Programme, assessment criteria and semester plan,

1 Outubro 2020, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Programme, assessment criteria and semester plan: a video about this was sent to all students.The links to the Zoom classes and tutorials will be emailed to all students.REMINDER: first in-house class is on Tuesday, 6th September.

English B1.2 level (Strong Threshold)

Lecturers 

Eduarda Melo Cabrita (TP4)

Email address: mcabrita1@campus.ul.pt

Isabel Ferro Mealha (TP1 & TP2)

Email address: isabelmealha@campus.ul.pt 

Programme and assessment rules

1. Learning outcomes 

The course will follow the objectives for the Strong Threshold Level (B1.2) outlined in the Council of Europe document Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF). At the end of the semester, the student will be able to maintain interaction and communicate effectively in a range of contexts and cope flexibly with problems in everyday life and use an enhanced exchange of information on topics of a more abstract nature, such as writing an email and a letter of advice, summarising and giving his/her opinion about a short story, article, talk, discussion, interview, or documentary and answering further questions of detail.  

2. Syllabus

The student will develop language competencies with regard to 

Reading: the student will be able to understand texts that consist of high frequency everyday or job-related language; s/he will be able to read articles/reports concerned with contemporary problems and literary prose; 

Writing: the student will be able to incorporate paragraphs and sentences into an essay; s/he will be able to describe people/characters and places; s/he will be able to master the essential discursive essay technique and describe fictional events; Speaking: the student will be able to narrate a story or relate the plot of a book/film and to describe his/her reactions; s/he will be able to argue different ideas about a short story, a book or a film; 

Listening: the student will be able to understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters; s/he will be able to understand the main point of radio or TV news and current affairs programmes as well as films in standard dialect. 

3. Teaching methodologies (including evaluation)

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

• first test 20%; 
• second test  30%; 
• oral and written task-based assignments 50%, consisting of 

• oral presentation 20%;
• in-class assignments and active participation 25% 
• attendance 5% 

The oral presentation is an individual assignment that will consist in a 5-minute speech, spoken from notes, NOT read. Each student will choose the date of the oral presentation from a set of proposed dates. Topic: presenting a book, film, painting or speaking on a given topic.

First test                         TP1 & TP2 on 27th October 2020 (Isabel Ferro Mealha)

                                        TP4 on 28th October 2020 (Eduarda Melo Cabrita)

Second test                    TP1 & TP2 on 24th November 2020 (Isabel Ferro Mealha)

                                         TP4 on 25th November 2020 (Eduarda Melo Cabrita)

In case one of the turmas is split into group A and group B, the first test shall be held on 27th and 29th October (TP1 and TP2), and 27th and 28th October (TP4).

In case one of the turmas is split into group A and group B, the second test shall be held on 24th and 26th November (TP1 and TP2), and 24th and 25th November (TP4).

Since assessment will be conducted on a regular basis, any task that is not submitted when due and/or any form of plagiarism will be given a zero. Any student who fails to do one of the above-mentioned tests/tasks will be given a zero. Worker students may opt for continuous assessment (in which case they will have to comply with all the assessment criteria set for regular students) OR sit the Época Especial de Avaliação examination. The examination will focus on the contents of the syllabus adopted for this level. 

5.  Bibliography

• B1.2 Workbook 2020-2021 (First Semester) available from Reprografia Verde. Compulsory: please make sure you have your workbook in every class.
• Swan, Michael. 2005. Practical English Usage. 3rd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (optional)
• The Longman Dictionary Of Contemporary English. For Advanced Learners. 2009. 5th edition. Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education Limited. (optional)
• Extra materials may be sent by email.

ATTENDANCE 

In accordance with FLUL's Regulations, attendance is compulsory for both Zoom and in-house classes (please remember that your camera must be turned on during  Zoom sessions). For exceptions, please check the Regulamento geral de avaliação da faculdade de letras da universidade de Lisboa (RGA, FLUL) at http://www.letras.ulisboa.pt/pt/sobre-a-flul/legislacao/normas-e-regulamentos/faculdade-de-letras-da-universidade-de-lisboa/181--133/file.

Absence from class does not excuse you from submitting work or actively participating in the following class. If absence is due to illness or other emergency, please submit a doctor’s note or any other appropriate documentation within the following ten working days (see section 4, paragraph 2, RGA, FLUL).

Please be punctual and do not use cell phones in class. Texting, emailing, 'surfing' the web in class, posting on social media is extremely disrupting to other students, and a waste of your time in class. Students who are found disruptive of other students' learning will be asked to leave the room or removed from the Zoom class.

TEACHER/STUDENT COMMUNICATION

Teacher and students will communicate via institutional email addresses only. You should make sure that you (a) give a correct institutional individual email address; (b) check your institutional email on a regular basis. Please do not send your emails after 6 p.m. on the day before each class. 

TUTORIALS

A weekly tutorial is available on Monday between 

• 11:30h-12:30h for TP1 and TP2;  and 
• 12:00h-13:00h for TP4.

The Zoom link for the one-hour tutorials will be provided to all students by email. Please note that tutorials are made by appointment. This means that you must email your teacher beforehand saying on which Monday  you would like to have a tutorial.

Semester plan* (TP1 and TP2) Isabel Ferro Mealha

1 October	5 October	6 October	8 October	12 October
THURSDAY  Programme and assessment rules	ZOOM class HOLIDAY	TUESDAY  Unit 1	THURSDAY  Unit 1	ZOOM class Unit 1
13 October	15 October	19 October	20 October	22 October
TUESDAY  Unit 1	THURSDAY  Unit 1	ZOOM class Unit 1	TUESDAY  Unit 1	THURSDAY  UNIT 2
26 October	27 October	29 October	2 November	3 November
ZOOM class UNIT 2	TUESDAY  1st test	THURSDAY UNIT 2	ZOOM class UNIT 2	TUESDAY  UNIT 2
5 November	9 November	10 November	12 November	16 November
THURSDAY  UNIT 2	ZOOM class UNIT 2	TUESDAY  UNIT 3	THURSDAY  UNIT 3	ZOOM class UNIT 3
17 November	19 November	23 November	24 November	26 November
TUESDAY  UNIT 3	THURSDAY  UNIT 3	ZOOM class Oral presentations	TUESDAY  2nd test	THURSDAY  UNIT 3
30 November	1 December	3 December	7 December	8 December
ZOOM class Oral presentations	TUESDAY  HOLIDAY	THURSDAY  UNIT 3	ZOOM class Oral presentations	TUESDAY  HOLIDAY
10 December	14 December	15 December	17 December
THURSDAY  UNIT 3	ZOOM Oral presentations	TUESDAY UNIT 3	THURSDAY  END OF SEMESTER

*This plan is just indicative of the work we will carry out throughout the semester. Alterations shall be made in accordance with the work done in each class.