English Technician

Base Knowledge

English B2

Teaching Methodologies

The following teaching methodologies are used in this curricular unit:

1) Verbal methods (say), making use of the following educational resources: exposition, explanation, dialogue and questioning;

2) Intuitive methodologies (show), making use of the following educational resources: demo, audiovisual, written texts;

3) Role-play (simulation), making use of keywords and technical vocabulary.

Learning Results

It is intended to:

1. Promote the development of the four skills: writing, reading, speaking and listening;

2. Apply and use correctly a broad range of vocabulary;

3. Use varied vocabulary (Technical English);

4. Analyse critically different types of statements;

5. Acquire planning and preparing techniques for different types of texts and documents;

6. Produce oral and written statements, adapting them to different communicative situations;

7. Learn new research techniques, as well as selecting and skimming information;

8. Establish varied conversations in English.   

Program

 1. English Language B2:

1. 1. Personal presentation;

1.2. Establish dialogues on employment and career;

1.3. Establish various conversations in English;

1.4. Acquire and apply vocabulary on business, commerce, advertising and Marketing;

1.5. Information through different channels (letter, email, memo, messages, etc);

1.6. Communication in the workplace;

1.7. Curriculum Vitae;

1.8. Motivation letters;

1.9. Job interviews;

1.10. Personal/ professional texts.

 

 2. Technical English for management and marketing:

2.1. Email;

2.2. Memorandum;

2.3. Marketing channels;

2.4. Marketing meetings / campaigns;

2.5. Analyzing technical documents.

Curricular Unit Teachers

Marisa Lapa Toste

Grading Methods

Continuous evaluation
  • - Written paper and oral presentation - 50.0%
  • - 2 written tests (2 x 25%) - 50.0%
By exam
  • - Exam - 100.0%

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

Mascull, B. (2017). Business Vocabulary in Use: Intermediate (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Cotton, D., Falvey, D., & Kent, S. (2016). Market Leader: Intermediate Business published.English (3rd ed.). Pearson Education.

Carson, R. (2019). Business English Preparation Course: Levels B1 and B2. Independently

Mackenzie, Ian. (2010). English for Business Studies. 3. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Cambridge University Press Dictionary. (2016). Cambridge University Press.

Capel, A. & Wendy, S. (2015). Cambridge English: Objective First. Cambridge University Press.

Murphy, R. (2018). English Grammar in Use: a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students (2.ª ed.). Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.

Swan, M. (2015). Practical English Usage. Oxford University Press.

Smith, A. (2019). Flash on English for Marketing & Advertising. Recanati: ELI Publishing.