Training Course on Introduction to Academic Writing in Portuguese

General Objectives of the Course

At the end of the course, students should be able to write academic texts according to HEI standards using European Portuguese.

Admission Requirements

(i) to have completed the previous year or to be attending the last year of studies previous to admission on a Higher Education Institution in a state-funding secondary education school in Portuguese-speaking countries/regions;
(ii) (HEI); (iii) to plan to attend a state-funding HEI in Portuguese-speaking countries/regions, according to cover letter;
(iii) to have a grade of 14 points in a scale of 0 to 20 (or the corresponding grade in the marking system of his / her country) in the last year of studies.

Candidates should check the admission requirements available on this site, in addition to the information provided here.

Mode of Study

E-learning

Teaching / Evaluation language(s)

Portuguese

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Final grade: 0 to 20 points.

Learning Objectives and Intended Skills

At the end of the course, students should be able to plan their writing (Module 1 - Planning); to write sequences, sections of text, paragraphs and sentences according to information gathered from sources in their subject area, using references according to the APA system; to use a specific lexicon; to use coherence and coesion textual devices; to write simple, coordinated and subordinate sentences; to apply spelling and punctuation rules, following the Orthographic Agreement (Module 2 - Textualising); to revise their own and other people's texts, taking into account the macro-textual level, the syntactic level, the formal level and the pragmatic/communicative level and following objectives and models of their subject area; (Module 3 – Revising).

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Rules of creation and operation of non-degree courses at the University of Coimbra

Study Programme

Introduction to Academic Writing in Portuguese

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Course Type
Non Degree Course

Qualification Awarded: Diploma/Certificate

Duration: 1 Trimester(s)

ECTS Credits: 3.0

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