Language and Professional Communication

Ficha de unidade curricular - Ano letivo 2018/2019

Teaching language

Portuguese

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

- To know aspects of psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics relevant for/in professional communication:
- To systematize and deepen previous knowledge about the structure and functioning of the Portuguese
language.
- To reflect on contexts of language variation and diversity;
- To know and acknowledge features of professional language and texts;
- To produce different types of oral and written texts;
- To publicly share doubts, views, arguments and opinions;
- To develop the ability to achieve tasks and proposed activities timely and autonomously;
- To use (s) language (s) as an agent of intervention and transformation of society;

Syllabus

Sciences of Language
. Brain and language
. Linguistic culture
Oracy
. Cultures of oral tradition
. Phonology and spelling
Words
. Lexicon and vocabulary
. Lexical semantics
Sentences
. Constituents of the sentence
. Syntactic functions
Texts
. Literary and nonliterary text
. Referral and paratexts
Languages in the Community
. Synchronic variation
. Professional varieties and texts
. World languages and CPLP
. Language market

Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the UC intended learning outcomes

The first four learning outcomes of this curricular unit were formulated aiming at the direct implementation of the syllabus. In order to enhance the vertical integration of content, most of these goals (first to third) include several different syllabus contents. All syllabus contents are covered by the four learning outcomes in question.

Teaching methodologies

Lecture by the teacher and spontaneous interventions of students (theoretical teaching and seminar).
Exercises, in pairs, followed by class or plenary discussion of results (theoretical-practical teaching).
Individual, in pairs or in groups reading of texts in preparation of the following class and of complementary texts for further reading (study and evaluation).

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

The links between teaching methods and goals is most evident in the three penultimate learning outcomes.
They are especially fostered by theoretical-practical teaching, tutorial guidance and evaluation. However,
also the previous objectives imply methods, particularly theoretical teaching, seminar, study and
evaluation.

Assessment methodologies and evidences

Evaluation includes the following elements:
50% - written tests
25% - Written and oral exercises in class
25% - Individual presentation

Alternative evaluation - Final exam (100%).

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