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Official Masters
Academic course 2008-2009
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General Structure of Study

Previous structure of studies
New structure of studies
Studies (known as 1st Cycle)
Undergraduate Degree
3 year degree (Diplomat/ada) 3 year teaching
degree Architect/Draftsman Engineer/Draftsman
Undergraduate Degree (240 ECTS credits ) (Average
length 4 years)
POSTGRADUATE DEGREES
1st 2nd Cycle
Official Masters PhD Master Doctoral
studies professionalisation, (include a doctoral
dissertation academic track with a focus on
research (60 to 120 ECTS credits)
4 year degree Architect Engineer
3rd Cycle
PhD
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Types of Official Masters

• Masters coordinated and run by the UAB
• Interuniversitaris UAB run in conjunction with
  other Spanish universities (one of which is in
  charge of coordination and management)
• Erasmus Mundus UAB along with other
  universities outside of Spain (European and
  non-European universities)
• Interuniversitaris Europeus UAB with other
  European universities (one of which coordinates
  and manages the Masters)

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Orientations

• According to the different purposes of the
  training, the official maters can take a variety
  of directions
• Professional
• Investigative (Research)
• Academic

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Access to studying an Official Master
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Circuit dinscripció als Màsters Oficials
coordinats per la UAB
1. Preliminary enrolment online at
www.uab.cat/mastersoficials - UAB students with
the student ID (NIU) -Non-UAB students request
student ID online (NIU)
2. Consult the deadline for la data límit de
preliminary enrolment for each Masters programme
3. Submit the required documentation
4. Admittance list published
5. Enrolment at the student office of each
faculty (Gestions Acadèmiques)
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Servei dInformació dels Màsters Oficials
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Scholarships and financial aide

• The official masters programmes have scholarships
  and financial aide similar to the 1st and 2nd
  cycle studies as well as special aide for
  research.
• Specific scholarships from the Spanish Ministry
  (MEC)
• Scholarships for Mas
• Research scholarships
• Scholarships from other institutions Beques
  daltres institucions
• Financial aide from AGAUR
• UAB Mobility Programme
• Més informació sobre beques a www.uab.cat/masterso
  ficials

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FAQs

• Preliminary enrolment
• Where do I have to send the required documents?
• Go to the website www.uab.cat/mastersoficials
  and consult the information given for the master
  programme of interest. In the section entitled
  (Apply for admission preliminary enrolment
  (Sollicitud dingrés i preinscripció) you will
  find the place on-line to fill in the enrolment.
• Take the required documents to the Doctoral
  school (lEscola de Postgrau).
• When are the dates for preliminary enrolment of
  courses 2008-2009?
• The period for preliminary enrolment is now open.
  The deadline is posted in the website.
  Preliminary enrolment for all master programmes
  coordinated by the UAB ends between 20-30 of
  June.

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FAQ

• Criteria for admission to the programmes
• Can I apply for admission before finishing my
  undergrad degree?
• Yes. When you fill in your preliminary enrolment
  you should indicate that you are finishing your
  degree. When you enrol, you must prove that you
  have finished a degree that allows you to enter
  into a Masters programme.
• Can I apply if I have already begun a doctoral
  degree?
• Students who have partially completed a doctoral
  degree can apply for admission to an official
  Master programme and obtain the Master degree.
  Credits and work already carried out will be
  evaluated by an academic committee for transfer
  of credits.

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FYI
FAQs

• Relating to doctoral studies
• The Master programmes are becoming the most
  frequent via of access to doctoral studies.
  Admission to doctoral studies require a Masters
  degree or the completion of 60 credits in an
  official post-graduate degree. In either case,
  the student must have fulfilled a minimum of 300
  credits between the undergraduate and graduate
  degree in order to accede to a doctoral
  programme.
• If the student has taken part in an official
  Master programme normally the research track
  the student can have direct access to the
  development of a doctoral dissertation and its
  subsequent defense. In this case, the student
  should ensure that the doctoral programme allows
  admittance through an official Masters programme.
  
• Until the new official Masters are completely
  integrated into the university system, the
  universities will continue offering the current
  doctoral studies.

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FYI
Price

• The price of the programme is 28,67 euros per
  credit. The price may vary in the case of the
  interuniversitaris programmes and the Erasmus
  Mundus. The price will be accorded by all the
  participating universities in the Master
  programme.
• The student must enrol in a minimum of 30 ECTS.
• () Price of the 2007-2008 academic course. The
  official price of this academic year will be
  announced.

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Official Master programme of Research in Language
Literature Teaching Methods 2008-2009
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OBJECTIVES

• Comprehend the current state of the question of
  different areas of research in language and
  literature teaching.
• Identify research objectives in the field of
  linguistic and literary education and in the
  promotion of plurilingualism in order to improve
  the linguistic training of the general
  population.
• Design and develop research projects.
• Disseminate results and conclusions to the
  scientific and educational world as well as the
  pertinent administrative figures.

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Different tracks ...

• Linguistic (Catalan, Spanish, English, French,
  Italian, etc.)
• Languages
• first
• second
• foreign
• In the second year Specialisation
• Thematic fields for elective courses
• 5 thematic modules
• 7 Transversal Complementary courses

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LEADS TO PROFESSIONAL CAREERS IN

• University teaching
• Teacher training
• Educational administration advisors
• Curriculum designers of language tracks in
  compulsory and post-compulsory education
• Language planning
• Experts in testing and evaluating (Competències
  bàsiques, EOI, Junta de Català, etc.)
• Designing and evaluating of teaching materials
  (course books, online courses, etc.).
• Administrating and consulting in publishing
• Administration and planning of document data
  bases and resource centres.

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Study programme
Research in language and literature teaching
methods (DLL)

• Curs 2007-2008

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Consult the chart of equivalent courses.
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1st course studies
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2nd course studies
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Thematic Modules (TM) 10 ECTS (Choose Three)
Research in
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Transversal or Complementary Themes (TCT)

• The TCTs provide complementary studies in topics
  transversal to all the modules or go more indepth
  in specific aspects related to research in
  language and literature methods.
• The student should enrol in at least as many TCTs
  as enrolment in modules.
• Example a student enrolled in 3 Thematic Modules
  should enrol in 3 TCTs.
• The TCTs are included in the enrolment price.

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Transversal or Complementary Topics on offer
(TCTs)
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Transversal or Complementary Topics on offer
(TCTs)
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Compulsory Modules 15 ECTS
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Organisation of face-to-face and online teaching

• The 2nd course of the Official master in Research
  in language and literature teaching methods is
  offered in face-to-face and online format. This
  consists of
• Class attendance
• Online work through the Campus Virtual intranet.

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Bimodal Teaching2nd Course

• Phases
• An initial extensive phase which combines regular
  classes with online work via the UAB intranet
  -Campus Virtual (October-May).
• A compulsory intensive phase of approximately 3
  weeks during which time the research projects are
  defended (June-July).

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Timetable

• EXTENSIVE PHASE
• Online teaching no set timetable
• Regular classes
• Tuesday and Wednesday October-May. Afternoons
  1730 to 2030.
• Guest lecturer seminars and other activities
• Optional activities.
• The calendar will be published.
• INTENSIVE PHASE
• Compulsory attendance 25 June-10 July.
• Attendance is compulsory in order to pass the
  modules enrolled.

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REGULAR (FACE-TO-FACE) CLASSES

• MODULES
• The face-to-face and online teaching are
  complementary
• There are 6 face-to-face sessions per Thematic
  Module
• There are 9 face-to-face sessions in the Research
  Methods Module
• TRANSVERSAL COMPLEMENTARY THEMES
• Face-to-face 7 sessions per theme
• Bimodal 2 sessions per theme online work
• Where?
• Facultat de Ciències de lEducació UAB
  (Bellaterra)
• Bear in mind
• You only have to attend the classes in which you
  have registered
• The students who have difficulties in attending
  classes due to work or distance will receive
  online support from the teaching staff.

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Research project (TR)

• Public defense of research projects
• December 2008
• June 2009
• 1-13 September 2009

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Research tracks within the Department

• - Teaching methods of L1 (mother tongue).
• - Foreign language or second language teaching
  methods.
• - Teaching speaking.
• - Teaching writing.
• - Developing reading strategies.
• - Literature teaching methods.
• - Teaching grammar.
• - Second or foreign language as the vehicular
  language in curricular areas.
• - Continuous and formative assessment of
  language.
• - Infant and juvenile literature.
• - Promoting reading.
• - Planning the language curricula.
• - Language planning.
• - Linguistic reception.
• - Plurilingual education and promotion of
  plurilinguism.
• - ICT in language learning.
• - Epistemology in language and literature
  teaching methods.

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• CALENDAR

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Calendar Outline

• October-January
• Research Methodology in the classroom
• November-January
• Optional Thematic Modules
• Literary Education
• Planning and evaluating in the classroom
• Transversal and complementary topics
• Grammar in the classroom
• Telecollaboration in language learning and
  teaching
• Models i principles of teaching and learning in
  school
• Infant i Juvenile Literature
• Research Seminars in language and literature
  teaching methods (1st part)
• Febuary-April
• Optional Thematic Modules
• Teaching writing
• Plurilinguism in the school
• L2 and FL as a vehicular language for learning

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Research Methods in the Classroom(RMC)

• Content
• Introduction to research in the classroom in
  language and literature teaching methods.
• Data, approach and analyis
• Conversational Analysis
• Quantitativa research
• Positioning of the researcher.
• Communication in research.

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