Departamento de Filologas Inglesa y Alemana

LICENCIATURA EN FILOLOGA INGLESA

ADELEX: EVALUACIN Y DESARROLLO DEL LXICO A TRAVS DE

INTERNET
Breve descripcin/
Short course description

This course is designed for English Philology students who want to enlarge their
lexical competence by means of an online course. In a short and intensive
programme, we have developed activities to expand word knowledge, collocations
and lexical phrases and encourage the use of dictionary look-up, linguistic corpora
and other linguistic resources on the web. Activities aim at processing discrete
lexical elements (synonyms, false friends, homonyms, homographs, homophones,
metaphors, clines etc.) through gap-filling, multiple choice questions, semantic
maps or quizzes and are concerned with the development of lexis both at the
sentential and the textual level. In this sense, we will provide students with initial
home base sites from which they can branch out to find others. Thus, they will
profit from visits to other websites and even make use of the Internet software.
Participants will also benefit from sharing experiences with others enrolled on this
course. Due to the nature of the subject, this course will emphasize real life
examples rather than theoretical issues.

Profesorado/
Lecturer(s)

Nombre/Name: Mara Moreno Jan

Email: mmjaen@ugr.es
Tfn./Tel.:
Web/web page:
Despacho/Office:
Tutoras/Office hours:
Monday and Wednesday: 15.30-18.30

Datos del curso/

Course details

Curso acadmico / Year of study:

Tipo de asignatura / Course type:
Troncal/Core
Obligatoria/Core
Optativa/Elective
Libre configuracin/Elective

Requisitos y
recomendaciones/
Prerequisites
Crditos ECTS/
ECTS credits

Calendario / Calendar:
Anual / Year
Cuatrimestral / Semester 1
2
To follow the course some basic knowledge of English is necessary.

Total ECTS tericos / theory: 2

Total ECTS prcticos / practice: 4
Desglose de crditos ECTS / ECTS breakdown:
HORAS NO PRESENCIALES: 150 horas
Estudio individual: 10 horas
Lecturas: 35 horas
Actividades y tareas: 80 horas
Tutoras virtuales (individuales o en grupo): 25 horas

Descriptores/
Course keywords
Objetivos /
Objectives of the course

To assess and develop the lexical competence of English Philology students.

To promote learner autonomy through an online methodology

To develop an interactive e-learning programme on the Internet which
addresses lexical shortfall so that acceptable levels of vocabulary may be
achieved.

To produce a site with usable and attractive materials online and available
links to interesting resources on the web. The site will be a storehouse of
regularly updated teaching materials.
Module 1: Studying vocabulary from a linguistic and pedagogic perspective

Contenidos/
Syllabus

Module 2: Knowing a word through online dictionaries

Module 3: Learning collocations
Module 4: Semantic fields: Tourism
Module 5: Vocabulary and the British Press
Module 6: Vocabulary and Culture
Module 7: Acquiring conversational competence through a microetnographic
analysis of films: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Module 8: Learning vocabulary through films: Casablanca
Mtodos docentes/
Teaching methods

Evaluacin/
Assessment

This is a modular virtual course where learners will have 2 weeks to work on each
module. They will first have to read the contents included in the module itself and
after that, they will complete all the assignments and tests to be sent to the tutor.
Regular participation in forums and online discussions is also a requisite.
Criterios de evaluacin / Assessment criteria:
Assessment is not based on a final exam, so regular and active
participation will be essential on this online course and will count towards
the final grade. Students will have to take part in forums and log on a
minimum of once a week, either with questions or comments. Forums will
be related to module topics.
Procedimientos de evaluacin / Assessment procedures:

Assignments and tests in each module (70%)

Participation in forums, chats and online discussions. Quality of

contributions counts (30%)

Idioma usado en clase y

exmenes/
Language of instruction
Bibliografa y recursos/
Recommended reading

English
Bibliografa Obligatoria / Compulsory Reading
Bibliografa Bsica / Recommended reading

Cordn, O. & Anaya, K. 2004. Enseanza virtual: Fundamentos,

perspectivas actuales y visin de la Universidad de Granada.
http://cevug.ugr.es/web-cevug/documentos/thales2.pdf
Draves, W. A. 2000. Teaching online. River Falls, NJ: LERN Books.
Levy, M. 1997. Computer-Assisted Language Learning: Context and
Conceptualization. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Nation, I.S.P. 2001. Learning Vocabulary in Another Language.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Prez Basanta, C. 2004. Pedagogic aspects of the design and content of
an online course for the development of lexical competence: ADELEX.
ReCALL 16/1: 129- 149.
Prez Basanta, C. 1999. La enseanza del vocabulario desde una
perspectiva lingstica y pedaggica. In S. Salaberri (ed.). Lingstica
Aplicada a las Lenguas Extranjeras (pp. 262307). Almera: Univ. de
Almera.
Picardo, O. J. 2003. Pedagoga informacional: Ensear a aprender en la
sociedad del conocimiento.
<http://www.uoc.edu/web/esp/art/uoc/opicardo0602/opicardo0602.html>
Schmitt, N. & McCarthy, M. 1997. Vocabulary: Description, Acquisition
and Pedagogy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.