Departamento de Humanidades y Artes

TRADUCTORADO PBLICO EN IDIOMA INGLS

Carrera: Traductorado Pblico en Idioma Ingls
Materia: Lengua Especialiada III
Pro!esor: Cameron "iddle
A#o y Cuatrimestre: $%&'( Primer cuatrimestre
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.
Objetivos Generales y espec!ficos, 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.
Contenidos programticos:
$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 /& 0oncession and contrast, addition, te)t1referring words
$nit 2& $ncountable words, words that only occur in the plural, countable vs.
uncountable
$nit 3& 0ollective nouns, making uncountable words countable
$nit 4& 0ountries, nationalities and languages, the weather, describing people
$nit %5& 6elationships, at home, everyday problems
Metodologa de Trabajo
7tudents 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.
8ost 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.
Metodologa de Evaluacin
7tudents must pass a parcial and a final e)am. + mark of , four" or above constitutes a
pass. The e)ams will test students9 knowledge of new vocabulary and their ability to
apply it. An material covered in class ma be e!amined but the core e)aminable
material in the final e)am for regular students is units %1.5 of the book English
Vocabulary in Use Advanced. Libre students will potentially be e)amined on the entire
book of %55 units and will have to take an oral e)am.
"ibliogra#a Obligatoria
8ichael 8c0arthy and :elicity -9;ell, English Vocabulary in Use +dvanced,
0ambridge $niversity <ress %44,