Base Knowledge
B2 level (Common European Framework of Reference).
Teaching Methodologies
The adopted methodology is based on reading/listening to texts and documents within the study area, on the production of both spoken and written wordings stemming from professional practice, and on “mock” situations. Courses are strongly practical, centred on individual and group assignments, such as:
1. Reading comprehension exercises;
2. Oral comprehension exercises;
3. Audio texts, short documentaries and note taking;
4. Short essays and sumaries;
5. Brief presentations.
Learning Results
The Course Unit “Technical English” aims at broadening and strengthening background knowledge and providing students with the appropriate competences to communicate in working environment as well as collect and produce information. This UC also intends to foster autonomous lifelong learning.
Program
1. CV, cover letters, and oral presentations
2. Life Sciences and laboratory work
3. Animals: classification, anatomy, physiology and care
4. Grammar review: verb tenses; nouns; adjectives; prepositions; connectors and linking words
Curricular Unit Teachers
Grading Methods
- - Oral presentation - 40.0%
- - Written test - 60.0%
- - Oral exam - 40.0%
- - Written test - 60.0%
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Murphy, Raymond (2015). English Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Oxford, (2014) Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pakenham, Kenneth (2013). Making Connections Level 3 Student’s Book: Skills and Strategies for Academic Writing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Redman, Stuart (2010). Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
* * Reading, writing and speaking material is provided.