Base Knowledge
É recomendável ter nível B2, C1 ou C2 de Inglês.
Teaching Methodologies
- Dynamic sessions with structural and practical components, combining teacher guidance with practical tasks performed by students based on contents covered;
– Use of the online platform, where the material resources used during the sessions will be available and other additional documents that help students better prepare for use of English in an academic context.
Learning Results
– Develop fluency in a foreign language
– Gain new learning habits based on increased language contact.
– Learn to use advanced grammar, structures, and vocabulary.
– Practice reading, listening, writing and speaking academic skills.
– Combine learnt aspects to better apply all skills in an academic context.
Program
– Unit 1: Critical reading and listening
Assessing texts critically, critical thinking, summarising, and paraphrasing
– Unit 2: Planning a text
Relevance, referencing, combining sources and using quotations
– Unit 3: Writing for academic purposes
Language of discussion, cohesion, use of caution and linkers
– Unit 4: Accuracy:
Punctuation, abbreviations, phrasal and prepositional verbs and verb patterns.
– Unit 5: Academic vocabulary
English vocabulary for specific areas like the sciences and humanities
– Unit 6: Speaking in an academic context
Speech making, describing data and register
– Unit 7: Writing specific texts
Writing letters, reports, brochures, essays and thesis
– Unit 8: Improving a text or speech
Arguing and persuading, talking about cause and effect, stating facts and opinions and comparing and contrasting.
Curricular Unit Teachers
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Bailey, Stephen (2011) Academic Writing ofr International Sudents of Business. Routledge.
Paterson, K, Wedge, R. (2013) Oxford Grammar for EAP. Oxford University Press.
Schmitt, D., Schmitt, N. (2005) Focus on Vocabulary. Mastering the Academic Word List. Longman.
Wakefield, M. (2020) Successful Writing in English. A practical guide. Areal Editores.