Base Knowledge
Non applicable
Teaching Methodologies
The teaching-learning process is based on a combination of activities that use diverse typologies of methods appropriate to each type of content: – Oral presentation of contents which are required to attain basic skills, in interactive theoretical and practical classes; – Reading and analysis of various types of texts for the acquisition of vocabulary on topics related to daily life, agriculture and environment; – Exercises of application of this vocabulary; – Grammar review activities; – Preparation of project work under guidance; – Oral presentation and discussion of work carried out individually and/or in groups.
Learning Results
1. To read and comprehend specialized texts; To identify extended speech and discourse in different media; To infer technical and semi-technical words from context
2. To carry out bibliographical research on specific topics; To organize glossaries on particular topics; To use current and semi-technical vocabulary.
3. To write clearly a wide variety of texts; To characterise, classify, and define proficiently in a wide variety of contexts; To use correctly English linguistics and grammar.
4. To give guided presentations
Program
1. Daily life, personal profile, academic activities, professional careers; different cultures.
2. Describing plants, animals and objects; botany and agriculture basics; landscapes.
3. Environmental issues.
4. Grammar: verb tenses; nouns; pronouns; adjectives; prepositions
Grading Methods
- - Oral presentation - 40.0%
- - Written test - 60.0%
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Answers.com – Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and much more. Disponível em WWW:URL:http://www.answers.com.
MURPHY, R (2004)-English Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
REDMAN, S (2003)-English Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
SINCLAIR, JM (1998)-Collins English Dictionary. Millennium Edition. Glasgow: Harper Collins.