Unidade Curricular | Course Unit 

Inglês no Mundo das Artes (C2)/English in the World of the Arts (C2) 

Código da Unidade Curricular | Course ID  

ENG3.12286 

ECTS | Credits 6 

Ciclo de Estudos 1º 

Semester 2nd 

Instructor Katie Gray Craven 

Language of instruction English 

Course description 

This syllabus incorporates the CEFR guidelines for Academic English at a C2 level. It will focus on acquiring and practicing the vocabulary and structures necessary to reflect critically on ourselves, our writing and artistic content throughout the World of the Arts.  

In groups, students will prepare a glossary for analyzing a wide range of arts and then apply that vocabulary to the critique of their own writing, that of their colleagues and a series of different genres of art. At least one field trip will be required (potential exemption for worker-students). In addition, a variety of writing exercises at the C2 level will be completed to widen students’ range of written and spoken language in a range of registers.  

Grading and Assessment (in language of instruction) 

A student-centered teaching approach will be used following a task-based methodology.  

10% - Group Project – Vocabulary for Reviewing Art Forms 

15% - Review Diary – 5 reviews of five different art forms.  Peer review. 

15% - At-home composition perfecting one of the diary reviews to publication standard. 

15% - Oral Presentation (8-10m). “I was surprised to find…”  

20 % - Final Test (1 Review, Vocabulary and Grammar)  

10% - CPE Reading and Use of English, parts 2, 3, 4 and 5.  

15% - Continuous Assessment – Attendance, class participation, homework, group work, and preparation of readings.    

Readings (selection)