Language and Textual Practice

Scholar Year: 2018/2019 - 2S

Courses

Head Teacher Responsability Mariana Abrantes de Oliveira Pinto Alte da Veiga Head

Weekly workload Hours/week T TP P PL L TC E OT OT/PL TPL O S Type of classes Lectures Type Teacher Classes Hours Contact hours Totals 1 4,00 Ana Boléo   2,60 Carolina Silva   1,40

Teaching language

Portuguese

Intended learning outcomes (Knowledges, skills and competencies to be developed by the students)

• To mobilize strategies of enunciative adequacy.
• To acquire tools of enunciative responsability.
• To correctly manipulate instruments for collecting and systematizing information.
• To produce oral and written texts of different genres, respecting their configurative properties.

Syllabus

1. Oral and written uses of language
a. Adequacy of speeches to diverse contexts

2. Literacy of information
a. Ethical principles in academic context
b. Strategies for research, selection, treatment and dissemination of information
c. Norms for the elaboration of academic papers

3. Production of oral and written texts
a. Textual genres to expose and to argue
i. Summary
ii. Oral presentation
iii. Opinion article

Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the UC intended learning outcomes

This curricular unit aims to be a learning place, regarding the understanding and production of texts. Since textual practice involves situations in which oral and written languages are used, the educational opportunities that are going to be created, through the understanding and production of different kinds of texts, promote the development of the communicative competences of students.

Teaching methodologies

• Classes of expositive nature.
• Practices of reading and analysis of model texts.
• Planning, production, revision and editing of texts.

Demonstration of the teaching methodologies coherence with the curricular unit's intended learning outcomes

The communicative needs verified in students and/or identified by them are the starting point for the development of analytical and synthesis skills, which promote their academic and professional success.

Assessment methodologies and evidences

• Participation in classes and execution of proposed activities (10%)
• Summary (in pairs) - 30%
• Oral presentation (in group) - 30%
• Opinion article (individual) - 30%

Attendance system

Students should attend to at least 75% of classes.

Assement and Attendance registers

Bibliography

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