English Language Course, Upper-Intermediate Level I

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Based on the communicative approach, it integrates the learning of new language skills and places equal emphasis on vocabulary and grammar. The course uses a guided discovery approach to learning, first allowing students to check what they know, then guiding them to work out the rules through carefully structured examples and concept questions.

Learning Outcomes

This is a general English course for adults who need to speak and write English in a variety of situations efficiently and effectively. It is based on a communicative approach using a variety of methods and activities.

 

At the end of the two semesters, students will be approaching B2 level in the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR) and stronger students might be able to attempt to gain qualifications at the level of Cambridge FCE

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Students have the opportunity to review areas of grammar that they have previously studied while expanding their grammatical knowledge, thereby developing their communicative range.

Head Lecturer(s)

Mark John Richard Wakefield

Assessment Methods

Assessement
The courses assessment is guided by a set of rules, available in http://www.uc.pt/fluc/cl/regulamentos/fluc/cl/ficheiros/regulamento_aval: 100.0%

Bibliography

Todos os cursos de Inglês do Quotidiano utilizam o manual Face2face, 2nd Edition (Cambridge University Press) correspondente ao respetivo nível: Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate.