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% |