Subject: English Language
Scientific Area:
Foreign Tongues and Literatures
Workload:
60 Hours
Number of ECTS:
6 ECTS
Language:
Portuguese
Overall objectives:
- To consolidate vocabulary and grammar structures that are essential to an effective communication in English;
- To aquire and develop comunication skills (oral and written);
- To produce oral and written texts;
- To apply the grammar structures studied in context;
- To identify and apply the vocabulary contents seized in context
Syllabus:
Vocabulary contents:introduction expressions and greetings; people and places characterization; food, drink and shopping;travel and holidays.
Grammar contents:regular/irregular verbs; modal verbs; adjectives, comparative and superlative forms;If- clauses (types I and II); interrogative pronouns; prepositions of place, time and movement; adverbs of frequency and phrasal verbs.
Literature/Sources:
Coe, Norman et al. Grammar Spectrum. Oxford: OUP, 2007.
Hancock, Mark and Annie McDonald. English Result Intermediate-Student's Book.Oxford: OUP, 2009.
Evans, V., Dooley J. and Hayley R. Career Paths Cooking. Berkshire: Express Publishing, 2013.
Willis, D. (1995). Collins Cobuild Student?s Grammar (Self-Study Edition). Harper Collins.
Carter, R. and M. McCarthy Cambridge Grammar of English: A Comprehensive Guide - Spoken and Written. - (2006). English Grammar and Usage. CUP.
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman.
Murphy, R. (1999). English Grammar in Use. CUP.
Swan, M., and C. Walter (2005). Practical English Usage. OUP.
Assesssment methods and criteria:
Tipologia de Avaliação:
50% - Frequências (2)
20% - Trabalho/Apresentação oral
30% - Trabalho em sala de aula: participação oral ou escrita; trabalhos individuais/grupo; leitura; assiduidade e empenho (avaliação contínua).