English 6

Year
0
Academic year
2018-2019
Code
01011507
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
English
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

English 1-5 or CEFL Level C1.1.

Teaching Methods

Teaching is predominantly task-based rather than expository, and participants are expected to engage actively with a variety of analytical tasks followed by feedback and discussion. Class interaction takes place principally through pair-work and group-work in which participants are encouraged to formulate inductively their understanding of the English lexico-grammatical system. Active participation in class is expected through prior preparation of class material, and, for this reason, participants are regularly set small-scale research assignments for class presentation and discussion.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

- analyse text, displaying awareness of how language is organized as a text-forming resource

- display awareness of the particular gramatical features of conversation and of how these are determined by circumstances of discourse

- display enhanced competence in, and metalinguistic awareness of, areas of lexico-grammar studied

- produce an academic essay and lead a group discussion on a topic selected from Mooney et al (2011) (see bibliography)

- use reference sources effectively, such as grammars and dictionaries, to edit learner text.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

This course revises and extends students’ awareness of how texts have ‘texture’, both in terms of their internal cohesion and in relation to extra-textual coherence through the concepts of ‘genre’ and ‘register’. Particular attention is paid to exploring the distinctive features of spoken discourse, especially in relation to the grammar of conversation. Analytical tools developed in genre analysis will be applied to students’ own text production in both written and spoken modes. Areas of léxico-grammar will be revised and extended in accordance with students’ needs, while reference skills will be further developed in the critical analysis and editing of learner text.

Head Lecturer(s)

Andrew Vincent Packett

Assessment Methods

Continuous evaluation
Mini Tests: 25.0%
Other: 25.0%
Frequency: 50.0%

Final evaluation
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Biber, D., Conrad, S., & Leech, G. (2002). The Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English.[Unit 13 – ‘The grammar of conversation’]  Harlow; Longman.

Coffin, C., Donohue, J., & North, S. (2009) Exploring English Grammar: from formal to functional. London; Routledge.

Conrad, S., Biber, D., & Leech, G. (2002). The Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English Workbook.[Unit 13 – ‘The grammar of conversation’]. Harlow; Longman.

Eggins, S. (2004). An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics (2nd edn.). [chaps 2-4]. London; Continuum.

McCarthy, M., & O’Dell, F. (2008). Academic Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge; Cambridge University Press.

Mooney, A., et al. (2011). Language, Society and Power (3rd edn.). London; Routledge.

Mooney, A. et al (Eds.) (2011) The Language, Society and Power Reader. London; Routledge.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (5th edn, 2009).