Curricular Unit:			Code:
English I			844ING1
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Master	Pharmaceutical Sciences	3 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		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 competencies, so as to be able to communicate, understand and produce messages 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 students are encouraged to adopt an introspective and reflexive attitude, bearing in mind 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 be able 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 teamwork skills with the use of a second language (namely English).
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
The classes consist of lectures and practical work, with an emphasis on instrumental competencies: dialogue, listen, read, understand and produce messages in English. Continuous assessment OR exam: Continuous assessment consists of one written test (50%) and an oral presentation (50%), at the end of the semester. The exam consists of 2 parts: written (50%) and oral (50%). 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 specific student skills, 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, it also being considered 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 communications 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:
Cobuild English Grammar (2017) Redman, S. (2017) English Vocabulary in Use Pre-intermediate and Intermediate Book with Answers: Vocabulary Reference and Practice. Cambridge: C.U.P. 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.