Foreign Language – English

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Classroom work will be based on the reading and comprehension of texts, watching of videos, grammar and vocabulary exercises, in addition to the discussion of topics and themes related with or of interest to the students’ cultural enrichment. A number of written exercises will also be assigned, as well as reading and research tasks. Active participation in class is encouraged and the students will have to elaborate an oral presentation (30%) . The students are given the choice between continuous evaluation (one written test 70% and an oral presentation  30%) and final evaluation (written examination 100%).

Developing the oral and written skills in English required to reasonaly communicate in a professional or social context – Mastering complex syntactic structures through the reading and comprehension of oral and written texts – Increasing the use of monolingual and bilingual dictionaries when studying the contents and researching for information – Expanding general lexicon with a view to communicating in a more fluent way – Becoming familiar with world issues, notable environmental, political and social – Achieving level A2-B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Creating an extensive lexical inventory and consolidating basic grammar structures. The vocabulary study and expansion will focus particularly on issues providing general knowledge, such as social and environmental issues, and world news and politics. Reference to the UK and Commomwealth and the different varieties of English. Reading material taken from newspapers, magazines, websites and books will be provided to the students. Reading: Pronunciation, skimming, meaning in context Speaking: Expressing one’s opinion, interacting verbally, discussing given topics Writing: Rephrasing, translating, summarising Lexicon: Synonyms, antonyms, homophones, homonyms, word formation, irregular plurals Grammar: Tense revision (present, past and future time), prepositions, adjectives and adverbs, gerunds and infinitives, countable and uncountable nouns.

• - Exam - 100.0%

• - Oral Presentation - 30.0%
• - Mini Tests - 70.0%

NAO

HARRAP’s English Thesaurus

LONGMAN’s Dictionary of English Language and Culture

MACMILLAN’s Phrasal Verbs Plus

MACMILLAN’s English Dictionary for Advanced Learners

REDMAN, Stuart – English Vocabulary in Use, Intermediate, CUP VINCE, Michael – Intermediate Language Practice, MacMillan

Reading material will be provided.

SWAN, Michael and Catherine WALTER – How English Works, Oxford