Carrera: Traductorado Pblico en Idioma Ingls Materia: Lengua Especialiada III Pro!esores: Cameron "iddle A#o y Cuatrimestre: Primer cuatrimestre de $%&' Fundamentacin The course aims to help students to develop their English vocabulary further, helping them to become acquainted with more advanced vocabulary than in Lengua Especializada I. The categorisation of vocabulary aids learning, and the ability to link words to particular themes will be useful to students in their careers as translators. Obeti!"# Gene$a%e# (y especficos, si fuera necesario) y the end of the course students will have advanced considerably in their knowledge of English vocabulary and will be able to apply the material they have studied to their preferred fields of translation. These may include legal, business and technical English. C"ntenid"# &$"'$am(tic"#) !nit "# Effective methods of building vocabulary !nit $# %ocabulary categorisation# formal vs. informal, suffi&es, prefi&es, roots !nit '# (bstract nouns, compound nouns, words with interesting origins !nit )# *nomatopoeic words, common mispronunciations, homonyms !nit +# Time, condition, cause, reason, purpose and result !nit ,# -oncession and contrast, addition, te&t.referring words !nit /# !ncountable words, words that only occur in the plural, countable vs. uncountable !nit 0# -ollective nouns, making uncountable words countable !nit 1# -ountries, nationalities and languages, the weather, describing people !nit "2# 3elationships, at home, everyday problems Met"d"%"'*a de T$aba" 4tudents should come to class with a working knowledge of the new vocabulary in the unit to be covered. The teacher will provide clarification of the meanings of new words. 5ost of the material covered will be in the set te&tbook, but students are encouraged to seek articles, stories, and other sources that might help them enrich their knowledge of English. Met"d"%"'*a de E!a%uacin 4tudents must pass a parcial and a final e&am. ( mark of ) 6four7 or above constitutes a pass. The e&ams will test students8 knowledge of new vocabulary and their ability to apply it. The e&aminable material in the final e&am for regular students is units ".+2 of the book English Vocabulary in Use Advanced. Libre students will potentially be e&amined on the entire book of "22 units and will have to take an oral e&am. Bib%i"'$a+*a Ob%i'at"$ia 5ichael 5c-arthy and 9elicity *8:ell, English Vocabulary in Use (dvanced, -ambridge !niversity ;ress "11)