English for Professionals

Scholar Year: 2014/2015 - 2S

Instance: 2014/2015 - 2S

Courses

Docência - Horas Theoretical-practical : 3 Type Teacher Classes Hours Theoretical-practical Totals 1 3,00 David Snow   3,00

Docência - Responsabilidades Teacher Responsability Joaquim Manuel da Silva Ribeiro Head

Teaching weeks:

15

Teaching language

English

Objetivos de aprendizagem

a) to research and author an article in English,
i) identify research questions, to cite, reference and assess the authority of sources, prepare summaries of other authors’ ideas, arguments and opinions,
ii) write an article using appropriate vocabulary, recognizing the contributions of others, setting out within a prepared article template that includes a professional profile and reference list
b) give an oral presentation on an aspect of the article to an audience of English second-language users and take questions
i) outlining the structure of the presentation, sign-posting delivery and drawing together its conclusion
ii) and taking questions to maximize audience identification and rapport with the presenter
c) and to discuss and edit their work in the light of the opinions of their peers and tutors
i) make and respond to supportive contributions on tasks set,
ii) video performances,
d) to write an answer to a question under examination conditions

Contents

1. Your language development
a) Learning Styles
b) Seminar theme discussion,
c) Google Advanced Search
d) Assessment of and experimentation with Internet language tools
2. Research, Sources, Citing and Referencing
a) Reading techniques,
b) Research questions,
c) Critical review of sources,
d) Referencing styles.
3. Summarisation and profiles
a) Document summaries,
b) Reporting sentence structures,
c) Professional profile writing
4. Your article
a) Target readership,
b) Language levels,
c) Cultural differences,
d) Readability statistics,
e) Concordance software and genre,
f) Vocabulary development techniques,
g) Assessment criteria and rubrics.
5. Interview to Camera
a) Confidence building,
b) Supporting individual performance,
c) Auto-review and individual improvement programme.
6. Preparing the Seminar Presentation
a) Pros and Cons of PowerPoint,
b) Getting a message across,
c) Asking and answering questions,
d) Assessing peers’ performances,
e) Seminar ‘just doing it’

Teaching Procedures

A mixture of apprenticeship tutoring with peer-supported learning and assessment in face-to-face and online environments; strongly rooted in learning outcomes of a ‘can do’ nature related to individual authoring of a professional article, interview to ‘camera’ and accompanying oral presentation.
Class attendance and participation:
The learning outcomes of the course require students to drive their own learning. ESCE-IPS’s policy is based on the rationale that class attendance permits participation that encourages contribution that is crucial for effective, quality learning at university level. Students enrolling undertake to attend all lessons and are obliged to notify the course coordinator of any absence.
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Evaluation Type

Frequency Attainment

Continuous Assessment requires:
 T1 - a four-minute presentation to an audience of peers based on a previously submitted, individually authored article for a professional readership
 T2 - participation in tasks and activities
 T3 - written answer under examination conditions

Final Mark = T1 0,4 + T2 0,2 + T3 0,4

The Continuous Assessment pass mark is 10. With a mark less than 10 the student goes to examination (Resit).

Assessment Época Normal and Época Recurso:
 T1 - a four-minute presentation to an audience of peers based on the previously submitted article
 T2 - individually authored article for a professional readership
 T3 - written answer under examination conditions

Final Mark = T1 0,4 + T2 0,4 + T3 0,2

In the case of a mark inferior to 10 the candidate will not have passed the discipline

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