Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - Barcelona

English Language 2

• code 10605
• course 2
• term Semester 1
• type OB
• credits 6

Main language of instruction: English

Head instructor

Lc. Martyn Russell BAKER - mbaker@uic.es

Office hours

By appointment

Angelica Carlet

acarlet@uic.es

n recent decades, English has become the lingua franca in academic communication and scientific research, as well as a very valuable communication tool for intercultural communication among different peoples. Furthermore, the new undergraduate degrees (graus) lead us towards a teacher profile with a multilingual mindset, ready to use different languages in his/her professional career.

This subject seeks to activate he students’ linguistic competence in the English language to a level equivalent to B1 as described in the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), in accordance with the linguistic requirements set by the Ministry of Education for undergraduate degrees in primary Education.

1. To achieve a B2.1 level in English according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
2. To promote autonomous learning. 

• CEM-04 - To be familiar with the processes of interaction and communication in the classroom.
• CEM-07 - To promote cooperation and individual work and effort.
• CEM-08 - To promote educational actions in values oriented towards preparing an active, democratic citizenship.
• CEM-23 - To analyze and incorporate in a critical way the most important issues in current affairs affecting family and school education: the social and educational impact of audiovisual languages and screens; changes in gender and intergenerational relations; multiculturalism and interculturalism; discrimination and social inclusion; and sustainable development.
• CEM-48 - To be familiar with the learning process of the written language, and its teaching.
• CEM-49 - To foment reading and the critical commentary of texts and to encourage writing.
• CEM-50 - To be aware of the difficulties in learning the official languages for speakers of other languages have.
• CEM-51 - To manage language learning issues in multilingual and multicultural contexts.
• CEM-52 - To express oneself, orally and in writing, in a foreign language.
• CG-03 - To be able to communicate in English at level B1, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR).

Students will be able to communicate in English both orally and in writing according to B2.1 level.