Conhecimentos de Base Recomendados

English B1/B2.

Objetivos

General objective

The objective is to develop students’ knowledge of English in several areas, such as reading comprehension, writing, correct use of technical terms, grammar, fluency and personal interaction. Students will be acquainted with concepts and procedures used in the workplace, and will be able to apply technical language to specific contexts.

Learning outcomes and competencies

Part I – Career Management

-Get acquainted with the concept of career management and understand its relevance in the 21st-century;

- understand and analyse specific texts or articles;

-acquire and apply vocabulary related to the world of work;

- correct use of grammar structures (Questions/Passive voice and verb tenses);

- communicate ideas and discuss topics related to career management with fluency;

- produce written texts about topics connected to career management.

Part II- English in the context of new technologies

-Understand and analyse specific texts or articles;

-correct use of technical vocabulary and specific grammar (If Clauses / Reported speech and verb tenses);

- communicate ideas and discuss technical and general topics with fluency;

- produce written specific texts about new technologies.

Part III- Project

Develop a group work about a technical topic related to each specific course and present the results to the class.

Métodos de Ensino

In the classroom students will be assigned a variety of activities that include:

- team work/pair work
-reading comprehension
-technical vocabulary acquisition
-grammar practice
- discussions to improve fluency /communication skills
- listening activities and visualisation of thematic videos
-brainstorming

Some of these pedagogical practices are based on active learning principles.

Estágio(s)

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Programa

1. Diagnostic test
 The aim is to assess the global level of English of the classroom, in order to overcome any difficulties presented by students.
2. Career management
3. English in the context of the new technologies
Reading comprehension of updated texts concerning new emerging technologies/innovation
 Debate and discussion of these topics
4. English grammar revision
 The revision of these several grammar issues will be done throughout the course: verb tenses, interrogatives, if clauses, passive voice, reported speech.
5. Technical English vocabulary /English for the workplace
 Acquisition of specific technical vocabulary related to the area of the course.
6. Project
 Development of a group work about a technical topic related to each specific course. (The maximum number of students per group should be 3).

Demonstração de conteúdos

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Demonstração da metodologia

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Docente(s) responsável(eis)

Elisabete Cristina Simões Lopes - 1.º Semestre

Bibliografia

Esteras, Santiago Remacha; Infotech, Cambridge UP, 2009. ISBN: 978-0521702997-0521702992
Sabrina Sopranzi; Flash on English for Mechanics and Electronics, ELI, 2016. ISBN: 885362180X -978-8853621801