Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - Barcelona

Written Communication 2

• code 10738
• course 1
• term Semester 2
• type FB
• credits 6

Main language of instruction: Spanish

Head instructor

Dr. Ricardo María JIMÉNEZ - rmjimenez@uic.es

This subject is intended to provide students with the tools and knowledge on oral and written communication that university learning requires and encourages an advanced level of language mastery.

No pre-course requirements are needed to enrol in this subject.

• E06 - Awareness of and respect for different points of view resulting from cultural and social diversity.
• E21 - To master the different levels and functions of language.
• E23 - Ability to use computer resources and techniques to produce essays on cultural topics.
• E24 - Ability to present the results of research project in accordance with the standards of each subject area.
• E25 - Ability to communicate orally in one's own language and other languages using the terminology and resources accepted in the cultural framework of each language
• E26 - Ability to read and write texts in one's own language and other languages, as well as transcribe, summarise and categorise pertinent information.
• G01 - To analyse and interpret social and cultural environments to identify need, opportunities, weaknesses and strenghts..
• G04 - To know how to communicate, encourage and mediate between the various agents involved in a cultural project, programme or service.
• G10 - Management of ICT skills, organisation and information management.
• G05 - To act responsibly and produce high-quality, rigorous and efficient work that benefits society.
• G07 - To know how to apply and adapt to new technologies in processes of cultural management, production and dissemination.
• G02 - To lead, cooordinate and form part of interdisciplinary work teams.

1. Acquire oral communication skills.

2. Acquire written communication skills.

3. Develop techniques for public speaking.

4. Acquire the ability to understand, analyse and synthesise.

5. Ability to express one's ideas and arguments in an orderly and coherent way both in oral and written form (written and oral techniques).

6. Develop critical analysis skills.

7. Acquire skills for autonomous learning.

Syllabus

1. Introduction 

2. Communication. 

3. The use of Spanish Language

4. Written Communication Skills

Argumentation.  

5. Academic writting

6. Oral Communication Skills

Persuasion and Metadiscourse. How to deliver a speech.

7. Rhetoric

Basics Concepts

8. Introduction to Critical Thinking

Learning methodology

1. Lecture method.

2. Self-learning.

3. Debates.

4. Learning through the creation and development of work.

5. Texts analysis.

The competences of the subject will be assessed from the oral and written exercises performed by the student in the classroom and exercises on readings (50%), for which preparation will be required (Also a drafted book review).

The final exam will account for 50%.

Only three class absences will be allowed. The fourth and following absence will be penalised.

If students do not pass first exam, they can only get 50 points in the followings tests.

If the student fails in the first sitting, the maximum score that he/she can obtain in the following will be 50 points.

(To study)

Dossier de l'assignatura i documents del campus virtual.

(Bibliography)

Aristóteles. (1998). Retórica. Madrid: Alianza Editorial.

Casado, Manuel. (2012). El castellano actual: usos y normas. 10.ª ed. revisada. Pamplona: Eunsa.

Cassany, Daniel (2002). La cocina de la escritura. Barcelona: Anagrama.

Jiménez, Ricardo-María (2016). Escribir bien es de justicia. 2.ª edición. Cizur Menor: Aranzadi Thomson-Reuters.

(readings)

García Márquez, Gabriel. El coronel no tiene quien le escriba.

Weston, Anthony. (2011). Las claves de la argumentación. Edició actualitzada. Barcelona: Ariel. (Es redactarà una recensió).

Delibes, Miguel. Las ratas. Barcelona: Destino.

Unamuno, Miguel de. Amor y pedagogía.