Lecture 3: Academic literacy and vertical discourse

4 Fevereiro 2019, 10:00 • Carlos Gouveia

The notion of literacy. Academic literacy and professional development. Bernstein’s notions of horizontal  and vertical discourse. Academic discourse as vertical discourse. Horizontal knowledge structures and hierarchical knowledge structures in vertical discourse: the social sciences and the humanities vs the sciences.

Lecture 2: Spoken vs. written language.

30 Janeiro 2019, 12:00 • Carlos Gouveia

Spoken & Written language as two distinct semiotic modes of meaning. Lexical density and grammatical intricacy as means to distinguish the two modes. The relevance of the written mode in academic life. The notion of grammatical metaphor.

Lecture 2: Spoken vs. written language.

30 Janeiro 2019, 10:00 • Carlos Gouveia

Spoken & Written language as two distinct semiotic modes of meaning. Lexical density and grammatical intricacy as means to distinguish the two modes. The relevance of the written mode in academic life. The notion of grammatical metaphor.

Lecture 1: Introduction to the course

28 Janeiro 2019, 12:00 • Carlos Gouveia

What the course is about. Introduction to the course and to some organizational aspects concerning its normal processing and development. Presentation and characterization of the following items: “Syllabus; “Course Schedule and Content”, “Assessment Criteria” and “e-learning page”. The documents "Syllabus", "Course schedule and Content" and "Assessment” are available on the e-learning page of the course.

The assessment criteria, as described in the document “Assessment” are as follow: 1. Attendance: 5 %. 2. Participation: 10 %; 3. Mid-semester test: 30 %
4. expositive text (A4 page) with the contents of one of the topics for the lectures – 25 %; 5. final essay (group work: 3 people) or final test – 30 %.

Lecture 1: Introduction to the course

28 Janeiro 2019, 10:00 • Carlos Gouveia

What the course is about. Introduction to the course and to some organizational aspects concerning its normal processing and development. Presentation and characterization of the following items: “Syllabus; “Course Schedule and Content”, “Assessment Criteria” and “e-learning page”. The documents "Syllabus", "Course schedule and Content" and "Assessment” are available on the e-learning page of the course.

The assessment criteria, as described in the document “Assessment” are as follow: 1. Attendance: 5 %. 2. Participation: 10 %; 3. Mid-semester test: 30 %
4. expositive text (A4 page) with the contents of one of the topics for the lectures – 25 %; 5. final essay (group work: 3 people) or final test – 30 %.