First Warm-up Activities

25 Janeiro 2024, 15:30 • Ana Rita Martins

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First warm-up Activity: Writing Prompts

Speaking Activities: Just a minute! 

Ted talk 1

24 Janeiro 2024, 15:30 • Daniel Gregg Lopes da Silva

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"Do schools kill creativity" by Sir Ken Robinson: gap fill exercise

Auxiliaries

24 Janeiro 2024, 14:00 • Alexis Hannah Somerville

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-The Twilight Zone video listening

Ted talk 1

24 Janeiro 2024, 11:00 • Daniel Gregg Lopes da Silva

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"Do schools kill creativity" by Sir Ken Robinson: gap fill exercise

Presentations; Assessment; Semester Planning

23 Janeiro 2024, 15:30 • Ana Rita Martins

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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

 NB: §  If you do not come to class on the day you are meant to do your in-house written assessment or participate in the group debate, you will get zero.

 

2.5. Date for the Written Test:        APRIL 23                  

 3. BIBLIOGRAPHY

§  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)