Guia docente 2023_24
Facultade de Filoloxía e Tradución
Grao en Tradución e Interpretación
 Materias
  Idioma moderno: Idioma 2, I: Inglés
   Contidos
Tema Subtema
1. Use of English and Vocabulary Use of English:
- (In)Direct questions
- Verbal tenses:
· Narrative tenses
· Future forms
· Present perfect and Past simple
· Present perfect simple and Present perfect continuous
· Future perfect and future continuous
- Passive voice
- Modality:
· Expression of habits
· Expression of regrets and wishes
· Expression of prohibitions, obligation, permission, ability, etc.

Vocabulary:
- Phrasal verbs, prepositional phrases, collocations, idioms, etc.
2. Pronunciation - Voiced vs. voiceless sounds

- Vowels and consonants
· Phonemes and allophones: The IPA chart
· Sounds and spellings

- Word stress and sentence stress
· Strong and weak vowels
· Syllables
· Words

- Intonation
· Statements and questions
· Other intonation patterns

- Accent
3. Listening - Strategies:
· Listening for general meaning and for specific information
· Coping with unknown vocabulary
· Coping with different accents

- Listening practice:
· Discussions
· Monologues
· Dialogues
· Conversations
· Interviews (TV, radio, web streaming, etc)

Examination-type listening comprehension tasks at upper-intermediate and advanced levels.

All of the above touching on interesting and varied topics and being taken from various sources.
4. Speaking Oral production practice and comprehension on a wide variety of topics.

Class activities will aim to stimulate the practise of oral production through some of but not limited to the following:
· Lively class and group discussions.
· Class debates.
· Developing and practising short monologues on societal issues.
· Presentations.
· Interviews.
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