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English C1.2

Objectives

The student should be able to:

a) perform at a higher level C1 of the CEFR


b) have a strong increased intercultural awareness and a well developed knowledge of the culture/languagerelationship


c) begin to make a complex written text more accessible by writing it in a different genre and register


d) begin to clearly and fluently summarise a complex line of thought/ ideas in both written texts and listening texts


e) express him/herself fluently and spontaneously, with a very good degree of accuracy, contributing without majordifficulty to any discussion with few restrictions


f) begin to critically evaluate an online discussion / comments, expressing disagreement diplomatically, appropriatelydeal with communication problems and cultural issues, contributing effectively by expressing own ideas and opinions with precision

g) understand extended spoken discourse with few difficulties


h) know how to analyze and control the grammatical system of English


i) show increased autonomy

General characterization

Code

711121064

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

Zoe Jayne Taylor, Richard Denman Sidaway, Raquel Campos Ferreira da Silva, Eva Louise Kakoma

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 168

Teaching language

English

Prerequisites

N/A

Bibliography

Learning Resources Portfolio:


A portfolio of learning resources provided by the teacher, entailing a wide range ofreading texts that reflect current events, themes of common interest to students, and offer a range of text types:


Carter,R. & McCarthy, M. (2006) Cambridge Grammar of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press¸


Crowther, J. (2005)The Oxford Guide to British and American Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press¸


Foley, M. & Hill, D. (2003) AdvancedLearner´s Grammar. Harlow: Longman.


McCarthy, M., & O´Dell, F. (2002) English Vocabulary in Use. Advanced.Cambridge: Cambridge University Pres¸Vince,


M. & French, A. (2011) IELTS Language Practice: English Grammar andVocabulary. Oxford: Macmillan


 

Teaching method

Communicative and dialogic method with a task-based, intercultural approach, all of which seek to stimulateinteraction and promote increasingly autonomous learning, revolving around a series of topics. Discussion is a keyelement often preceded by reading or listening input and/or analysis and followed up by written work/further researchby students. Skills-based tasks require both linguistic and extra-linguistic competences. Inductive approach forextending grammatical and lexical knowledge.Frequent use of the internet and audio-visual means.

Evaluation method

Written assessments 50%; oral assessments and engagement with learning in class (which includes attendance) 50%


 

Subject matter

The course addresses current social and cultural topics of interest. A portfolio of learning resources, dictionaries, agrammar reference and online sources provide the course basis. This allows for the analysis of a range of literary,cultural and journalistic texts. TV and online programmes and films are used to focus on style, content, use oflanguage and intercultural competence. Learning and assessment tasks provide regular opportunities for written andspoken expression and development of language skills and knowledge, including:Writing – summaries;narrative/descriptive texts; discursive texts, Speaking – pronunciation; conversational strategies; discussion skills,Intercultural competence - identification, decoding & discussion of cultural references, Lexis – noun formation; multi-word verbs; collocation; word families, Grammar – verb phrase review; punctuation; prepositions; cohesion anddiscourse markers, Editing/revising - identifying and correcting linguistic errors.