Sumários
Programme presentation
17 Setembro 2024, 08:00 • Tânia Joesephine Gregg Lopes da Silva
Discussion of the programme and assessment criteria:
Introduction to B2.2 English
16 Setembro 2024, 14:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio
Today's lesson was just an introduction to the course.
Presentations; Assessment; Semester Planning
16 Setembro 2024, 12:30 • Ana Rita Martins
ENGLISH B2.2 (STRONG VANTAGE)
2024/2025 – First Semester
TP2
Ana Rita Martins (anaritasilva@edu.ulisboa.pt)
1. OBJECTIVES
This course aims at:
§ consolidating English structures;
§ improving the students’ ability to understand and
interpret literary texts and appreciate their literary value;
§ enabling students to both communicate spontaneously
and at ease with other fluent/proficient speakers of the language;
§ allowing students to explain a viewpoint on a
non-topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options;
§ developing students’ writing and argumentative skills.
These aims will be achieved by means of
specific written and oral activities, which will serve as the basis for
continuous assessment. These activities will include:
§ Reading: Short stories, newspaper articles will be
selected for in-class discussions and activities. A novel will also be read
independently and discussed in class;
§ Academic Writing: ‘For & Against’ essays;
Argumentative essays;
§ Speaking: Expressing and defending viewpoints on
previously selected topics in formal debates;
§ Listening: Talks, documentaries and short videos on relevant topics will be screened and discussed.
2. ASSESSMENT AND GRADING SYSTEM
Assessment will be continuous, and will
consist of the following:
§ Grammar Test: 15%
§ ‘For & Against’ Essay: 20%
§ Oxford Union-Style Debate: 20%
§ Written Test: 25%
§ Attendance & Participation (incl. 5-minute debate): 20%
2.1. Date for the Grammar Test: November 25
2.2. Date for the ‘For & Against’ Essay: November 4
2.3. Dates for the 5-minute debates: October 11 & 25 | November 15, 29 | December 2
2.4. Dates for the Oxford Union-Style Debates: December 16 & 20, 2024 || January 6 & 10, 2025
2.5. Date for the Written Test: December 13
3. BIBLIOGRAPHY
§ B2.2 Coursebook (a collection of essays, articles and
stories) will be made available online.
§ Novel: I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
§ Dictionaries: students are expected to have at least one of the following dictionaries:
o Cambridge International Dictionary of English
o Collins Cobuild Dictionary of English Language
o Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture
o Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current
English
o The New Penguin English Dictionary
4. CLASSROOM POLICIES
4.1. Plagiarism
§ Plagiarism is the act of using somebody else’s ideas
and work as your own in either written or oral work and constitutes a very
serious academic offence. Work found to be plagiarised will immediately get zero.
§ Make sure you are well acquainted with the FLUL
Assessment Regulations with regards to fraud and plagiarism.
§ As stated in the School of Arts and Humanities
Assessment Regulations published on the FLUL website, students are required to
comply with 100% attendance. Absence must be justified up to 10 days after a
class has been missed.
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If you miss a class,
make sure you refer to the Course Calendar or get in touch with one of your
classmates to find out what preparation is required for the next class. You can
also access the class summaries online (see your Fénix account).
§ Classes start five minutes after the hour. Your
presence and arrival on time is essential and will be reflected on your final
mark — being late not only disturbs class but is also a sign of disrespect for
your classmates and your teacher.
§ Students who are absent on the set test date will not
get a chance to sit the test on another date. Arrangement of alternative test
dates is subject to the student’s submission of a medical certificate/formal
justification.
§ Please turn the sound off your mobile phone at the
beginning of every class and keep it away from your desk.
§ If you are seen using a mobile phone during a test,
your test will be taken away and will be graded as zero.
§ Active participation in both class and group
discussions is not only reflected in your final mark but it also ensures you
develop fluency and confidence.
§ This is an English language course. Do not speak
Portuguese in class with either your classmates or your teacher.
§ The following are called ‘special dispensations’ and
cover medical problems, personal or medical problems arising from disability,
extreme personal and family problems, force majeure and work-related problems.
a. A student
should contact me at the earliest opportunity if they cannot meet the deadline
and ask for permission for late submission in advance of the deadline. The
student’s request should be accompanied or followed by medical evidence or
other documentation where appropriate;
b. I will then inform you of whether you can hand in work
after the deadline.
§ TP2: Mondays [C008] & Fridays [C134.A], 12:30-2:00pm
§ Office Hours: Wednesdays | 12:30-2:00pm [online]