U N I VE R SI D AD D E E L SA L VAD O R
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS Y HUMANIDADES
DEPARTAMENTO DE IDIOMAS EXTRANJEROS
LICENCIATURA EN ENSEÑANZA DEL INGLÉS
Modalidad de Educación a Distancia
Orientaciones académicas
Asignatura:
Conversación Inglesa II
Código de la asignatura:
CIN214ED
Coordinador de cátedra:
Licda. Diana Esmeralda Quintanilla
Realizado por:
Licda. Diana Esmeralda Quintanilla
Revisado por:
M. Ed. Ricardo Garay Salinas
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ORIENTACIONES ACADÉMICAS
Conversación Inglesa II
Sexta edición
Diciembre 2020.
Este documento se ha realizado en base a
documentos de orientación académica de
años anteriores, para la asignatura de
Conversación Inglesa II.
Realizado por:
Licda. Diana Quintanilla
En colaboración de:
Licda. Arucha, Lic. Núñez y Licda. Chávez.
Revisado por:
M. Ed. Ricardo Garay.
Para estudiantes de ciclo III de la
Licenciatura en Enseñanza del Inglés de la
Universidad de El Salvador.
Año 2021
ORIENTACIONES ACADÉMICAS
Conversación Inglesa II
CONTENT
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 1
course description ............................................................................................................................. 1
objectives ............................................................................................................................................. 3
methodology ....................................................................................................................................... 3
suggestions to study ........................................................................................................................ 6
materials to study .............................................................................................................................. 6
content to discuss on workshops ................................................................................................. 7
evaluation system .............................................................................................................................. 7
evaluation guidelines ........................................................................................................................ 8
academic dishonesty ...................................................................................................................... 10
missed evaluations process ......................................................................................................... 10
procesos académicos o administrativos ................................................................................... 11
schedule of activities ...................................................................................................................... 12
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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Conversación Inglesa II course. Here is some key information about this
course. It is important that you read this entire document so that you are aware of all
the planning, activities, dates, evaluations of the course, among other.
In this course, we will provide you with some tools so that you can practice your oral
expression to the maximum, but it is your responsibility to acquire the skills you want.
If you want to excel in it and improve your oral skills, participate in all the activities
we have planned for you. Only with your effort can you achieve it. Go for it!
Name of the course:
Conversación Inglesa II
Code:
CIN214ED
Correlative number:
9
Academic credits:
4
Duration of semester:
18 weeks
Prerequisite:
Conversación Inglesa I
Next course:
Conversación Inglesa III
Tutors:
 Group 1: Licda. Yajaira Chávez (lizeth.chavez@ues.edu.sv)
 Group 2: Licda. Lilian Arucha (ana.arucha@ues.edu.sv)
 Group 3: Lic. Rafael Núñez (rafael.nunez@ues.edu.sv)
Course coordinator:
Licda. Diana Quintanilla (diana.quintanilla@ues.edu.sv)
Major coordinator:
M. Ed. Ricardo Garay
(coordinacarrera.inglesdistancia@ues.edu.sv)
Academic Assistant:
Licda. Patricia García (patricia.garcia@ues.edu.sv)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is a conversation course designed to develop Mid-intermediate conversation
skills. Conversation is viewed as a skill that involves knowledge of vocabulary,
functional language, pronunciation as well as grammar. Moreover, conversation is
developed together with listening skills, since both go hand in hand in daily
communication.
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You are provided with extensive practice in listening and oral communication along
with materials that present new vocabulary in context and review important aspects
of grammar. The aim is to encourage you to gain confidence to speak and listen to
English in academic contexts.
The course on Campus is divided in the next sections:
Section 1:
You always will be able to see this section in our
course. I will publish important information and
reminders on the Dashboard. Furthermore, you will
see two forums:
Avisos is the place where you will find the
evaluation forms for tutors and urgent information.
Question Forum is a forum for asking questions
about the activities or content of this course. This
unique Question Forum will be opened for you through the whole semester.
Section 2
The content of the section 2: Reglamento UES, Contactos and FAQ is in Spanish. This
to help you better understand the administrative processes within the course.
Section 3
Section 3 has all the information about the Conversación Inglesa II course.
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Section 4
Each Sunday, you will find a new week available for studying the information and do
the activities proposed in them.
We highly recommend you to explore all the sections carefully in order to be related
with all the information that we provide you.
OBJECTIVES

Comprehend English conversations at a high-intermediate level.

Express yourself orally in English at a high-intermediate level, by exploring
and discussing up-to-date issues.

Speak and use intonation patterns at a high-intermediate level to better
understand and transmit different moods and opinions.

Use appropriate vocabulary to discuss the topics dealt with in the course.

Identify the linguistic conventions of academic spoken language at a highintermediate level.
METHODOLOGY
Distance education modality implies that you have to study and practice every day
in order to achieve your goals and objectives from this course. You must study by
yourself all the information posted each week and do all the activities suggested in
our course on Campus. Furthermore, you must be engaged on the activities
developed on Workshops.
Therefore, you need to organize your time in order to:

Study every day.
This modality implies that you study by yourself. You will study the units
corresponding to each workshop. Before coming to the workshop, you have to
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complete all the listening and speaking tasks, do all the vocabulary, grammar,
and pronunciation exercises. We suggest writing down questions about aspects,
points of grammar, vocabulary or task instructions that were unclear to you. You
can ask your tutor questions through the Question Forum or in the workshops.

Be involved in activities on Campus
Take advantage of the Campus Platform to participate in all the activities of the
Conversación Inglesa II course. Use the forums to communicate not only with
your tutor, but also with your peers. Use the platform to practice together and
converse in English, help each other and learn actively together. Through
forums, you must participate orally to be able to practice your oral expression in
English as much as possible. It should be clarified that a percentage of your
assessment corresponds to your deeply interaction through the forums on
Campus.
Forums participations must be through videos. It means that you must look for a
silent, illuminate place, and record yourself. It is not necessary to edit your video
but it is necessary that your peers and tutor watch your face and listen your voice
clearly.

Be involved in Workshop through videoconference.
This is a conversation course, therefore, during the workshops; you could share
your doubts about a specific topic or task, and practice the material you studied
on Campus. We will have 5 workshops in the whole semester through M. Teams.
The workshops will be student-centered. You are expected to interact with your
peers and tutor as much as possible in order to take advantage of the sessions.
Activities in each workshop include, but are not limited to, vocabulary exercises,
presentations, conversations, pair and group work, individual and general
feedback on language use, among others.
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The tutor will be a facilitator and will provide feedback on your performance
during each workshop. He or she will highlight those areas you need to focus on
in order to improve your command of English and to help you communicate more
successfully.
It should be clarified that a percentage of your assessment corresponds to your
participation during the workshop and will only be given if you stay throughout
the workshop and actively participate in the activities developed in each
workshop. Please note that attendance and active participation in all sessions
are mandatory.
Here is a summary about the differences between workshops in virtual modality
and the classes in a regular face-to-face system.
What a workshop is not a workshop is not like a regular class in a face-to-face
system, in which a professor is going to present all the subject matter in the units
you have to study. A workshop is not the place where you go to hear about the
contents of the book for the first time. If students have not studied the contents,
tutors cannot start explaining them from scratch.
What a workshop IS a workshop is the place where you can clarify the concepts
you already studied on your own. A workshop is the place where you practice
and receive feedback on the contents you already studied on your own.
What you are required to do in a workshop, you must have studied all the
contents (not read superficially, but studied, analyzed, and practiced). You must
have completed all the required exercises and activities. You must be active to
take advantage of the time as much as possible.
You will have your workshop on Microsoft Teams and this is a powerful tool. Use
this application to practice with your colleagues through videoconference and
work collaboratively using the One Drive components.
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We know that studying the content and doing all the exercises by yourself could
generate some doubts. Even if you need extra material to better understand the
topics and vocabulary, you could ask for help to your tutor and why not, to your
peers too through the Question Forum on Campus.
SUGGESTIONS TO STUDY
1.
Dedicate at least four hours per week to study by yourself.
2.
Study thoroughly the materials that are published on Campus.
3.
Do the exercises from the book.
4.
Join to work with other students to review the exercises and practice through
together through Teams, Meet or others that you prefer.
5.
Imagine situations and record yourself what you would say being in that
situation.
6.
Read news or topics of your interest and practice with someone or in the mirror.
7.
Do research in other books or internet and find complementary materials that
can provide you with extra practice.
8.
Write about aspects would you like to ask to your peers or tutor, and do so
through Question Forum or in the workshops.
9.
Practice proactively in Campus and workshops.
MATERIALS TO STUDY
Ferre, T., Sanabria, K., (2015).
NorthStar 4: Listening and Speaking.
4th Ed. Pearson Longman: New York,
NY.
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CONTENT TO DISCUSS ON WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOP
CONTENT
DATE
1
Unit 1
Saturday, March 13th, 2021
From 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
2
Saturday, March 27th, 2021
Units 2 and 3
From 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
3
Saturday, April 10th, 2021
Unit 4
From 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
4
Saturday, May 15th, 2021
Unit 5 and 6
From 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
5
Saturday, May 29th, 2021
Units 7 and 8
From 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
EVALUATION SYSTEM
The following chart outlines the breakdown of the evaluation activities that will be
carried out throughout this course. For further details about each of task, go over each
description below:
NO.
ACTIVITY
PERCENTAGE
1
2 Online quiz
10%
2
Workshops
10%
3
Campus interaction
10%
4
2 Discussion Forum
20%
5
2 Impromptu speech
20%
6
2 Academic conversations
30%
Total
100%
It is important to mention the rounding criteria established in Capítulo IV. Evaluación
del Reglamento de la Administración Académica de la Universidad de El Salvador.
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Art. 15. - La escala de calificación en todo lo concerniente a las evaluaciones será de
cero punto cero (0.0) a diez punto cero (10.0).
Art. 16. - La nota mínima de aprobación por unidad de aprendizaje será de seis punto
cero (6.0).
Art. 17. - La calificación de cada actividad evaluada se deberá considerar hasta la
centésima y la nota final deberá aproximarse a la décima inmediata superior cuando
la décima sea igual o mayor a cinco (5).
Art. 17 – A. - Los alumnos de todas las Facultades de la Universidad que al finalizar
el Ciclo Académico, obtuvieren una nota final entre 5.00 y 5.94 en una o más
asignaturas, cursos, módulos, áreas integradas o cualquier otro tipo de unidad de
aprendizaje, tendrán derecho a un Examen de Suficiencia de cada una, en el cual se
examinarán todos los contenidos desarrollados en las mismas; y podrá incluir pruebas
escritas y/o prácticas clínicas o de Laboratorio y otras; según las particularidades de
la especialidad.
EVALUATION GUIDELINES

2 Online Quizzes (5% each)
Individual online quizzes have been scheduled every four units (two in total) to
evaluate your understanding on the topics being studied. Online quizzes will be
available on our course on Campus only the day and time specifically assigned to
them. Make sure you complete this task during the allotted period. No quizzes will
be reopened after the time is over.

Workshops (10%)
Distance Education involves that you study before each workshop. The percentage
of this assessment will only be given if you stay throughout the workshops and
actively participate in the activities developed in each workshop.

Campus interaction (10%)
The total percentage of this activity will only be given if you participate in all the
forums and activities each week.
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2 Discussion forums (10% each)
You must discuss through the forum on a specific topic. To do so, you must
participate once and interact 2 more times with your peers. Take the time to study
the units in depth and do a quick internet search to argue your ideas. You will have
only one week to participate.
The first forum is a discussion with the whole class. In the second forum, the group
will be divided into two groups to enrich the interaction.

2 Impromptu speech (10% each)
During this activity, you will be required to give a speech without much previous
planning or preparation of the topic to be presented. Its objective is to test your
language proficiency and knowledge of the topics, as well as your ability to provide
a well-organized and thorough presentation in a short amount of time.

2 Academic conversations (15% each)
This activity is in groups. For the first academic conversation, in the first workshop,
the tutor will randomly choose the groups. Then, you must work with your team
group and decide which topic from the book is more interesting for you.
For the second academic conversation, you will choose your classmates and you
will decide one topic, problem, situation that we live actually in El Salvador.
To do so, you must do a research about it.
Once you have decided the topic for the conversations, you must send the outline
according to the guidelines. The conversations should be between 12 to 15
minutes long. Its purpose is for students to analyze critically the topics, problems,
situations we live and to apply the new vocabulary. You will be required to submit
a reflection and link of the conversation in the assigned dates.
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ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
UES and the Foreign Language Department are committed to the highest ideals of
academic integrity. Any instance of academic dishonesty, attempted or actual, will
not be tolerated. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to:

Submitting work or portions of work created by other people as one’s own

Failing to acknowledge, through proper citation, the source of ideas not
essentially one’s own.

Failing to document paraphrases, ideas, or verbatim expressions not one’s
own.

Collaborating on an assignment or examination without specific permission
from the instructor.

Submitting work created for one course without the explicit permission of
both instructors.

Submitting work, which has been prepared by or purchased from another
as one’s own.

Using somebody else’s ideas or words in your assignments.

If you want to include somebody else’s ideas, make sure you acknowledge
the source.
If you plagiarize, intentionally or unintentionally, the work in question will be
automatically given a zero. Besides, you will be reported to the corresponding
authority, and you will risk failing the course, being expelled for a specific
number of terms, or being permanently suspended from the institution.
MISSED EVALUATIONS PROCESS
Missed evaluations will not be made up unless you hand in a medical certificate that
includes your medical disability during the due date of the evaluation. In such
cases, it is necessary to have the Course Coordinator approval. He or she will analyze
the case and issue a written permission to administer the corresponding evaluation.
Contact the Course Coordinator via e-mail no later than three business days after
the assessment due date, if your request is accepted or not the student and tutor will
be notified through e-mail.
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PROCESOS ACADÉMICOS O ADMINISTRATIVOS
Para todo asunto académico o administrativo, desde tu correo institucional (tu
carné@ues.edu.sv), escribe detallando:
1. Nombre completo según tu expediente en línea
2. Número de carné
3. Nombre de la carrera a la que perteneces
4. Asignatura (de ser necesario)
5. Explicar tu caso (si es posible con capturas de pantalla o atestados que
sustente tu explicación).
6. Ser explícito y claro en lo que solicitas.
Cualquier solicitud es de carácter personal y debe realizarlo solamente el interesado.
Para procesos académicos
ROLE
NAME
E-MAIL
Tutor group 01
Yajaira Chávez
lizeth.chavez@ues.edu.sv
Tutor group 02
Lilian Arucha
ana.arucha@ues.edu.sv
Tutor group 03
Rafael Núñez
rafael.nunez@ues.edu.sv
Course coordinator
Diana Quintanilla
diana.quintanilla@ues.edu.sv
Major coordinator
Ricardo Garay
coordinacarrera.inglesdistancia@ues.edu.sv
En primer lugar, debes consultarle a tu tutor sobre cualquier pregunta que tengas con
respecto al contenido del curso, actividades, procesos y/o evaluaciones. Tu tutor tiene
un plazo de 24 horas para responder a tus inquietudes. En caso de no obtener
respuesta en ese tiempo, deberá acudir en segundo orden con la coordinadora del
curso Licda. Quintanilla. Si en tres días no hubo respuesta de su coordinador de curso,
debe comunicarse con el coordinador de la carrera Mtro. Garay. Le pedimos
amablemente que respete esta cadena de consultas para una mejor coordinación con
el personal académico.
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Para procesos administrativos
ROLE
NAME
E-MAIL
Administración
Administración Académica
academica.humanidades@ues.edu.sv
Académica de la Facultad
de Humanidades
de CCHH
Referente de la Admin.
Claudia Cristina Salina
claudia.salinas@ues.edu.sv
Edwin García
soporte.humanidades@ues.edu.sv
Acad. de la Fac. de CCHH
en modalidad de
educación a distancia
Soporte técnico
Utiliza los primeros 2 contactos para realizar trámites de carácter administrativo como:
retiro de asignaturas, reserva de matrícula, certificaciones de notas, equivalencias,
cambio de carrera, entre otros.
En caso de que tengas problemas para ingresar o has perdido acceso a cualquiera
de tus cuentas de correo institucionales, Plataforma Campus virtual y/o expediente en
línea, comunícate con el Lic. Edwin García de soporte técnico.
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
WEEK
PERIOD OF TIME
1
March 11-14
2
March 15-21
3
March 22-27
4
March 22-27
5
March 28- April 4
ACTIVITIES
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
Open Forum interaction
Analyzing Academic Guidelines
Unit 1 self-study
Workshop 1 (unit 1)
Unit 2 self-study
Forum discussion 1
Unit 3 self-study
Forum discussion 1
Workshop 2 (units 2 & 3)
Unit 4 self-study
First Impromptu speech (units 1-3)
Self-study (units 1-4 review)
Academic conversation (outline)
Workshop 3 (unit 4)
First online quiz (units 1-4)
6
April 5-11
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7
April 12-18

Easter
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April 19-25
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Academic conversation 1
9
April 26-May 2
10
May 3-9
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11
May 11-16
12
May 17-23
13
May 24-30
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Unit 5 self-study
Unit 6 self-study
Discussion forum 2 (group 1 and 2)
Unit 5-6 self-study
Workshop 4 (units 5 & 6)
Second Impromptu speech (units 5-7)
Units 7-8 self-study
Academic conversation 2 (outline)
Workshop 5 (units 7 & 8)
14
May 31-June 6

Second online quiz (units 5-8)
15
June 7-13

Academic conversation 2
16
17
18
June 14-20
June 21-27
June 28
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Open forum final interaction
Deferred evaluations
RESIT EXAM (units 1-8)
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