English Language III
Name: English Language III
Code: LLT10810L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Linguistics
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Presentation
This curricular unit aims at developing the students English language skills by providing opportunities to engage in communicative activities in written and oral reception, production and interaction, within the descriptors identified in the CEFR level C1.
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
(CEFR Level C1)
Objectives: understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and
recognise implicit meaning; express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions; use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Competences: can give clear, detailed descriptions and presentations; can write clear, well-structured texts of complex subjects, expanding and supporting points of view and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion, can understand enough to follow extended speech on abstract and complex topics beyond his/her own field, though he/she may need to confirm occasional details; can understand in detail lengthy, complex texts, whether or not they relate to his/her own area of speciality; can express
him/herself fluently and spontaneously; can express him/herself with clarity and precision, relating to the addressee flexibly and effectively.
Objectives: understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and
recognise implicit meaning; express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions; use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Competences: can give clear, detailed descriptions and presentations; can write clear, well-structured texts of complex subjects, expanding and supporting points of view and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion, can understand enough to follow extended speech on abstract and complex topics beyond his/her own field, though he/she may need to confirm occasional details; can understand in detail lengthy, complex texts, whether or not they relate to his/her own area of speciality; can express
him/herself fluently and spontaneously; can express him/herself with clarity and precision, relating to the addressee flexibly and effectively.
Contents
Oral production: narrating (plot of film)
Written production: narrating (plot of film)
Listening comprehension: cinema film
Reading comprehension: advertising material, brochures, prospectuses, leaflets
Spoken interaction: role play (expressing thoughts and feelings)
Written interaction: exchanging correspondence by e-mail (e.g. complaint, expressing thoughts
and feelings - 'Letter to the Editor', 'Dear Abby', etc.)
Grammar: sentences, tenses, modals, negatives and questions.
Written production: narrating (plot of film)
Listening comprehension: cinema film
Reading comprehension: advertising material, brochures, prospectuses, leaflets
Spoken interaction: role play (expressing thoughts and feelings)
Written interaction: exchanging correspondence by e-mail (e.g. complaint, expressing thoughts
and feelings - 'Letter to the Editor', 'Dear Abby', etc.)
Grammar: sentences, tenses, modals, negatives and questions.
Teaching Methods
According to the descriptors established for the level C1 in the CEFR, the methodology adopted will focus on the acquisition and development of oral and written skills (production, reception and interaction), grammar practice and vocabulary enhancement: direct exposure to authentic use of language (through videos, written texts - newspapers, magazines, etc. - Internet, CD-ROM, among others); direct participation in communicative interaction;
presentations, explanations, exercises/exploitation activities; translation (native language/foreign language/native language); individual, pair and group working; contribution to formal and informal discussions; guided study; autodidactically, by self-study.
Guidelines for the use of AI in the work to be developed in the course unit:
1. The use of AI is expressly prohibited in written and oral tests (continuous assessment) and in exams (final assessment: normal, resit/recurso, special and extraordinary).
2. Conditions for the use of AI:
a) Level of permission (When and where): the use of AI is transversal to the course unit as support/deepening of the learning of the basic concepts of the course unit program, with the exception of formal assessments of individual performance (production and reception, written and oral, throughout the semester, in continuous assessment, and as foreseen in 1, above).
b) Authorized Purposes (For what): the use of AI is permitted as (a) to support/deepen the learning of the basic concepts of the curricular unit program and (b) to support research, organization and structure (e.g., layout and visual organization of documents, typography, colors and visual hierarchy, creation of schemes, diagrams or infographics, etc.), when applicable, in oral and/or written practical work, of continuous assessment; the use of AI is expressly prohibited for the automatic resolution of assessed exercises or tasks, as well as for the production of texts intended to be presented as original works (e.g., in oral and/or written practical work, in PowerPoint or other visual aids, in printed worksheets or brochures).
c) References and Transparency (How): To make the use of the AI tool(s) transparent, a brief statement will be attached to the work produced (e.g., in oral practical work using PowerPoint or other visual aids, and/or in written practical work using printed worksheets or handouts), indicating the tool used and the purpose of its use; the student will also indicate the session identifier or provide the sharing link of the interaction, as a complementary element of transparency.
presentations, explanations, exercises/exploitation activities; translation (native language/foreign language/native language); individual, pair and group working; contribution to formal and informal discussions; guided study; autodidactically, by self-study.
Guidelines for the use of AI in the work to be developed in the course unit:
1. The use of AI is expressly prohibited in written and oral tests (continuous assessment) and in exams (final assessment: normal, resit/recurso, special and extraordinary).
2. Conditions for the use of AI:
a) Level of permission (When and where): the use of AI is transversal to the course unit as support/deepening of the learning of the basic concepts of the course unit program, with the exception of formal assessments of individual performance (production and reception, written and oral, throughout the semester, in continuous assessment, and as foreseen in 1, above).
b) Authorized Purposes (For what): the use of AI is permitted as (a) to support/deepen the learning of the basic concepts of the curricular unit program and (b) to support research, organization and structure (e.g., layout and visual organization of documents, typography, colors and visual hierarchy, creation of schemes, diagrams or infographics, etc.), when applicable, in oral and/or written practical work, of continuous assessment; the use of AI is expressly prohibited for the automatic resolution of assessed exercises or tasks, as well as for the production of texts intended to be presented as original works (e.g., in oral and/or written practical work, in PowerPoint or other visual aids, in printed worksheets or brochures).
c) References and Transparency (How): To make the use of the AI tool(s) transparent, a brief statement will be attached to the work produced (e.g., in oral practical work using PowerPoint or other visual aids, and/or in written practical work using printed worksheets or handouts), indicating the tool used and the purpose of its use; the student will also indicate the session identifier or provide the sharing link of the interaction, as a complementary element of transparency.
Assessment
According to the Regulamento Escolar Interno of the Universidade de Évora and the Regulamento de Avaliação de Conhecimentos as proposed by the Departamento de Linguística e Literaturas, students may choose between two modes of assessment: (1) continuous or (2) final.
(1) Continuous assessment: Students under continuous assessment will be graded in the following cases: a. Written test (Frequência): 35%; b. Oral production: 25%; c. Assignments (throughout the semester, in and at home): 40%
IMPORTANT: Students are required to achieve grade 8,0 in the written test and oral production.
In-class and home assignments: Assignments will cover oral production, written production, listening comprehension, spoken interaction and written interaction.
(2) Final: Students who choose to sit a final exam will be assessed as follows: written exam, 60%; oral exam, 40%.
Percentages of presences for assessment modes: Continuous assessment: 75%; Exam (normal): 50% (Note: Students under ?regimes especiais? (REI, Art. 13º, nº 2) are exempted from the above mentioned percentages).
- Exam (recurso): If the student fails/is not assessed under the continuous assessment or/and exam modes of evaluation, they may sit the ?recurso? exam being assessed as follows: written exam: 60%; oral exam: 40%
IMPORTANT: Students are required to achieve grade 8,0 in both written and oral exams (normal, recurso, especial and extraordinário).
If it is deemed necessary to verify the extent to which the student has developed the expected knowledge and skills, the teaching staff of the curricular unit may summon the student for an oral examination, in accordance with paragraph 13 of article 110 of the Academic Regulations of the University of Évora, ensuring the conditions established in paragraph 4 of article 116 and paragraph 1 of article 118 of the same Regulations. This oral examination will have the same weight in the final grade of the subject as the original oral or written practical work, the written assessment or the examination, to be re-evaluated.
(1) Continuous assessment: Students under continuous assessment will be graded in the following cases: a. Written test (Frequência): 35%; b. Oral production: 25%; c. Assignments (throughout the semester, in and at home): 40%
IMPORTANT: Students are required to achieve grade 8,0 in the written test and oral production.
In-class and home assignments: Assignments will cover oral production, written production, listening comprehension, spoken interaction and written interaction.
(2) Final: Students who choose to sit a final exam will be assessed as follows: written exam, 60%; oral exam, 40%.
Percentages of presences for assessment modes: Continuous assessment: 75%; Exam (normal): 50% (Note: Students under ?regimes especiais? (REI, Art. 13º, nº 2) are exempted from the above mentioned percentages).
- Exam (recurso): If the student fails/is not assessed under the continuous assessment or/and exam modes of evaluation, they may sit the ?recurso? exam being assessed as follows: written exam: 60%; oral exam: 40%
IMPORTANT: Students are required to achieve grade 8,0 in both written and oral exams (normal, recurso, especial and extraordinário).
If it is deemed necessary to verify the extent to which the student has developed the expected knowledge and skills, the teaching staff of the curricular unit may summon the student for an oral examination, in accordance with paragraph 13 of article 110 of the Academic Regulations of the University of Évora, ensuring the conditions established in paragraph 4 of article 116 and paragraph 1 of article 118 of the same Regulations. This oral examination will have the same weight in the final grade of the subject as the original oral or written practical work, the written assessment or the examination, to be re-evaluated.
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