Sumários
About you
19 Setembro 2022, 09:30 • Alexis Hannah Somerville
Getting to know each other
Reading, Asking Questions and Speaking skills
15 Setembro 2022, 17:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins
Students read a test on holidays and then asked each other a series of set questions on the subject. They then presented a summary of the information they had obtained from colleagues to the class.
Hometown descriptions
15 Setembro 2022, 09:30 • Alexis Hannah Somerville
Presentation of Program and Evaluation Criteria
13 Setembro 2022, 17:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins
English B1.1 TP1 2022-2023
Pre-requirement for enrolment: All students in this Curricular Unit must have been
placed in the B1.1 level by a FLUL Placement Test.
Objectives: At the end of this UC, students will be expected to
understand the main points of clear, standard input on familiar matters. They
will be able to deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in
an area where the English language is spoken in simple but appropriately
connected speech on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. They
will also be able to produce simple written texts in English that demonstrate
their knowledge of English sentence structures, correct subject-verb agreement,
as well as punctuation and capitalization rules.
Programme: While following the CEFR (Common European
Framework of Reference for Languages) guideline for Academic English
at a B1.1 level, the requirements and expectations of language learning at a
School of Arts and Humanities have also been taken into considered in the
construction of the course programme.
In
terms of reading and writing skills, students
will analyse and discuss a variety of short,
level-appropriate biographical and flash fiction texts to gain awareness of
correct linguistic structures (e.g., sentence structure, verb tense
progression, prepositions, appropriate use of adjectives) in use.
Following the discussion if these exemplifying texts,
they will be introduced to innovative writing techniques such as reflective
writing and free writing to develop confidence and fluency in writing before
moving on to produce their own short written texts.
Students will also be provided with a series of
self-study exercises that cover the major grammatical points of this CU and
lessons/tutorials will be dedicated to these when necessary.
In terms of listening and speaking skills, students will first be introduced to phonetic
pronunciation in English using the methods and audio materials presented by Ann
Baker in Ship
or Sheep? (2007) and other audio and video
resources. They will then
follow the procedures used in the Cambridge English B1 Academic Speaking
Examination to further develop their speaking, listening and discussion
skills.
Grading and assessment: A student-centred approach with a task-based
methodology will be used. Therefore, there will be multi moments of evaluation
all of which will be annotated in the calendar
Final Written Test: 40%
Two written in-class assignments: 20% (10% each)
Speaking Test: 20%
Attendance, course work and participation: 20%
Bibliography (selection) Baker, Ann. Ship or Sheep?
An intermediate pronunciation course 3rd Ed. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Dahl, Roald. Revolting Rhymes. Puffin
Books. 2009.
Evans, Virginia, Successful Writing: Intermediate.
Express Publishing, 2000.
Keret, Etgar.
The Girl on the Fridge. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 2008.
Murphy, Raymond, Essential Grammar in Use, 4th
Ed. Cambridge University Press, 2015.