Presentation of programme, evaluation criteria and the authors to be worked with this semester

16 Setembro 2019, 16:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Watched and discussed online interviews with the 3 authors (Mohsin Hamid, Margaret Atwood and Evelyn Conlon) where they discussed themes presented in their novels. 

Programme

Students will participate in activities that facilitate the capacity to achieve the requisite level of fluency and accuracy for all four language skills at this level; to read, appraise and criticize texts of different kinds – literary, journalistic, philosophical, etc.; to have an understanding of appropriate register; to recognize and use a variety of idiomatic expressions as well as more complex syntactic constructions; to produce clear, coherent and cohesive written texts; to be able to discuss abstract/philosophical ideas. Specific tasks include:

Consolidation of advanced grammatical structures and essay writing techniques

Specific writing: summary writing and introduction to descriptive and narrative structures in literary writing

Exposure to resources in varied media

Reading and discussion of a set contemporary novel

Preparation of student led discussion on literary texts

A formal oral presentation of technical aspects or relevant content of the contemporary novel read during the semester.

EVALUATION: 

As teaching will be task-based and interactive a system of continuous evaluation with specific moments of written and oral evaluation will be applied.

These will include:

Written Assignments 20%:  one argumentative essay (10%) and either an academic summary of a research article or a detailed close reading analysis of a literary text (10%)

Oral Presentation based on set novel 20%

Attendance and Participation in set class activities – which must include prepared presentations of literary texts and/or research articles; close reading of literary texts; prepared discussant of oral presentations: 20%     

Final Written Test: 40% 

Mandatory Course Reading One of the following novels:

Atwood, Margaret (1996) [1985] The Handmaid’s Tale, UK: Vintage Books.

Conlon, Evelyn (2013) Not the Same Sky, Ireland: Wakefield Press.

Hamid, Mohsin (2017) Exit West, UK: Penguin Books.

Bibliography 

Beecher Martins, Cecilia C1. 2 Course Book Red Photo Copy Shop, 2019

Donovan, Melissa Adventures in Writing: 101 Creative Exercises, San Francisco: Swan Hatch Press, 2011.

Evans, Virginia. CPE Use of English Student's Book, UK: Express Publishing, 2017.

Le Guin, Ursula. Words Are My Matter: Writings about Life and Books, USA: Small Beer Press, 2016.

Wendig, Chuck. Damn Fine Story: Mastering the Tools of a Powerful Narrative, USA: Writer's Digest Books, 2017.

Introduction to the course

16 Setembro 2019, 12:00 • Zuzanna Zarebska

Introduction to the course: texts, themes and requirements.

Lesson 1

16 Setembro 2019, 10:00 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- Introduction to the course

Syllabus and Assessment criteria

16 Setembro 2019, 08:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

email address : mcabrita1@campus.ul.pt

Syllabus.

Assessment criteria.

Students will be assessed on oral and written work. Weighting will be as follows:

writing test                                                     50%

individual participation in debates                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 will be given a zero. Any form of plagiarism (including representing anyone's work as your own or receiving any unauthorised assistance) will be equivalent to a fail in C1.2.

 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 an examination to be held after the end of the first semester, between 13-17 January 2020. The examination will focus on the contents of the syllabus adopted for English.

 

 Semester calendar

The writing test will be held on 16 December. Dates for debates set in the semester plan may be altered in accordance with the work done in class.

 

Student's Course Book and bibliography

A Student's Course Book will be available from the green photocopy house at the beginning of the first week of classes. Students are expected to have dictionaries and grammar reference books appropriate for their level.

Tutorials

Tutorials are made by appointment with the teacher by email.