Key features of legal English

20 Setembro 2017, 10:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

   Key features of legal English

Assessment criteria and guidelines

18 Setembro 2017, 10:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

Pursuant to the Regulamento Geral de Avaliação da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, students will be assessed throughout the semester on oral and written work.  Weighting will be as follows:

writing test                                                                                                               50%

individual participation in debate(s)                                                                         20%

oral, written task-based assignments  and active participation in class                    25% 

attendance                                                                                                                    5%

Since assessment will be conducted on a regular basis, any task that is not submitted when due and/or any form of plagiarism (including representing anyone's work as your own or receiving any authorised assistance) will be given a zero.

Worker students, please note that you may opt for continuous assessment (in which case you will have to comply with all the assessment criteria set for regular students) OR sit an examination to be held in January 2018. The examination will focus on the contents of the syllabus adopted for Legal English .

Semester calendar

The writing test will be held on December 11. Set dates for debates are October 16, November 15. and December 13. Alterations to the above dates shall be made in accordance with work carried out in class.

A Student's Workbook will be made available from one of the red photocopy house