Language and Textual Practice

Ficha de unidade curricular - Ano letivo 2017/2018

Teaching language

Portuguese

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

Diagnose the diversity of language practices in the community(s);
Integrate the use of Portuguese in the Portuguese¬speaking countries and world contexts;
Use correctly instruments of collection and systematization of linguistic information;
Systematize the fundamental principles of human language and its study;
Systematize knowledge about the structure and functioning of the Portuguese language;
Analyze and recognize graphic, structural, intertextual and paratextual features of different types of continuous and discontinuous verbal texts and visual texts;
Distinguish facts and opinions;
Produce oral and written texts of different types;
Share publicly doubts, views, arguments and opinions;
Develop the ability to deliver tasks timely and autonomously;
Question the historical, social and cultural reality based on linguistic data;

Syllabus

1. The Portuguese language as an instrument of cognition and communication Contexts and communicative needs;
Tools to support the study.
2. Science of language: basic concepts
Language (langage), languages (langue), speech Synchrony and diachrony
Oral and written speech
Register
Standard language and literary style
Current varieties of Portuguese and its use contexts
Summary of the history of the Portuguese language
3. Structure and functioning of the language: critical zones
Phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic aspects Spelling, punctuation and accentuation
Word formation
Forms of treatment in Portuguese
4. Oral and written uses of the language
Concepts of text and speech
Principles of textuality
Text types and competences required
Multimodal texts and intertextuality
Quotation and paratexts
Fact and opinion
Adequacy of speeches to diverse contexts
Production of oral and written texts

Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the UC intended learning outcomes

The unit aims to be a place of learning and reflection on the Portuguese language as an object of study, not so much as an autonomous object, but as production and comprehension of texts, and because the practice involves textual situations of language use oral and written educational opportunities to create, through the understanding and production of various types of texts are potentiating the development of communication skills of students.

Teaching methodologies

. Presentation by the teacher, interacting with slides in visual language and spontaneous interventions by the students.
. Answer in pairs to exercises aiming (a) inference of knowledge, (b) application of knowledge to new situations and (c) systematization of knowledge acquired, followed by plenary discussion of collective results.

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

The fact that the starting point be verified in the communicative needs of students and / or identified by them, as well as focus on developing skills of problem solving, analysis and synthesis, to exercise critical thinking and autonomy are testimony. Yet another testimony relates to the monitoring tutorial that will take place in the presence and also the support from a distance, through the Moodle platform.

Assessment methodologies and evidences

Ativities in the class (35%).
Oral planned presentation in groups, with delivery of the script (35%).
Final written test to assess knowledge (30%).

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