Assessment & Programme
25 Janeiro 2021, 14:00 • Ana Rita Martins
Assessment & Programme
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 develop clear, detailed descriptions on a wide range of subjects in most fields of interest as well as explain a viewpoint on a non-topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options;
§ developing students’ writing and argumentative skills.
1.1. 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 & magazine articles will be selected for in-class discussions and activities. A novel will also be read independently and discussed in class;
§ Academic Writing: Descriptive, literary & ‘for and against’ essays;
§ Speaking: Expressing and defending viewpoints on previously selected topics in formal in-house 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:
§ In-House Essay: 25%
§ Written test: 30%
§ In-house debate: 25%
§ Attendance & Participation: 20%
2.1. Dates for the In-House Essay: March 10 or March 17
2.2. Dates for the Oxford-Style Debates:
March 3 | March 24 | April 9 | April 23 | May 12 & 14
NB:
§ Each group will be assigned one of the dates to do their in-house debate;
If you do not come to class on the day you are meant to do your in-house essay or participate in the group debate, you will get 0.
2.3. Dates for the Written Test: April 28 or May 5
3. BIBLIOGRAPHY
§ The course book will be made available at the Green photocopy shop and online (see ULisboa’s e-learning website).
§ Compulsory reading: The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas
Some Internet sites where books may be purchased: www.bookdepository.co.uk www.amazon.co.uk www.amazon.es
§ Dictionaries: students are expected to have at least one of the following dictionaries:
Cambridge International Dictionary of English
§ Collins Cobuild Dictionary of English Language
§ Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture
§ Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English
§ The New Penguin English Dictionary
Link to Zoom classes:
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