Public University of Navarre



Academic year: 2024/2025 | Previous academic years:  2023/2024  |  2022/2023  |  2021/2022  |  2020/2021 
Bachelor's degree in Labour Relations and Human Resources at the Universidad Pública de Navarra
Course code: 352105 Subject title: ENGLISH
Credits: 6 Type of subject: Basic Year: 1 Period: 1º S
Department: Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación
Lecturers:
LOSHUERTOS CENTENARIO, LAURA (Resp)   [Mentoring ]

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Module/Subject matter

Contenidos básicos/Idioma moderno

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Contents

 
Tema 1. Company Organization and Human Resources Departments.
1.1) Company Organization
1.2) Grammar: Verb tenses/ Articles and quantifiers
1.3) Vocabulary: Learning Strategies
1.4) Reading: Human Resources department
1.5) Letter and e-mail writing: Letter organization and language/Formal and informal language
1.6) Listening: Experiences/Dealing with communication difficulties
1.5) Speaking: Asking questions
1.6) Pronunciation : Vowels 1
 
 
Tema 2. Writing: Letters and e-mails
2.1) Reading: Job advertisements/ Abbreviations
2.2) Grammar: Adverbs/Modal Verbs
2.3) Vocabulary: Compound Words
2.4) Letter writing: Spelling/Punctuation/Replies
2.5) Listening: Numbers and references/Appointments/Problems with orders
2.6) Speaking: Numbers and references/Appointments/Problems with orders
2.7) Pronunciation : Vowels II
 
 
Tema 3. Employment Law
3.1) Reading :Employment Law
3.2) Grammar: Questions/ Connectors/ Future tenses
3.3) Vocabulary: Human Resources/ Verbs+ prepositions
3.4) Letter Writing: Answering enquiries
3.5) Listening: Reports/ An Employment Tribunal Claim
3.6) Speaking: Agreeing/Disagreeing/ Defining words
3.7) Pronunciation: Consonants I
 
Tema 4. Health and Safety/ Absenteeism
4.1) Reading: Health and safety/Absenteeism
4.2) Grammar: Adjectives/Comparison /Modifiers /Relative Clauses
4.3) Vocabulary: Language of meetings and negotiations/Adjectives + preposition/Two word expressions
4.4) Reading: Absenteeism
4.5) Letter Writing: Orders
4.6)Listening: Description of graphs/ Meetings/Negotiations
4.7) Speaking: Describing graphs/ Meetings (Project)
4.8) Pronunciation: Consonants II
Tema 5. Unemployment
5.1) Reading and listening: Unemployment
5.2) Grammar: present participle(-ing) and Infinitive/ Adverbial Clauses I: Conditionals/ If only, I wish
5.3) Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs/Word partnership/  Social language
5.4) Reading: Motivation
5.5) Listening: Staying at a hotel/Street Directions
5.6) Speaking: Giving directions/ Social language
5.7) Letter writing: Replies  
5.8) Pronunciation: Practice
 
Tema 6. Selection Methods
6.1) Reading: Selection methods
6.2) Grammar. Passive
6.3) Vocabulary: Nouns + prepositions/ Presentations/Word partnerships
6.4) Reading: Questioning skills
6.5) letter writing: complaints
6.6) Listening: Processes and procedures
6.7) Speaking: Processes and procedures
6.8) Pronunciation: Practice
 
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General proficiencies

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Specific proficiencies

Not applicable.

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Learning outcomes

     

KNOWLEDGE RA8 Have knowledge of a foreign language (in English, level B1).

KNOWLEDGE RA16 Be able to express yourself in English regarding contracts, personnel benefits, selection processes, job security and human resources development,

SKILLS RA59 Analyse, relate and synthesise information in the field of study.

SKILLS RA60 Organise and plan time and work in an efficient manner

SKILLS RA61 Express yourself orally and in writing using appropriate terminology and techniques.

SKILLS RA65 Solve problems and make decisions in the resolution of practical cases

SKILLS RA70 Manage one's own learning process

COMPT RA102 Work in a team

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Methodology

------ Actividades con asistencia del profesor:
Clase magistral:
·   Horas: 10 horas     (0.4 ECTS)
·   Metodología: clase magistral, exposición por parte del profesor de los puntos esenciales de gramática
Clase práctica:
·   Horas: 48 horas    (1.92 ECTS)
·   Metodología: trabajo individual, por parejas y en grupos en práctica de los elementos léxico-gramaticales y fonéticos que componen la lengua inglesa a nivel B1 enfatizando su uso en las relaciones laborales.
Tutorías                                                                          
·Horas: 4 horas (0.16 ECTS)
Exámenes                                                                       
·   Horas: 3 horas (0.12 ECTS)
 
--------Sin asistencia del profesor:
Realización de trabajo individual y estudio personal                                 
·   Horas: 27 horas    (1.08 ECTS)
·   El trabajo no-presencial del alumno consistirá en la realización de ejercicios de vocabulario y gramática para practicar lo visto en clase. Además, tendrá que preparar los proyectos y tareas asignados durante la asignatura.
Tareas grupales de horas prácticas:
·   Horas: 30 horas (1.2 ECTS)
Prácticas en ordenadores (horario libre):
·   Horas: 6 horas (0.24 ECTS)
Preparación de examen 

          Horas: 16 horas (0.66 ECTS)

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Evaluation

 

Learning
outcome		 Assessment
activity		 Weight (%) It allows
test resit 		Minimum
required grade
R1, R2, R3, R4 Examen parcial 15 SÍ  
R1, R2, R3, R4 Examen final 50 SÍ  
R5, R6, R7, R8 Proyectos y asistencia 35 NO  
         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

La evaluación consiste en cuatro partes:
  • Examen final 40%:
    • El examen consistirá en una parte oral (50% de la nota) y  una parte escrita que incluye las destrezas de listening, reading, writing y use of English (50% de la nota).
    • Para aprobar el examen es necesario aprobar cada una de estas partes (oral y escrita) por separado.
    • En el caso del examen escrito, solo se podrá suspender una de las partes anteriormente mencionadas  siempre que la media resultante sea igual o superior a cinco. En el caso del use of English la nota mínima deberá ser igual o superior a cuatro.
  • Examen parcial 25%:
    • Se examinará al alumnado de las destrezas de reading, listening, writing y use of English. Las partes suspendidas se recuperarán con la nota del examen final.
  • Proyectos 30%:
    • Los proyectos son presenciales y el alumnado deberá asistir al 60% de las sesiones para optar a este porcentaje de la nota.
  • Asistencia a clases prácticas 5%:
    • Para obtener este porcentaje, hay que asistir al 75% de las clases prácticas.
  • El estudiante que no realice los proyectos y/o el examen parcial no podrá optar a la modalidad de evaluación continua. Esto supone no poder presentarse al examen final ordinario.
  •  
          Convocatoria extraordinaria:
    El examen extraordinario cuenta por el 75% de la nota final y consiste en una parte oral y escrita. Para aprobarlo hay que aprobar la parte oral y escrita por separado. En el caso del examen escrito, solo se puede suspender uno de las 4 partes, siempre que la media resultante sea igual o superior a cinco (si esta parte es Use of English, la nota mínima deberá ser igual o superior a cuatro).
     

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Agenda

COURSE SYLLABUS (UPDATED May 2024):

 

UNIT 1

1.1) Company Organization. Describing a place of work.

1.2) Grammar: Verb tenses/ Articles and quantifiers

1.3) Vocabulary: Learning Strategies, speacialised business vocabulary

1.4) Reading: Human Resources Dept, organisational chart of a company.

1.5) Letter and e-mail writing

1.6) Listening

1.7) Speaking

 

UNIT 2

2.1) Reading: Job advertisements, recruiting, interviews

2.2) Grammar: Adverbs/Modal Verbs

2.3) Writing

2.3) Listening

2.4) Speaking

 

UNIT 3

3.1) Reading: Appraising performance, conflict resolution

3.2) Grammar: Connectors/ Future tenses

3.3) Vocabulary

3.4) Letter Writing: Answering enquiries

3.5) Listening

3.6) Speaking

 

UNIT 4

4.1) Reading: Health and safety at work

4.2) Grammar: -ing and infinitive/ comparison

4.3) Vocabulary

4.4) Reading: Decision-making

4.5) Writing: recruitment process

4.6) Listening

4.7) Speaking

 

UNIT 5

5.1) Reading: Selection Methods, communication in the workplace

5.2) Grammar: conditionals

5.3) Vocabulary

5.4) Reading: Questioning skills

5.5) Listening

5.6) Speaking

 

 

 

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Bibliography

Access the bibliography that your professor has requested from the Library.


 
Básica
Workbook- asignatura: Bueno Alastuey, M.C. English for Labour Relations
 
Complementaria
1) Books
Palmer Silveira, J.C. (2003). Business English in the University Classroom. Castellón; Universitat Jaime I.
Wallwork, A. (2002). Business Vision. Oxford; Oxford University Press.
Krois-Linder, A (2006). International Legal English. Cambridge; Cambridge University Press.
Jones, L. & Alexander, R. (2000) New International Business English.Cambridge; Cambridge University Press.
Margaret O'Keeffe, Lewis Lansford, Ros Wright, Evan Frendo, Lizzie Wright (2018) Business Partner B1. Pearson Education
John Hughes, Jon Naunton (2016) Business Result 2nd Edition. Intermediate Student's book. Oxford; Oxford University Press
 
 
2) Grammar
Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden, Jerry Lambert (2019). English file 4th edition B1. Oxford; Oxford University Press
Murphy, R. (2004) English Grammar in use (intermediate).Cambridge; Cambridge University Press.
Foley, Mark & Diane Hall (2003), Advanced Learners¿ Grammar (With Answers). Edinburgh: Longman.
3) Online
Dictionaries
Grammar
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar check the quizzes section
http://www.eleaston.com/ check the sections on Business English and Law
http://www.eflnet.com/ Resources to develop all skills
http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/ Beginning and intermediate levels /Diagnostic tests and lots of grammar sections http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/grammar.html linksorganized by level (level 100, level 200. level 300) -well annotated and includes some user reviews
Adjectives, Adverbs, Articles, etc.; Animated Grammar Tutorials; To be; Common Errors; Double Quizzes; Grammar Troubleshooting; Past Tenses; Present Progressive; Present Simple; Present Tenses: Simple versus Progressive; Reading Texts; Verbs: Modals, Infinitives, gerunds, etc.; Vocabulary: Problem Words
http:// www.quia.com/shared/ grammar activities and games listed by title. You can also create your own activities; self-correcting games and activities available.
http://www.better-english.com/grammar.htm Business English Grammar Activities: Present Forms; The Past Simple; Irregular Verbs; Present Perfect; Past Simple v Present Perfect; For or Since; Duration; The Future; Going to; Present forms for future; Will or going to? ; Conditionals; Modals; The -ing form; Prepositions; Word order; Passive; Imperative; Question tags; Have something done; Non-defining clauses; A/The; Conjunctions; etc
http://www.letterwritingguide.com/ guide to letter writing in English with samples
 
English Grammar in Spanish
 
Business English in Spanish

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