Curricular Unit:			Code:
English I			842ING1
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Master	Dentistry	3 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Winter 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 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 the social and professional reality of the health area. It is the purpose of this curricular unit that students improve their communicational competences in English, so as to make them 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 team work skills, with the use of a second language (namely English).
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
The classes consist of instruction that actively involves the students with course material through group discussions, problem solving, role-play, and team-based learning, to gain instrumental competences: i. e. dialogue, listening, reading, understanding and producing messages in the English language, improving thus the development 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 active learning methodology, with an emphasis on practical issues, aims to engage students in simulated communicational and social contexts, thus providing them with the experience of actively gathering, identifying and interpreting information relevant to these contexts. Assessment: continuous or final exam (one written test and an oral presentation, 50% each of the final mark).
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 adopted learner-centred methodologies, with an emphasis on practical issues, aim to encourage students to participate in simulated communicational and cultural contexts, thus providing them with the experience of gathering, identifying and interpreting information relevant to these contexts. Moreover, the methodology promotes autonomy at work in different cultural contexts. The acquisition of intercultural competencies allows students to communicate better in English, assuming that learning a language without these competencies will be less efficient.
Reading:
Cobuild English Grammar. 4th Ed. (2017). Glasgow, Harper Collins Publishers. 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. Murphy, R. (2019). English Grammar In Use Book With Answers And Interactive Ebook. A Self-Study Reference And Practice Book For Intermediate Learners Of English. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Redman, S. (2017). English Vocabulary in Use Pre-intermediate and Intermediate Book with Answers: Vocabulary Reference and Practice. Cambridge, Cambridge University Pres