English C1.2

Code:

LLC060

Acronym:

IC1.2

Instance: 2012/2013 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Anglo-American Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LA	36	Study Plan - Applied Languages: Business Relations	3	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	58	Joint Lauguage Plan -Englis/German	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan - English/Spanish	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/English	3	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-English	3	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) With German	3	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) with Spanish	3	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) With French	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan -English/French	3	-	6	52	162
LRI	53	Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in History	3	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in German Studies	3	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in English Studies	3	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in Spanish Studies	3	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in French Studies	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

English

Objectives

By the end of C1.2 (Semester 6 of English Language) students should be able to do the following:

1. Communicate effectively, in terms of appropriacy, sensitivity and the capacity to deal with unfamiliar topics
2. Contribute effectively to classes and tutorials with a good degree of accuracy, fluency and range of expression, coping with abstract topics.
3. Read quickly enough to cope with an academic course, read the media for information and understand non-standard correspondence.
4. Prepare documents for job applications.
5. Dissect essay questions for meaning.

Program

C1.2 THEMES:

1. Innovations in Technology.
2. Crime and Punishment.
3 Carbon footprint.
4. English spelling and pronunciation.
5. Guilty feelings

C1.2 GRAMMAR: (see Yule, G. 2006 in bibliography)

1. Conditionals.
2. Adverbial clauses.
3. Connectors and Focus Structures.


C1.2 SKILLS WORK:

1. Listening: understand individuals and groups of speakers discussing abstract topics.
2. Reading: Anecdotes; Teleportation and force fields; Man's earliest footprints; Footwear and You.
3 Speaking: Tutorial participation skills. proposals for new laws; talking about guilt; discussing scientific breakthroughs; night owl or morning person.
4. Writing: Writing a discursive essay; writing a short report; writing a cover letter.

Mandatory literature

Macmillan, 2002; Macmillan E nglish Dictionary for Advanced Learners, Macmillan, 2002. ISBN: 0 - 333 99253 - 9
George Yule; Oxford Practice Grammar, Oxford English, 2006
Jones, Ceri; Bastow, Tania; Jeffries, Amanda; New inside Out Advanced, Macmillan, 2010. ISBN: 978-0-230-00927-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

A communicative approach with the emphasis on developing students' accuracy and fluency in written and spoken English

Software

Not applicable
Not applicable

keywords

Social sciences
Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
Escrito/Oral	Exame	10,00		2013-06-28
Ler um livro	Teste	20,00		2013-06-07
Trabalho em casa	Trabalho escrito	20,00		2013-06-05
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Estudos independentes	Estudo autónomo	56	2013-06-28
	Total:	56,00

Eligibility for exams

According to FLUP guidelines: 75% attendance.

Calculation formula of final grade

30 in class composition; 30/40 Use of English Test; 10 Listening; 20 Tutorial Discussion; 20 Final Oral. Pass mark: 10/20

Examinations or Special Assignments

Tutorials.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Worker Student Test in June.

The final oral will be absed on a novel, designated by the class teacher after consultation with the students. This novel MUST be read in its ENGLISH language version. Students who have not read an English language novel CANNOT do this oral.

Classification improvement

According to FLUP regulations

Observations

Classe work and evaluation will be conducted exclusively in English.
Worker students should maintain contact with their class teacher and colleagues in order to remain informed as to progress and dates for tests etc.