English C1.1.2
Code
711121047
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Ingleses e Norte-Americanos
Credits
4
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
English
Objectives
The student should be able to :
a) work towards level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference (Proficient user).
b)increase intercultural awareness and further develop knowledge of the culture/language relationship.
c)express him/herself fluently and spontaneously, with a reasonable degree of grammatical and lexical accuracy in formal debates and formal and informal discussions.
d) understand a wide range of complex texts including specialist texts and to be aware of a range of text types.
e) produce clear, coherent and well structured texts such as texts relating to personal interests, narratives and opinion articles on contemporary topics, with few grammatical or lexical errors.
f) research the content of texts to be produced using the Internet and bibliographic resources.
g) analyse and control the grammatical system of English.
h) be responsible for their own learning, knowing how to develop the competencies that lead to autonomy
Prerequisites
Pass in Inglês C1.1.1
Subject matter
The course addresses current social and cultural topics of interest. A course book, dicitonaries, grammar reference and online sources provide the course basis, supported by a Reading Portfolio of authentic texts which allows for the analysis of a range of literary, cultural and journalistic texts.TV programmes and films are used to focus on style, content, use of language and intercultural competence. Learning and assessment tasks provide regular oportunities for written and spoken expression and development of language skills and knowledge, including:
Writing - articles, reports, screenplays
Speaking - discussion skills,pronunciation
Intercultural competence - discussion of cultural references.
Lexis - Collocations,cohesive devices, idiomatic expressions, word formation, noun phrases, multi-word verbs.
Grammar -articles, verb phrase review, dependent prepositions
Editing/reviewing - identifying and correcting errors.l
Bibliography
Cotton, D., Falvey, D., Kent, S., Lebeau,I., & Rees, G. (2010). Language Leader.Harlow: Pearson Education.
Crowther, J. (2005). The Oxford Guide to British and American Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Foley, M. & Hill, D. (2003). Advanced Learner´s Grammar. Harlow: Longman.
Reading Portfolio. A portfolio of authentic texts provided by the teacher.
Rundell, M. (2006). Macmillan English dictionary for Advanced Learners. London: Macmillan.
Teaching method
Communicative and dialogic method with a task-based, intercultural approach, all of which seek to stimulate interaction and promote increasingly autonomous learning, revolving around a series of topics. Discussion is a key element often preceded by reading or listening input and/or analysis and followed up by written work/further research by students. Skills-based tasks require both linguistic and extra-linguistic competences. Inductive approach for extending grammatical and lexical knowledge. Frequent use of the internet and audio-visual means.
Evaluation method
Assessment is continuous and formative consisting of:
4 written texts of different types (2 written in class) 60%
2 spoken tasks (discursive/informative): Group work 30%
1 test: listening task 5%
General coursework mark: active participation (including attendance) and evidence of autonomous learning development 5%
Minimum attendance: 66% of classes