Curricular Unit:			Code:
English III			1142ING3
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
2	Undergraduate	Political Science and International Relations	6 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Winter Semester		Portuguese/English	78
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
Previous note: the discipline is lectured at Upper-Intermediate Level (B2), according to the ‘Common European Framework of Reference’- CEFR The aim of this course is to deepen the students' knowledge and linguistic and communicative skills in order to provide linguistic awareness about the functioning of the language. It also aims to ensure skills in the area of communication, to improve their effectiveness and to cope with a plurality of socio-professional problems and situations. It also aims at developing previously acquired language skills, as well as identifying, criticizing, commenting on and producing various types of text, by developing the ability to listen, understand, analyse, discuss and solve problems in English.
Syllabus:
1. Employment 1.1. Recruitment 1.2. Job interviews 2. Trade 2.1. Fair Trade and globalisation 2.2. Franchising 2.3. Import and Export 3. Academic English 3.1 The structure of scientific papers
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
The thematic items of the syllabus aim to provide the students with generic competences, so as to be able to communicate, understand and produce messages in 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, bearing in mind a social and economic reality of political science and international relations. It is the purpose of this curricular unit to lead the students to an improvement of their communicational competences in English, so as to make them able to use this language in the establishment of different interpersonal contacts, in different social and professional contexts, allowing the professional performance in international environments. With the ‘Project’ component, it is the aim of this discipline 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: to dialogue, to listen, to read and to understand messages in the English language. Assessment is continuous. It consists of two written tests and an oral presentation, by the end of the semester. The final mark is the result of various written and oral contributions. Writing: 50 % (2 tests, 25% each) Oral: 50% (mini-project: 5%; final project: 45%)
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 people communicate in English.
Reading:
Cobuild English Grammar (2017). Collins UK. Cotton, D., Falvey, D. & Kent, S. (2008) Market Leader. London: Pearson and Longman - UFP: Doff, A; Thaine, C; Pucht, H; Stranks, J, et.al. (2015) English Empower Intermediate. Cambridge: CUP. Eastwood, J. (2006) Oxford Practice Grammar: Intermediate. Oxford: O.U.P. UFP- SOQ 811.111:81'36/EAS/13941. Jones,L. & Alexander, R. (2011)New International Business English. C.U.P. (previous edition at UFP - BRR MED 811.111:658/JON(1)/69082 ). Mascull, B. (2018) Business Vocabulary in Use. 3rd Edition. C.U.P. (previous edition - UFP BFP 811.111:316.77(072)/MAS/7490) Pegg, E. (2016) In Company 3.0 ESP Corporate Finance. Macmillan English. Redman, S. (2017) English Vocabulary in Use Pre-intermediate and Intermediate Book with Answers: Vocabulary Reference and Practice. Cambridge: C.U.P.
Lecturer (* Responsible):
Sandra Tuna (stuna@ufp.edu.pt)