English II

Base Knowledge

Students should have B1 general English level

Teaching Methodologies

Reading skill: reading between the lines, multiple matching, gapped texts of paragraphs, jigsaw reading
Listening skill: multiple choice, multiple matching, note taking, true/false, comprehension questions
Oral skill: role play and working in pairs

Learning Results

1. Improve language skills aiming for B2 level
2. Improve language accuracy of speaking and writing
3. Organize and develop a composition of describing someone, a report and a small article
4. Learn the differences between formal and informal writing and write a formal letter/e-mail
5. Learn to structure an oral presentation providing pros and cons of an issue
6. Prepare students to do Cambridge University First Certificate Exams

Program

1.Grammar revision: reported/direct speech, giving opinions, agreeing/disagreeing, gerunds/infinitives, giving advice, present perfect, used to/would, modal verbs
2. Vocabulary: ways of talking, relationships, phrasal verbs, education, word formation, entertainment, clothes, body and health
3. Reading skill: reading between the lines, multiple matching, gapped texts of paragraphs, jigsaw reading
4. Listening skill: multiple choice, multiple matching, note taking, true/false, comprehension questions
5. Familiarisation with academic and formal writing: writing an article, punctuation, writing a report, a descriptive composition of a person, a formal letter of complaint
6. Oral skill: roleplay, describing, explaining, comparison and contrast, discussion

Curricular Unit Teachers

Silvia Celeste Fernandez Carreira Antunes

Grading Methods

Continuous/periodic assessment
- 1 written test ( listening and writing, reading comprehension, vocabulary and grammar, and oral presentation of work to be defined  - 80%
- participation, attendance, oral communication 20%
-Students must have an attendance rate equal to or greater than 75% 

 


Assessment by final exam
- The final exam assessment consists of a final test covering the entire subject, with an oral component, with the written component weighing 80% and the oral component weighing 20%.


    Internship(s)

    NAO

    Bibliography

    Maja, Olejniczak (2011). English for Information Technology. Harlow/England: Pearson/Longman. Murphy,
    Raymond (2004). English Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
    Redman, Stuart (2003). English Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Sinclair, J. M.
    (1998). Collins English Dictionary. Millennium Edition. Glasgow: Harper Collins.