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17059
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
L0
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
TP(60H)
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| Scientific area |
Letras
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Entry requirements |
B2 level.
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Learning outcomes |
Grammar: Advanced students need to be able to use a wide range of structures to express different concepts; to be able to use more sophisticated grammar structures with fluency; to develop awareness of the register of different grammatical structures in order to use them appropriately.
Vocabulary: Advanced students need systematic expansion of their vocabulary in a wide range of lexical areas; to enrich their vocabulary by focusing on idioms, synonyms and collocations; to focus on the register of lexis to enable them to use the appropriate word or phrase according to the context or situation; to further develop their ability to build new words by adding affixes.
Speaking: Advanced students need practice in more extended speaking contexts, talking and exchanging opinions; need to improve accuracy as well as further developing their fluency; develop listening, reading and writing skills.
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Syllabus |
Discourse markers / linkers/ language terminology / narrative tenses, used to and would / word building / abstract nouns / distancing / phrases with get / time and technology / speculation and deduction / adding emphasis / inversion / unreal uses of past tenses / writing an article / writing a review / writing a letter of application / writing a complain / adverbs and adverbial expressions / conditional sentences / verbs with infinitive or gerund / permission, obligation and necessity / so and such / comparison / compound nouns / expressing future plans and arrangements / revise and check – grammar / work, time, personality, family, money, travel and tourism vocabulary
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Main Bibliography |
Oxenden, C, et al. (2004). New English File - Upper-Intermediate. Oxford University Press: Oxford.
Murphy, R. (2012). English Grammar in Use (4.ª Ed.). Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
Final test . 100%
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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