Cultural Panorama of English Speaking Countries

This subject is an optional course that supports the development of the Integrated English Practice subject in the major. It intends to develop in participants the sociocultural competence by providing a general overview of the societies where the English language is spoken, more specifically Great Britain and the United States. 

DIDACTICS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES I

This course paves the way for the development of your didactic competences on planning a lesson in a foreign language. The themes you will deal with are the following:

Introduction of the foreign language teaching and learning (FLTL) in Cuba

The contexts of foreign language teaching in Cuba

The Process of Learner´s Needs Analysis in FLTL

The statement of the objectives in FLTL

The content, approaches and methods in FLTL

Lessons planning in FLTL

The planning for teaching vocabulary in FLT

The planning for teaching pronunciation in FLT

The planning for teaching grammar in FLT

Elements of Pronunciation

Linguistic Studies of English I


My dear learners, its my greatest pleasure to welcome you all to the subject Linguistic Studies of English I. It´s one of the most beautiful subjects you will ever take throughout your major. I really am sure that together we will contribute to the improvement of your pronunciation in the English language.

Sociolinguistics and Gesture Language

This subject Sociolinguistics and non-verbal language is based on the principles of the Communicative Approach. Its basic form of teaching is through theoretic-practical activities. Non-verbal communication, and particularly, gesture language or gestural language, or body language makes use of small videos, pictures and photos that facilitate its understanding and the impact gestures have in completing getting through a message in a foreign language. Besides, it helps to avoid the cross-cultural shock an incorrect use of gestures with all the negative consequences thus their importance in FLT. Therefore, the students must develop correct habits of independent, autonomous learning, the searching of information and foremost collaborative work that may contribute to improve the teaching-learning process of English as a foreign language and therefore the integral formation of Cuban new generations.