Inglês C2.1

Código:

MTSL013

Sigla:

IC2.1

Áreas Científicas
Classificação	Área Científica
OFICIAL	Línguas Estrangeiras

Ocorrência: 2013/2014 - 1S

Ativa?	Sim
Unidade Responsável:	Departamento de Estudos Anglo-Americanos
Curso/CE Responsável:	Mestrado em Tradução e Serviços Linguísticos

Ciclos de Estudo/Cursos

Sigla	Nº de Estudantes	Plano de Estudos	Anos Curriculares	Créditos UCN	Créditos ECTS	Horas de Contacto	Horas Totais
MTSL	23	MTSL - Plano de Estudos	1	-	6	60	162

Língua de trabalho

Inglês

Objetivos

To ensure that students: (a) are able to use appropriate style & register to write articles & letters in English for relevant contexts; (b) have a greater understanding of grammar at text & extended discourse level; (c) be able to use grammatical structures effectively and appropriately; (d) have enhanced their reading/writing skills for academic, employment & real-world purposes; (e) have extended their vocabulary bank & acquired specific vocabulary re topical issues & themes; (f) be able to deploy such vocabulary efficaciously for appropriate contexts; (g) have studied various text types - e.g. academic and business articles, both in English & Portuguese, and have practised writing effectively in these genres; (h) be able to use various corpora sites effectively; (i) have honed study & self-access skills so as to take more responsibility for own learning; (j) be able to deduce & discuss effectively, from a study of texts, writer's intended purpose & meaning, effectiveness of grammatical structures used, overall efficacy of the text under scrutiny; (k) have expanded knowledge of the English speaking world e.g. socio-cultural knowledge, appreciation of cultural diversity, etc.; l) have gained experience of using SDL Trados.

Resultados de aprendizagem e competências

Students by the end of the first semester will be used to working autonomously a a wide range of texts.  They should be able to identify different registers and purposes, as well as being able to summarise texts.

Modo de trabalho

Presencial

Programa

(1) Themes; pertinent & contemporary topics + articles & texts related to these. The History & Development of English; Standard English; Global English; English as a Lingua Franca; Pronunciation; Received Pronunciation & other accents; British English; acceptability/non-acceptability; etc. (2) Grammar study: (an inductive/descriptive, rather than prescriptive, approach will be followed, closely parallel to text analysis/study & writing skills). (3) Skills work will concentrate primarily on READING (e.g. text analysis & comparison), and WRITING (via regular homework assignments & class work). (4) Speaking will include class discussions & oral contributions, with practice in delivering speeches & discoursing from notes. (5) Various forms of Listening will be practised - e.g. Listening for gist & extended meaning, for specific information; critical listening; listening to lectures & note-taking; interpreting fairly complex arguments etc. (6) Practice will be given in writing academic English.

Bibliografia Obrigatória

Beth Levin; English Verb Classes and Alternations, 1993. ISBN: 0226475336
Metaphors We Live By; Lakoff George, Johnson Mark, 2003. ISBN: 0226468011

Bibliografia Complementar

Crystal David; A Little Book of Language, 2010. ISBN: 978 174223 197 6
Aitchison Jean; The Articulate Mammal, 1998. ISBN: 041516866X

Observações Bibliográficas

The teacher will discuss books on the booklist with students at the beginning of the course. Material to be worked on in class will be made available for download on the first day of the course

Métodos de ensino e atividades de aprendizagem

Theoretical/practical; personal tutorials; computer-based work; whole class participation & group activities; self-access study.

Software

Await further instructions

Palavras Chave

Humanidades > Ciências da linguagem > Línguas > Línguas modernas > Línguas europeias

Tipo de avaliação

Avaliação distribuída sem exame final

Componentes de Avaliação

Designação	Peso (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Prova oral	30,00
Teste	50,00
Total:	100,00

Componentes de Ocupação

Designação	Tempo (Horas)
Elaboração de projeto	42,00
Estudo autónomo	60,00
Frequência das aulas	60,00
Total:	162,00

Obtenção de frequência

According to the criteria in force at FLUP

Fórmula de cálculo da classificação final

Presentation of theme related to translation studies: 45% Test, including summary writing: 45% Participation: 10%

Provas e trabalhos especiais

If necessary.

Avaliação especial (TE, DA, ...)

If necessary.

Melhoria de classificação

According to the norms in force at FLUP

Observações

Language of instruction: English