Inglês Técnico

Código:

CINF020

Sigla:

INGTEC

Áreas Científicas
Classificação	Área Científica
OFICIAL	Ciências da Linguagem

Ocorrência: 2007/2008 - 2S

Ativa?	Sim
Unidade Responsável:	Departamento de Estudos Anglo-Americanos
Curso/CE Responsável:	Licenciatura em Ciência da Informação

Ciclos de Estudo/Cursos

Sigla	Nº de Estudantes	Plano de Estudos	Anos Curriculares	Créditos UCN	Créditos ECTS	Horas de Contacto	Horas Totais
CINF	82	Plano Oficial para 2007/2008	1	-	5	50	135

Língua de trabalho

Inglês

Objetivos

In the field of Information Science, few would doubt the importance of the English language as a medium for the global communication of information. There is a recognised need for students of this degree course to develop a knowledge of how English can be used as a tool for the retrieval, interpretation and dissemination of information at this level of academic study.

Technical English for Information Science is a course designed to help students develop confidence in using English in their areas of study, as well as motivating them and developing a sense of achievement in the use of this medium for the accomplishment of certain academic goals. It is hoped that it will also enrich students’ study in other subjects within their degree course.

The course will mainly focus on developing receptive fluency and the study skills involved in reading a variety of texts within the area of Information Science. Students will also have the opportunity to develop their productive skills in speaking about and writing similar texts to those analysed.

Programa

COURSE CONTENT AND SPECIFIC AIMS
1. Grammar
To improve students’ grammatical knowledge by:
1.1 revising basic grammar; verb tenses, question and negative forms, modality, conditionals, articles, quantifiers
1.2 analysing grammatical forms and patterns within specialised academic writing including semantic and syntactical relationships; grammatical and logical coordinating devices for textual cohesion; the use of the passive; imperatives in instructional texts

2. Vocabulary
To develop students’ lexical awareness by:
2.1 drawing attention to word formation and lexical relationships
2.2 developing understanding of the terminology of Information Science particularly in the areas of indexing and cataloguing
2.3 identifying and analysing the use of key technical words in context
2.4 detecting the frequency of key words via simple concordances
2.5 developing dictionary skills and the recognition of words written in phonemic script


3. Reading
To provide opportunities for students to develop receptive fluency by:
3.1 developing strategies such as predicting content/creating anticipation questions
3.2 analysing the organisation of texts in terms of layout, thematic patterns, main and subsidiary ideas
3.3 practising various reading modes such as skimming for gist/scanning for the location and extraction of specific information/thorough reading for detailed understanding
3.4 drawing attention to abbreviations and symbols in texts
3.5 using a variety of reading materials within the students’ study areas

4.Listening

4.1 developing students’ ability to develop strategies for recognising semantic markers
4.2 analysing intonation as a conveyor of attitude
4.3 developing strategies such as predicting content/creating anticipation questions
4.4 using a variety of listening materials within the students’ study areas

5.Writing

Text types to be analysed and practised will include: summaries, abstracts and short academic articles.
Emphasis will be placed on formatting and producing paragraphs in a variety of academic text types, including explanatory and descriptive essays.

6.Speaking
To develop students’ oral communicative competence by practising exponents for:
• requesting and providing information
• presenting ideas/opinions
• describing and evaluating texts/systems/procedures/processes
• providing explanations within a range of contexts related to Information Science.

Attention will also be given to the pronunciation of technical vocabulary as well as word and sentence stress.
Bibliografia Principal
Bibliografia Principal
COURSE MATERIAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHY


The course material will be directly related to the bibliographies in English which students have in their other subject areas as well as other related books and journals in Information Science. In addition, students should have access to the following:


A good monolingual English dictionary or access to its online version. The
following are recommended:

Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners, 2002

The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, 2001

A study skills book such as

WALLACE, Michael, J – Study Skills in English, Cambridge University Press, 1996 (ISBN 0 521 22110 2)

WATERS, Mary & WATERS, Alan – Study Tasks in English, Cambridge University Press, 1995 (ISBN 0521 42614 6)

The following book is recommended for its grammar reference section:

BRIEGER NICK, POHL ALISON - Technical English, Vocabulary and Grammar, Summertown Publishing, 2002, (ISBN: 1902741765)

An academic writing skills book such as:

JORDAN, R.R, Academic Writing Course, Longman, 2001 (ISBN: 0582 40019 8)
Bibliografia Complementar
Bibliografia Complementar
To be given to students at the beginning of the semester

Bibliografia Obrigatória

Glendinning, Eric H & McEwan, John; Oxford English for Information Technology, OUP, 2006. ISBN: ISBN-13: 978 0 19 457493 8
Rundell Michael (chief editor); Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners, Macmillan, 2002. ISBN: 0 333 99254 7

Métodos de ensino e atividades de aprendizagem

APPROACH TO TEACHING AND LEARNING

Lessons will be practical in nature. Active learning and participation will be encouraged at all times. Students will be expected to take responsibility for their own learning with self-assessment being a main feature of the students’ independent study programme. Students will complete a needs analysis questionnaire at the beginning of the course as well as grammar and study skills checklists. These will be a source of constant reference as students progress through the course.

Classroom activities will include: group and paired discussions of texts; communicative information gap/problem solving tasks; role-plays; mini-presentations; small-scale research and retrieval using the internet in a computer laboratory; analysing online language corpora.

There are obvious cross-curricular links between Technical English for Information Science and other subject areas within this degree programme. The language and skills acquired and developed are all transferable as is the use of many learning tools such as: the Internet, virtual libraries, online dictionaries, encyclopaedias and thesauri. Students will, nevertheless, be given guidance on how to navigate and use these in English.

Students will be encouraged to use email to communicate their ideas about language and research with the teacher and course colleagues outside the classroom context.

Tipo de avaliação

Componentes de Avaliação

Descrição	Tipo	Tempo (Horas)	Peso (%)	Data Conclusão
Aulas da disciplina (estimativa)	Participação presencial	60,00
Exame final	Exame	2,00
Preparação do estudo	Exame	73,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Obtenção de frequência

75% attendance obligatory. All tests and coursework compulsory.

Fórmula de cálculo da classificação final

According to FLUP regulations

Provas e trabalhos especiais

Oral presentation based on student's chosen area of interest and bibliography for continuous evaluation and final exam.

Avaliação especial (TE, DA, ...)

According to FLUP regulations

Melhoria de classificação

According to FLUP regulations

Observações

Classes will be given in English.