Introduction to classes: Aims and Assessment

21 Setembro 2015, 14:00 • David Alan Prescott

1. Aims of Course

 

The overall aim of this semester unit in English B2.1 will be to allow students to show that they are of the standard required to pass to the level of B2.2.

Textual analysis will lead to oral and written work of relevance. This analysis should not only be receptive; thus there will be the presenting of some help towards students adopting a critical approach towards the texts chosen, as well as teaching around the matters contained in the excerpts for discussion.

 

2. Specific Approach

 

Classroom activity will be centred on textual analysis and discussion, preparing and writing an essay and a comprehension or project, and grammar teaching on matters arising.

 

3. Length of Course

 

The length of the course will be between 50 and 60 teaching hours.

 

4. Assessment

 

Assessment will be based on two written exercises, either in class or including the project work. At least one work will be in class. Presence and participation in classroom activity is also of great importance. These make up three elements for final assessment. Between the two written works, the essay will obviously carry heavier weighting. Anyone who wishes to opt for the project work INSTEAD OF the essay in class must hand it in ONE WEEK AFTER the date of the exercise in class. Failure to do so will result in no mark.

 

The project work will be on the subjects in the texts for discussion. The project should be presented in the manner of a long essay, containing about five A4 sides, at 1.5 spaces, size Arial or Courier 12. It should contain a bibliography where used. Students who opt for this choice should inform me beforehand for approval of their individual approach to the subject they wish to write about.

 

No one will be failed for not attending classes, but, obviously, lack of attendance should naturally lead to some difficulty in following the course and in completing the exercises required.

 

Working students are advised to inform me of their situation, to acquire this anthology, and to remain in touch with the issues covered during the semester. If such students complete the exercises in class, it would be extremely wise to attend those classes during which I explain the mistakes made.

 

5. Bibliography and Dictionaries

 

A workbook available in the form of photocopies;

Any and as many as possible Eng-Port /Port-Eng Dictionaries;

Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language