Curricular Unit:			Code:
English			1199ING
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	CTSP	Support for Children and Adolescents with Special Needs	3 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Spring Semester		Portuguese/English	39
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
Development of the students’ linguistic and communicative competence in order to ensure effective communication in a variety of social and professional situations. Consolidation of previously learnt grammatical structures and patterns of English. Identification, analysis, discussion and production of a variety of texts, by improving their listening, understanding, analyzing, and problem solving skills. Development of the students’ critical and cognitive skills, by means of an autonomous learning and management process.
Syllabus:
1. Socio-professional Situations 1.1. Socialising 1.2. Travelling 1.3. Importance of English in the health area 2. Health 2.1. Hospital Environment 2.2. Human Body 2.3. Health complaints 2.4. Doctor-patient dialogues 3. Project work
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
The thematic items of the syllabus aim to provide the students with generic skills, so as to be able to communicate, understand and produce texts in the English language, both in social and professional contexts, where they should be able to use the language in life-like situations. For this purpose, in this curricular unit the students are encouraged to adopt an introspective and reflexive attitude, within the context of the social and professional reality of the health area. It is the purpose of this curricular unit that students improve their communication skills in English, so as to allow them to use this language when establishing different interpersonal contacts, in different social and professional contexts, enabling their professional performance in international environments. The ‘Project Work’ component aims to improve team work skills, with the use of a second language (namely English).
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
The classes consist of lectures, with an emphasis on the instrumental competences: dialogue, listen, read, understand and produce messages in the English language. Continuous assessment OR exam: Continuous assessment consists of two written tests and an oral presentation, at the end of the semester. The final mark is the result of various written and oral contributions. Students’ participation in class and in the activities proposed will also be taken into account. The exam consists of 2 parts: written and oral. The oral is compulsory whenever the student has 7.5 or more in the written part.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
In order to maximize the specific competences of students, the methodology adopted (with an emphasis on the continuous assessment of knowledge) encourages the improvement of instrumental skills, namely the ability to communicate orally and in writing, to identify and understand messages, using the English language in a variety of social and professional situations, also considering it as a privileged means of access to knowledge in general. The methodologies adopted, with an emphasis on the practical issues, aim to encourage the students to interpret communicational circumstances and phenomena pertaining to the different cultural and linguistic contexts, acquiring further experience in the gathering, identification and interpretation of data from different cultural contexts, leading to an increased understanding and adaptation to diverse cultural environments where communication is in English.
Reading:
Eastwood, J. (2011). Oxford Practice Grammar – Intermediate. Oxford, Oxford University Press. Glendinning, E.H. & Howard, R. (2007). Professional English in Use: Medicine. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Glendinning, E.H. & Holmström, B. (2005). English in Medicine – 3rd Edition. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Grice, T. (2007).Oxford English for Careers: Nursing 1. Oxford, Oxford University Press.