English

Code:

MD1106

Acronym:

I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Modern languages

Instance: 2009/2010 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Mestrado Integrado
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master in Dental Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMD	84	PLANO OFICIAL 2007/2008 BOLONHA	1	-	2	36	54

Teaching language

English

Objectives

Our first aim is to provide first-year students with the basic skills necessary to deal with the literature they will be obliged to read in English as part of their course. As the skills in language learning cannot be entirely separated, the course will also require some speaking, listening and writing on the part of the students. Our second aim is to provide students with an introduction to Academic Writing (See below).

Program

1.Reading for general meaning
2.Reading for specific meaning
3.Identifying key points in a text
4.Dealing with difficult words; understanding word structure
5.Understanding how facts/ideas are connected in a text.
6.Understanding collocations
7.Finding related word forms and grouping words in semantic sets (glossaries)
8. Writing short academic texts. This will include writing a reports based on information presented in graphs or charts and summarising information presented in texts.


Bibliografia

Glendinning E.H. and Holmström B., Study Reading
2nd edition, Cambridge, C.U.P., 2004.
Grellet, Françoise Developing Reading Skills, Cambridge University Press. 1987
Cox, Kathy, Hill, David English for Academic Purposes Pearson/ Longman, 2004.

Mandatory literature

Grellet, Françoise; Developing Reading Skills, Cambridge University Press, 1987
Glendinning E.H. and Holmström B.; Study Reading 2nd edition, Cambridge, C.U.P., 2004
Cox, Kathy; Hill, David; English for Academic Purposes, Pearson/Longman, 2004

Teaching methods and learning activities

Texts (with a focus on scientific content) will be studied in class and a number of exercises and activities will be undertaken to help the students develop useful reading strategies.

This is a student-centred course in which students will be expected to participate actively. There will also be a certain amount of preparation and consolidation outside class hours.
Material to be used in class will mostly be provided by the teachers but students are expected to have access to a good quality mono-lingual English dictionary and a good quality English-Portuguese dictionary. They will be expected to build up their own glossaries of useful terms contained in the texts studied. Writing exercises will be approached as a group task.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Eligibility for exams

Attendance of at least 2/3 of the lessons.

Calculation formula of final grade

Tests during the semester: 45%; final exam: 45%; attendance and active participation in lessions: 10%.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According with the legal laws in the University of Porto

Classification improvement

The students may improve the final grade with a final exam in the appeal period. However, the mark of that exam only will be valid for 45% of the final classification. Any doubts will be explained by the teachers.