Give written advice.
6. Write steps in a process.
7. Describe how to do something.
Grammar. 1. Reported speech.
2. The subjunctive and "unreal" uses of past forms.
3. Verbs followed by -ing forms and infinitives.
4. Participle and infinitive phrases.
5. Features of discourse.
6. Cohesion and coherence.
Universidade de Vigo            | Reitoría | Campus Universitario | C.P. 36.310 Vigo (Pontevedra) | España | Tlf: +34 986 812 000