Oral and Written CommunicationTechniques I

Mastery of the Portuguese language in terms of its rules or grammatical structures, as well as knowledge of the importance of communication in any organization, are essential for successfully completing this curricular unit.

As this is a theoretical-practical curricular unit, regular attendance and the active and critical participation of students will be strongly requested during classes, with moments of an expository nature, the responsibility of the teacher, alternating with practical exercises carried out by the students.

Real situations of communication and oral and written expression will be analyzed.

OBJECTIVES/AIMS

The curricular unit of Oral and Written Communication Techniques I has as its primary objective to develop the linguistic competence of students, with a view to better communicative proficiency, providing knowledge and the development of technical and communication skills for the effective performance of the functions of a professional management and administration secretariat in a dynamic and demanding context.

SKILLS TO BE DEVELOPED 

This curricular unit aims for students to be able to develop and improve oral and written expression techniques and skills in Portuguese.

In this way, we seek to answer a diverse set of questions, such as:

• Emphasize the importance of written and oral communication in the exercise of citizenship;
• Conceive the Portuguese language as a way of accessing other ways of thinking, other ways of representing the world and human relationships;
• Develop and deepen grammatical, discursive and sociocultural skills (with relevance in correcting and enriching oral and written speech);
• Acquire oral and written communication and expression techniques in order to act effectively in the most varied situations of use.

I.          Communication

1. Communicative act – interactive act:

1.1  Components of the communicative act;

1.2  Conditioning factors of the communicative act.

2. The functions of communication.

II.         Communication and oral expression

Specificity of the oral mode – from spontaneous speech to prepared speech.

III.        Communication and written expression

1. Stages of the writing process: planning, textualization and review;

2. Constitutive principles of the text: coherence, cohesion and connection.

Evaluation can be continuous or final.

Continuous assessment consists of:

1. Group work/project, with oral/in-class presentation - 6 points;

2. Individual work (written) - 4 points;

3. Written and oral assignments/exercises, to be carried out in class - 10 points.

Final assessment consists of a written test (60%) and an oral test (40%).

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