English Language and Communication

Teaching Methodologies

In order to achieve the objectives of the course unit and the acquisition of the intended competences, the process of learning and teaching encompasses the carrying out of exercises and activities that will allow to: develop the capacity for reading and comprehend texts of the scientific and technical fields of reference; develop the capacity to present orally and produce written text in a scientific and technical context; practise oral skills in contexts that presuppose time and space management requirements as well as the whole communication set; enrich the lexicon with specific terminologies.

Learning Results

The students recognize the specificities of the technical-scientific speech in Portuguese and English; identify and use the syntax and rhetoric of the technical-scientific speech creatively in the production of written texts; identify and use the adequate grammatical resources; present and explain orally topics and issues of their filed of knowledge, collect, process, use and produce information in both languagues.

Program

In order to fulfill the objectives of the course unit and the acquisition of the intended competences, the process of learning and teaching presupposes the carrying out of individual and/or group activities and exercises that will allow to: develop the reading and comprehension capacity in the technical-scientific field of reference; develop the oral and writing capacities in specific contexts; enrich the lexicon with specific terminologies; revise and consolidate the linguistic structures of the languages involved; enhance their critical capacity though self-assessment practices; practise oral presentations in contexts where time and space management are required as well as the whole communication set.

Grading Methods

Avaliação contínua
  • - Módulo 2 - Inglês Técnico: teste(s) + 1 apresentação oral - 70.0%
  • - Módulo 1 - Comunicação :1 teste + 1 apresentação oral - 30.0%
Exame
  • - Módulo 1 - Comunicação :1 teste + 1 apresentação oral - 30.0%
  • - Módulo 2 - Inglês Técnico: teste(s) + 1 apresentação oral - 70.0%

Internship(s)

NAO

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NP 405-3.2000, Informação e documentação – Referências bibliográficas: documentos não publicados. IPQ.

NP405.4.2002, Informação e documentação – Referências bibliográficas: documentos eletrónicos. Instituto Português da Qualidade (IPQ).

SINCLAIR, J. M. – Collins English Dictionary. Millennium Edition. Glasgow: Harper Collins, 1998.

MURPHY, Raymond – English Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.

STEMPLESKI, Susan – Earth Watch. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1995.

NP 405-1.1994, Informação e documentação – Referências bibliográficas: documentos impressos. Instituto Português da Qualidade (IPQ).