Welcome to the subject Linguistic Studies of EnglishIn. In this subject you will get into contect with the grammar of English, as an important level of linguistic analisys. Therefore, I invite you to think f grammar as¨...the structurral system of a particular language, or of a language in general, usually considered to consist of syntax and morphology¨So myr invitation is to see grammar as something good and positive thay you can use to find your way in the slow and complex process of language acquisition. The subject will help you to arrange the words you know into proper sentences to communicate meanings oherently.

La asignatura Didáctica de la Enseñanza de Lenguas Extranjeras II tiene como objetivo que el estudiante adquiera los conocimientos y habilidades necesarios para enfrentar el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje de las lenguas extranjeras, en particular, referido a la enseñanza y aprendizaje del vocabulario, la gramática, la pronunciación y las clases de presentación y práctica controlada, semicontrolada y libre.

Welcome to the subject History of the Culture of English Speaking Countries.

For those who speak English and like to teach English,  history lovers and literature readers this course is the right place to be. It provides a useful introduction to the history of the greatest country of the British Isles: England. It surveys the development  this country underwent from the first inhabitants up to the  18th century, as well as to some events that shaped   the land into the country that it is today.

 It is by showing how these peoples lived and what historical facts contributed to the formation of the language, that it aims at providing participants with the knowledge of well-known events like the Norman conquest, the One Hundred Years War, the Black Death, the War of Roses, and others that influenced other countries in terms of economic and political transformations. This course also marks to the creativity of the works of famous writers such as Geoffrey Chaucer, John Milton and William Shakespeare to frame their contributions as the reflection of the historical period.

This course invites participants to know more about monarchies, empires and some of the world’s most notorious writers and most remarkably, to know about the English language.

 


El curso Metodología de la Investigación en Lenguas Extranjeras II permitirá desarrollar sus habilidades y competencias investigativas  cuya maxima expresión se concreta en la defensa de su trabajo de curso. Las actividades que se presentan facilitan que usted se adentre en los elementos del marco teorico, el diagnóstico de la situación actual, la elaboración de la propuesta y su posible publicación.

The subject presents theoretical and mostly practical content and activities aimed to improve their writing abilities, especially when writing an essay, and to master the structure, characteristics, comprehension and writing of scientific texts. It is divided into 2 units. Each of them contained the information and practical exercises about the topic with printed and audiovisual materials that support the theme. At the end of each unit there is a written evaluation that summarizes what it has been shown, practiced and learned. The student will read and practice the content of each topic, consulting later the complementary bibliography organized per theme.

The current program is based on the communicative approach integrating the basic principles of the linguistic-investigative method in order to systematize and exercise the linguistic contents.


This guide will conduct students’ self-learning process and self-assessment of the subject, through theoretical and mostly practical content and activities aimed to improve their writing abilities, especially when writing summaries and paraphrasing other people’s words without plagiarizing, to master the structure and characteristics of a research paper, and finally complete their own research paper successfully. It is divided into 2 units (following unit 3 and 4).

The objective is to process information and to write texts to develop competences for the construction of the scientific theory taking critical positions towards facts, social and natural phenomena; developing logical thinking expressed in written way.