Overall objectives:

1 - The Curricular Unit aims to encourage reflection on language as a system and the mechanisms of acquisition/production of messages.
2 - Recognize the limits/possibilities of grammatical approaches evidenced in the appropriate and reflexive use of English for communicative purposes.
3 - Identify, relate and apply linguistic (morphological, lexical and syntactic), discursive, pragmatic and stylistics choices in English, in standard situations, or in discursive/community practices related to students' further vocational/professional areas, towards effective communication with diverse interlocutors.
4 - Brief overview of assumptions on applied linguistics, including the analysis of language and communication, as well as basic concepts on linguistics as a social science: object, theories and methods.

Syllabus:

1 - Introduction to Applied Linguistics
2 - Language and Communication
2.1 - Language, Communication and semiotics; 2.1.1 Linguistic Sign; 2.1.2 Paradigmatic and syntagmatic relationships; 2.1.3 Diachronic and synchronic dimensions of study
2.2 - Language system and use; 2.2.1 Language and Society; 2.2.2 Langue / Parole; 2.2.3 Competence / Performance; 2.2.4 Language Functions and the Communicative Event; 2.2.5 Oral and Written Language
3 - Fields of Study and Contexts of Research
3.1 - Discourse Analysis; 3.1.1 Institutional and professional contexts; 3.1.2 Communicative activities; 3.1.3 Communities of practice; 3.1.4 Language agency and identity
3.2 - Pragmatics
3.3 - Applied Stylistics: Layers of Meaning; 3.3.1 Prosody; 3.3.2 Lexis; 3.3.3 Morphology; 3.3.4 Syntax; 3.3.5 Register and period
3.4 - Corpus Analysis; 3.4.1 Computers and technology; 3.4.2 Corpus linguistics, concordancers and applications; 3.4.3 Grammar and corpus
4. - English Grammar / Language, Text and Context
4.1 - The Grammatical Structure of English: Units of Language; 4.1.1. Word; 4.1.2. Sentence / Utterance; 4.1.3. Grammar and context: Text / Context

Literature/Sources:

Sealey, A. & B. Carter , 2004 , Applied Linguistics as a Social Science , Continuum,
R. Quirk , S. Greenbaum , 2016 , A University Grammar of English , Pearson
A. Mahboob , 2012 , English Today: Forms, Functions, and Uses , Pearson
E. Manca , 2012 , Context and Language , SIBA, Universitá del Saliento
M. Pikhart* , 2020 , The use of technology in the learning environment for business communication: applied linguistics of business communication from the positive psychology perspective , Elsevier, Procedia Computer Science
G. Mautner, F. Rainer , 2017 , Handbook of Business Communication , De Gruyter Mouton
E. Darics, V. Koller , 2018 , Language in Business, Language at Work , Springer
B. Paltridge, A. Phakiti , 2015 , Research Methods in Applied Linguistics: A Practical Resource (Research Methods in Linguistics) , Bloomsbury Academic
C. J. Hall, P. H. Smith, R. Wicaksono , 2011 , Mapping Applied Linguistics: A Guide for Students and Practitioners 1st Edition , Routledge
C. Thurlow , 2019 , The Business of Words: Wordsmiths Linguists and Other Language Workers , Taylor & Francis Ltd
Bin Ai et al. , 2022 , Unpacking Translanguaging Practices in Multilingual Business Communication in China: A Qualitative Phenomenological Approach , Applied Linguistics, 43: 6
P. Friedrich , 2019 , Applied Linguistics in the Real World , Taylor & Francis
L. Anthony , 2018 , Introducing English for Specific Purposes , Routledge
J. Piqué, D. Viera , 1997 , Applied Languages: theory and practice in ESP ,
K. Hyland , English for Specific Purposes: Some Influences and Impacts, chapter 26 , Springer International Handbooks of Education - International Handbook of English Language Teaching
F. Bargiela-Chiappini, & Z. Zhang , 2013 , Business English , The handbook of English for Specific Purposes
V. J. Bhatia , Genres and styles in world Englishes , Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell
V. Bhatia, S. Bremner , The Routledge handbook of language and professional communication , London/New York: Routledge
L. Jeffries , 2006 , Discovering Language: The Structure of Modern English , Bloomsbury.
J. K. Hall , 2010 , Teaching and Researching: Language and Culture , Routledge
A. Bloomer , 2005 , Introducing Language in Use: A Coursebook , Routledge
R. Carter & M. McCarthy , 2006 , Cambridge Grammar of Eng./ A Comprehensive Guide -Spoken and Written Eng. Grammar and Usage , C.U.P.
C. Coffin , 2004 , Applying Eng. Grammar- Functional and Corpus Approaches , Open University
Manning , 2008 , English for Language and Linguistics in Higher Education Studies: Coursebook , Reading: Garnet

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
Classes are of the expositive, theoretical-practical type. During class-meetings students acquire and apply the key linguistic concepts in English, both through individual, pair/peer and group work, as follows: i) theoretical approaches to subject matters with ongoing lecturer-student-lecturer interaction; ii) students' outlining and delivering oral presentations on key concepts of the syllabus, based on sets of handouts as back up material to the lectures; iii) short individual/group projects on a students' selection of different types of texts in the business domain, gathered in a booklet, as corpus for close analysis. Type A Assessment -UMa. Students are assessed during the semester in a written exam (40% - 9 pontos); an oral presentation of an individual project (40% - 9 pontos); an oral component (20% - 2 pontos), in which their presentation of linguistic data and communication skills at advanced level will be tested.