Curricular Unit:			Code:
English I			870ING1
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Undergraduate	Commercial Management and Accounting	3 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		Portuguese/English	39
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
The present course aims to develop students’ linguistic and communication skills so as to ensure an effective communication in different social and professional situations, as a tool for the student’s specific academic and professional career, and to promote autonomous learning and research. It also expects to consolidate previous acquired language patterns, as well as to teach students to identify, comment on and produce different types of texts by developing their listening, comprehension, argumentative and problem solving skills.
Syllabus:
I – SOCIALISING 1. Basic phrases in English 2. Greetings and Introductions 3. At university 4. Applying for a job II - COMMUNICATION AND TRAVELLING 1. The travelling booklet 2. Telephone language and social networking sites 3. Booking flight and accommodation III – ENGLISH AT WORK 1. Business correspondence 2. Company profiles and histories 3. Work routines and internet use at work
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
The themes selected for the development of linguistic and communication competences in English language meet the aim of ensuring an effective communication in different social and professional situations in the field of Management and Accountancy: socialization, apply for a job, travel, talking on the phone and in social networks, correspondence, history and profile of enterprises, routines at work and the use of internet.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
The Student's Book for the course includes different reading, writing, comprehension and textual production activities adequate to the development of the communicative competence in English language, approached according to the area of study of the students. Assessment is continuous or final. Continuous assessment is the result of several elements (research works, reading reports, participation, presentation of project work, and two written tests) to assess the different competences. The final mark will be the result of the average of both written and oral competences as follows: 50% written, 50% oral.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The different reading, writing, comprehension and textual production activities, inherent to the development of the communicative competence in English language, meet the aim of ensuring an effective communication in different social and professional situations in English language.
Reading:
Clarke, S. (2009) In company (Pre-intermediate). Oxford, Macmillan Eastwood, J. (2006). Oxford Practice Grammar – Intermediate. Oxford, Oxford U P. Dignen, B.; Flinders, S.; Sweeney, S. (2005) English 365. Cambridge, Cambridge U P. Harding, K & Taylor, L.(2006) International Express. Oxford, Oxford U P. Marks, Jon (2007) Check your English Vocabulary for Banking and finance. London, A & C Black. Nettle, M. & Hopkins, D. (2003) Developing Grammar in Context. Cambridge, Cambridge U P.