RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Teaching a Whole English Language Course to First Year Undergraduate Students A1 Aguado, Pilar A1 Sánchez, Purificación A1 Vilar, Mar K1 Humanidades K1 Humanities K1 Filología hispánica K1 Spanish philology AB Core English language is probably the most important subject in English Studies. Consequently, the design and implementation of the syllabus has to be carefuUy prepared. However, we have very tight timetabling, many students, and a very heterogeneous level as far as their command of the language is concerned. This paper aims to determine language áreas which present difficulties for students in their first year of English Studies according to the results obtained in the final exams of June 2000 and June 2001. After a statistical recount we have determined that the questions related to the use of the English past tense and comparing and contrasting structures are those in which our students registered the highest rates of failure. We propose the consolidation of the aforementioned áreas through overexploitation of the reading and the writing activities proposed in the book. As neither the syllabus ñor the timing of the lectures can be changed, we have considered that taking full advantage of the textbook could benefit the students. PB Universidad de Alcalá. Servicio de Publicaciones YR 2001 FD 2001 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/970 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/970 LA eng DS MINDS@UW RD 28-mar-2024