Written Communication I
Module: Language proficiency
Matter: Comunicación escrita
Main language of instruction: Catalan
Other languages of instruction: Spanish
Head instructor
Lda. Carla GRÀCIA - cgracia@uic.es
Office hours
By appointment. In order to make an appointment, please request one by e-mail.
To communicate with correctness and accuracy criteria is a core competency for any journalist. This competition requires not only skill, but above all, technical and practical. Any journalistic communication is established on the basis of written communication that provides security, clarity and depth. So, just on the basis of correctness in language and written communication, you can set the performance of the journalistic profession.
With the subject of Written Communication students will understand the importance of communication and every factor that integrates it; will acquire tools for generating content and organization and transmission of data, facts and arguments; will learn the keys of storytelling and writing techniques; will develop their creativity; and will practice with both text analysis as with their own writing style.
No pre-course requirements are needed to enrol in this subject.
Content of the narration and writing classes (Carla Grace)
Workshop content (Albert Garrido)
Readings and work
The chronicle: Los demócratas de EEUU responden a Trump con nueva caras y un giro a la izquierda, de Amanda Mars https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/09/15/estados_unidos/1536973510_160462.html
The essay/article: Carta a Manuel Valls, de Rafael Jorba https://www.elperiodico.com/es/opinion/20180915/carta-a-manuel-valls-articulo-rafael-jorba-7034907
The report: Perfectamente sencillo, sencillamente perfecto, de Arnau Segura http://www.panenka.org/pasaportes/perfectamente-sencillo-sencillamente-perfecto/
The final assignment: In cold blod, Truman Capote.
Spelling course contents (Carolina Serra)
Chapter Subject
Material
Accentuation t1_laacentuacion.pdf
t2 t2_puntuacion.pdf
t3 t3_mayusculas.pdf
Chapter Lecturas_Curso 0
Material
«iros»imperativo1.pdf
la_vanguardia_b.pdf
relatos_ortograficos_1.pdf
infinitivoporimperativo_realacademiaespanola.pdf
laraereconocesuderrotacontralosacentosdesoloyeldemostrativoeste_cultura_elmundo.pdf
lavanguardia_a.pdf
TRAINING ACTIVITY | ECTS CREDITS |
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Coaching. Monitoring how students learn the content of the subject, either individually or in groups. In the coaching sessions, mistakes will be corrected, queries answered, and exercises and activities to achieve the established objectives will be suggested. | 0.5 |
Focused Praxis. Handing in occasional exercises to learn theory through practice. | 1'5 |
Lectures. In lectures, lecturers/professors not only transmit content or knowledge, but also, and above all else, attitudes, motivation, skills and values, etc. They also ensure that participants can express their opinions and arguments to the other students. | 2 |
Practical workshop. A highly practical working activity, where students can acquire skills that are practical or also theoretical (intellectual skills, logical skills, critical skills, intellectual learning skills, study skills, quoting skills, etc). | 2 |
The course consists of three sections: writing classes, workshop and a course of spelling. To pass the course, you need to overcome all the sections.
To approve you must also attend at least 80% of classes.
The writing portion has 60% of the final grade. The workshop has 30%. The course of spelling 10%.
Each of the three parts is evaluated as follows:
Evaluation of writing classes (Carla Grace)
Evaluation of workshop (Albert Garrido)
The average of the first three works will be 50% of the note of this block. The final work on In Cold Blood by Truman Capote will be the remaining 50% of the final grade.
On the day set for the final exam, the students will have to submit the work and take a test (20 questions) that will allow them to improve the grade to all those who have passed, but in no case will improve the suspension grade. The maximum improvement of the note will be one point (20 hits in the test).
Course Evaluation spelling (Carolina Serra)
Other calls:
Second call: If the student approves one or two parts of the subject in the first call, these notes will be saved for the second call and he only will have to recover the part that has suspended. The final grade is the average of the parts approved in the first call and those approved in the second.
Third call: If the student suspends one, two or three parts of the subject, he will have to enroll again of the whole subject and to take it. The student will have to attend the classes of the three parts of the subject. To pass the subject, you will have to pass all three parts.
Fourth call: The student will have to examine and/or do the corresponding work to approve all parts of the subject. If the student has an approved part of the third call, these notes will be saved for the fourth call and he only will have to recover the part that has suspended.
Fifth call: If the student suspends one, two or three parts of the subject, he will have to accept the conditions established by the extraordinary convocations.
EVALUATION SYSTEM | PERCENTAGE |
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50% | |
50% |
Bibliografia obligatòria parts de comunicació Escrita i Narració i Taller de lectures
Bassets, Marc. El Frente Nacional plantea cambiar de nombre y renunciar a salir del euro. El País, 21 de julio de 2017. https://elpais.com/internacional/2017/07/21/actualidad/1500628715_898165.html
Capote, Truman. A sangre fría. Anagrama, 2006.
Cassany, Daniel. La cuina de l’escriptura. Empúries. Barcelona, 2002.
Garrido, Albert. El final de la Belle Époque. El Periódico, 25 de julio de 2017. http://www.elperiodico.com/es/internacional/20140725/el-final-de-la-belle-epoque-3411504
Fuentes Rodríguez, Catalina. Guia práctica de escritura y redacción. Espasa Libros, S.L.U., 2011.
Martínez Sousa, J. (2001) Manual de estilo de la lengua española. Ediciones Trea, Gijón (2ª ed.)
Muñoz Molina, Antonio. Todo son vísperas. El País, 18 de abril de 2017. https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/04/18/babelia/1492522119_516425.html
Núñez Ledeveze, Luis. Métodos de redacción periodística y fundamentos de estilo. Síntesis, 1993.
Ortega, Rudolf. Tinc un dubte. La Magrana, 2010
Páez, Enrique. Manual de técnicas narrativas. Editorial SM. Madrid, 2006.
Queneau, Raymond. Ejercicios de estilo. Cátedra, 2006.
VV.AA. Lengua española para los medios de comunicación: usos y normas actuales. Tirant lo Blanch, 2006.
VV.AA. Llibre d’estil de la corporació catalana de mitjans audiovisuals. Generalitat de Catalunya, 2013.
Valle Inclán, Ramón María del. Luces de bohemia (la película) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKVHD1pBJtc
Bibliografia recomanada i recursos
Cabré, Jaume. El sentit de la ficció. Edicions Proa. Barcelona, 2010.
Goldberg, Natalie. El gozo de escribir. La liebre de marzo, 2004.
Kapuscinski, Ryszard. Los cínicos no sirven para este oficio: sobre el buen periodismo. Anagrama, 2005.
Mayoral, Javier. Redacción periodística. Medios, géneros y formatos. Síntesis, 2013.
Moreno, Pastora. Escribir periodismo. Fragua, 2010.
Pulitzer, Joseph. Sobre el periodismo. Gallo Nero, 2011.
Solà, Joan. Ensenyar la llengua. Empúries, 2003.
Wolfe, Tom. El nuevo periodismo. Anagrama, 2012.
Bibliografia del Curs d'ortografia
Diccionario de la Real Academia de la Lengua.
Escribir sin faltas. José A. Martínez.
Manual práctico de escritura académica, Estrella Montolío.
El dardo en la palabra, Fernando Lázaro Carreter.