Code: | MEIEFA021 | Acronym: | I_I |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | Foreign Languages |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Department of Anglo-American Studies |
Course/CS Responsible: | Teaching English and Foreign Languages in the 3rd cycle of Basic Education and in Secondary Education, with specialties in Spanish or French or German |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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MEIEFA | 14 | MEIEFA - Study Plan | 2 | - | 3 | 21,5 | 81 |
MEPIEFA | 10 | MEPIEFA - Study Plan | 2 | - | 3 | 21,5 | 81 |
The main aims are:
1) to develop students' awareness of pedagogic grammar and an understanding of how to apply this knowledge in the classroom;
2) to anticipate and discuss learner difficulties in the areas specified in the programme below, and consider appropriate strategies for dealing with these problem areas;
3) to analyse national documents for the teaching of English in relation to the content areas of this course;
4) to encourage students to reflect on their teaching contexts and relate theory to practice.
By the end of this course unit, students will:
1) have developed their knowledge and understanding of the English language (grammar and phonology) in theory, and an ability to apply this knowledge in practice and when reflecting on their teaching contexts;
2) have improved their awareness of the contents of the Portuguese national programmes for English ;
3) have developed their ability to identify and diagnose the cause of learner difficulties with the English language (in the areas specified in the syllabus below) and developed strategies to overcome these difficulties;
4) have developed their ability to conduct small-scale classroom investigation into overcoming a language difficulty of a learner in their teaching contexts.
Students may only do this subject if they are in the second year of the masters degree and are doing the practicum.
This is the first in a two-part systemic analysis of the English language (see English II). The focus is on the theory and implications for practice in school contexts of the following areas of the English language:
1) Phonology: individual sounds, sounds in combination; word stress; sentence stress; shifting stress; rhythm; intonation; connected speech;
2) Orthography: punctuation, spelling;
3) Words and word classes: nouns, adjectives, adverbs, articles, determiners, quantifiers, comparatives and superlatives, prepositions;
4) Analysis of the contents of Portuguese national programmes for English;
5) Errors in English language learning (significance, causes, categories);
6) Small-scale action research into learner errors and possible solutions to overcome them.
The course syllabus mixes theoretical input from the teacher (and students) with practical group work, micro-teaching, individual research and private study. Active participation is encouraged. Assessment is continual with no final exam. Students are assigned an area of the syllabus to research. They present the underlying theory and conduct peer micro-teaching of this given area. They also conduct small-scale classroom research in their teaching contexts. This involves identifying and categorizing the language problems of a student in one of their practicum classes over a series of lessons and developing strategies for overcoming one of these problems. Students also do a written test related to the content of the course syllabus. The medium of instruction of the course and assessment procedures are in English.
Designation | Weight (%) |
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Prova oral | 20,00 |
Teste | 40,00 |
Trabalho de campo | 40,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designation | Time (hours) |
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Estudo autónomo | 30,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 26,00 |
Trabalho de campo | 25,00 |
Total: | 81,00 |
All students are required to attend 75% of classes, with exceptions according to FLUP regulations. Official worker students are not required to attend lessons but must take all components of continual evaluation on the dates specified in the course timetable.
Written test: 40%
Coursework assignments: 40%
Presentation/micro-teaching: 20%
NOTE: Absence from any element of evaluation without written justification from official sources (medical or otherwise) will lead to a mark of 0 (zero) being attributed to that element.
Fieldwork in practicum school.
Not applicable.
According to FLUP criteria.