Departamento de Filologas Inglesa y Alemana

LICENCIATURA EN FILOLOGA INGLESA

HISTORIA Y CULTURA DE LOS PASES DE HABLA

INGLESA
Breve descripcin/
Short course
description
Profesorado/
Lecturer(s)

Datos del curso/

Course details

This module introduces students to the basic historical and cultural issues that
characterise (mainly, although not exclusively) Great Britain
Nombre/Name: Dr Roco Montoro
Email: rmontoro@ugr.es
Tfn./Tel.: +34 958 241000 ext: 20233
Web/web page:
Despacho/Office: F13
Tutoras/Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 13-14:30// 15:30-17:00
Curso acadmico / Year of study: 2010-2011
Tipo de asignatura / Course type:
Troncal/Core X
Obligatoria/Core
Optativa/Elective
Libre configuracin/Elective

Requisitos y
recomendaciones/
Prerequisites

Calendario / Calendar:
Anual / Year X
Cuatrimestral / Semester 1
2
The interactive nature of the module requires that students have reached, at
least, a B2 level of English as stated in the Common European Framework of
Reference (CEFR)

Crditos ECTS/
ECTS credits

Total ECTS tericos / theory: 3.5

Total ECTS prcticos / practice: 5.5
Desglose de crditos ECTS / ECTS breakdown: 9 credits (225 hours)
CONTACT HOURS: 78 hours (35%)
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52 lectures x 1 hour = 52 hours

26 practice sessions x 0.5 hours = 13 hours

INDEPENDENT WORK: 147 hours (65%)

Independent study: 65
Reading time: 30
Presentation preparation: 30
Practicum: 6
Group tutorials: 7
Projects: 6
Revision: 2 x 1.5 hours = 3

Descriptores/
Course keywords

History and Culture of English-speaking countries, with special focus on Great

Britain

Objetivos /
Objectives of the
course

Contenidos/
Syllabus

1st semester: Historical Issues

2nd semester: Cultural Issues
(A fully detailed programme of this module will be provided at the beginning of the
course and also publicised in SWAD)

Mtodos docentes/
Teaching methods

Combination of lectures and seminars

Evaluacin/
Assessment

Idioma usado en clase

y exmenes/
Language of
instruction
Bibliografa y
recursos/
Recommended
reading

Criterios de evaluacin / Assessment criteria:

Essays and exam (a full set of assessment criteria will be provided at the
beginning of the course and also publicised in SWAD)

English
Bibliografa Obligatoria / Compulsory Reading
ODriscoll, James (2009) Britain for Learners of English. Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
ODriscoll, James (2009. Britain for Learners of English. Workbook. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
Bibliografa Bsica / Recommended reading
Further bibliographical references will be provided in class
Bibliografa Adicional / Further reading
Davies, Aistair and Sinfield, Alan (eds) (2000) British Culture of The Postwar: An
Introduction To Literature And Society, 1945-1999. London : Routledge.
Fox, Kate (2005) Watching the English. The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour.
London: Hodder and Stoughton
Otros recursos / Other resources
www.oup.com/elt/britain
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/