Subject: Technical English

Scientific Area:

Foreign Tongues and Literatures

Workload:

64 Hours

Number of ECTS:

5 ECTS

Language:

Portuguese

Overall objectives:

This course aims at  reviewing, consolidating basic linguistic structures as well as introducing and practising new ones. It aims at giving its speakers thorough and comprehensive work on the different skills: writing, listening, speaking and reading.

Syllabus:

1. Reading of a wide range of texts to develop reading skills;

2. Speaking based tasks around realistic topics and situations;

3. Writing;

4. Lexis recycling and consolidation;

5. Pronounciation;

6. Punctuation, capitalization and spelling;

7. Revision and consolidation of grammatical stuctures.

 

Literature/Sources:

 HOLLETT, Vicky, Tech Talk - Elementary Student's Book, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

SYDES, John, CROSS, Brian, Tech Talk - Elementary Workbook Book, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Evaluation Criteria

Tests

60%

Writing

(Individual / Group work)

10%

Speaking

30%

Subject Leader:

Clara Maria de Sousa