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Languages and New Technologies: Learning Digital Portfolio in the Stylistics of English

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The new perspective of the European Higher Education Area involves new methodologies which foster the information and communication technologies (ICTs). Educating (i.e. teaching and learning) by means of the European Credits Transfer System (ECTS) produced some very significant changes in issues such as “permanent learning and active learning” (Barragán 2009: 2) and ‘learning by means of (professional) competences’ which entail new learning methodologies and new evaluation processes.

This article is framed within the project: Proyecto Imágenes literarias de diversidad: ciudadanía e identidad a través de la educación literaria y lectora. GV2015/050. University of Valencia.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Currently, and due to the changes in high education derived from the Bologna process, this subject is not offered in the new degree of English studies. The experience described here was put into practice from 2008 to 2012 and this article is written after the last term of the last course.

  2. 2.

    See TALIS project in www.proyectotalis.com

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    See the project in http://programaeducativo.ayudaenaccion.org/cuentos-por-un-mundo-mas-justo/

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    Project based on Calvo and Weber (1998:104–115).

  5. 5.

    Project based on Calvo and Weber (1998: 90–103).

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    Project based on Calvo and Weber (1998:116–125).

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Evaluation related to the objectives to be reached regarding each isolated creative writing project

  

Very competent 9–10

Competent (7–8)

Acceptable (5–6)

Lack of competence 4 or less

Newspaper reporting 1

Presence of 5 Wh-, Reporting vocabulary suitable with the topic, reporting newspaper layout: columns, paragraphs, headlines and subheadings. Follow instructions properly, punctuation.

    

The language of Blurbs 2

Layout, follow the instructions properly, presence of 3 moves: description, evaluation and about the author. Use of persuasive strategies.

    

The language of tales: the brothers Grimm 3

Topic and vocabulary suitable for children. Short, constructive, Proper layout(just 1 page). Illustrations. Follow the conventions of the genre seen in class

    

The language of advertising 4

Original and meaningful advertisements. Use of rhetorical figures. Use of pastiche, intertextuality, allusion foregrounding, deviation and parallelism.

    

Shakespeare and the sonnets 5

Follows the steps to create the sonnet and they appear in the project. Meaningful topic, rhetorical figures, Use of iambic pentameter (10 feet).Proper rhyme scheme (14 lines)

    

Creating atmosphere like Edward Allan Poe 6

Use of smile and metaphor. Use of the five senses in the descriptions. Do not create a story, just the atmosphere. No more than 1 page.

    

How to write a dialogue 7

Follows the 8 tips mentioned in class. Opinion interview, characterization through dialogue. Suitable punctuation

    

The language Of film reviews 8

Imaginative title, follow the layout shown in class: brief synopsis at the beginning , then state your opinion, if you enjoyed it, close examination of the key roles, summary, star rating, suitable vocabulary

    

The language of business English 9

Pretend you are a journalist attending Lisa Wallenius conference on business English. Write a report with the most important information

    

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Díaz, M.A. (2016). Languages and New Technologies: Learning Digital Portfolio in the Stylistics of English. In: Carrió-Pastor, M. (eds) Technology Implementation in Second Language Teaching and Translation Studies. New Frontiers in Translation Studies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0572-5_8

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