Sumários
First Warm-up Activities
25 Janeiro 2024, 15:30 • Ana Rita Martins
First warm-up Activity: Writing Prompts
Ted talk 1
24 Janeiro 2024, 15:30 • Daniel Gregg Lopes da Silva
"Do schools kill creativity" by Sir Ken Robinson: gap fill exercise
Auxiliaries
24 Janeiro 2024, 14:00 • Alexis Hannah Somerville
-The Twilight Zone video listening
Ted talk 1
24 Janeiro 2024, 11:00 • Daniel Gregg Lopes da Silva
"Do schools kill creativity" by Sir Ken Robinson: gap fill exercise
Presentations; Assessment; Semester Planning
23 Janeiro 2024, 15:30 • Ana Rita Martins
COURSE PROGRAMME
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.
§ 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: 15%
§ Oxford
Union-Style Debate: 25%
§ Written
Test: 25%
§ Attendance
& Participation (incl. 5-minute debate): 20%
2.1.
Date for the Grammar Test: APRIL
4 2.2.
Date for the ‘For & Against’ Essay: MARCH
14 2.3.
Dates for the 5-minute debates: FEBRUARY
15 & 22 | MARCH 5 & 19 2.4.
Dates for the Oxford Union-Style Debates: APRIL
2, 16 & 30 | MAY 2 2.5.
Date for the Written Test: APRIL 23 § B2.2
Coursebook (a collection of essays, articles and stories) will be made
available online. § 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 Schedule
& Room § TP7:
Tuesday (room: C248.B) & Thursday (room: C248.B)
| 3.30-5.00pm § Office
Hours: Wednesday (3.30-4.30pm)