Curricular Unit:			Code:
Communication Grammar			1138GRC
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Undergraduate	Psychology	3 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Spring Semester		Portuguese/English	39
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
Increased knowledge and ability to understand the specific stages and characteristics of scientific methodology. Application of knowledge and understanding to the elaboration of a scientific project. Ability to gather, select and interpret relevant information, in order to prepare a scientific project. Skills in written/oral communication in a structured, organised and comprehensive manner aimed at different audiences. Skills in self-learning, namely in the gathering and treatment of information. Learn to apply the knowledge and skill of understanding acquired, in order to highlight a professional approach to the work done on your vocational area. Show ability to collect, select and interpret relevant information, particularly on your study area, which enable support solutions that build acceptance and issuing judgments, including on social aspects and scientific analysis relevant ethical
Syllabus:
Scientific work methodology. Academic plagiarism. Reading skill – Types of reading; information gathering and treatment. Textual production – Composition stages: invention, disposition, elocution. Text typologies: text contraction (summary, synthesis); text expansion (dissertation / argumentation, commentary, analysis). Non verbal communication.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
The programme contents presented cover the essential and coherent fields of knowledge which are necessary to attain the objectives, since they are aimed at the two main areas: the methodology of scientific work and the development of reading and writing skills.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
In a first moment, the classes will be expositive; afterwards, they will be mostly of a practical nature, by means of the presentation of examples and resolution of exercises. The assessment will be continuous, comprehending a written test, a work: 10+10
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
Since this is a transversal and practical curricular unit, the above mentioned teaching methodologies are coherent with the objectives of the discipline. It is the purpose of the discipline is to make the students acquire the generic skills of the curricular unit.
Reading:
Cunha, C. e Cintra, L. F. L. (1987). Nova Gramática do Português Contemporâneo. Lisboa, Edições João Sá da Costa. Coutinho, C. P. (2018). Metodologia de Investigação em Ciências Sociais e Humanas. (2ª ed.). Lisboa: ALmedina. Southern Institute of Technologie (2020). Guidelines for APA referencing and essay writing (rev). Southern Institute of Technologie. Universidade Aberta (2020). APA 7th. Diretrizes para a realização de citações em texto e referências bibliográficas. The American Psychological Association Eco, U. (2007). Como se faz uma tese em ciências humanas (13ª ed). Lisboa, Presença. Guidelines for APA Referencing and essay writing (2020) Southern Institute of technology. Lipson, C. (2008). Doing honest work in college. Chicago, The University of Chicago. Lopes, E. J. M. (2016). “Plágio”. In Dicionário Crime, Justiça e Sociedade. Lisboa: Sílabo: 362-364.