Oral and Written Communication C1

Recommended Prerequisites

N/a

Teaching Methods

•    Individual and collective production of different types of written texts;
•    Use of revision techniques for text improvement;
•    Comprehension/interpretation of written texts;
•    Teacher-students and student-student verbal interaction (presentation of topics for writing; preparatory discussion before writing; oral debates);
•    Simulation of everyday situations in order to promote spoken interaction making use of different language registers;
•    Metalinguistic reflection;
•    Theoretical explanation;
•    Application of rules and topics addressed in language use situations.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the semester, students should be able to:

i) understand the main ideas of complex oral and written texts;

ii) take part in conversations on familiar and relevant topics, spontaneously and fluently;

iii) produce relatively complex oral and written texts of different types;

iv) write texts which respect the basic rules of textual coherence and cohesion.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

A. Thematic areas and vocabulary

1. A journey through Coimbra

• History / Culture

• Students / Academic Code / Traditions

• University life

• Tourism

 

2. A voyage to the capital

• The discourse of power

• Citizenship

 

3.  Portuguese idiosyncrasies

• Fado

• The Sea

• Saudade

• The voyage

4. The Portuguese-speaking world

• Evolution of the Portuguese Language

• Portuguese, official language

 

5. Universalities

• Music

• Modern culture

• Economics

• Social Portrait of a Country

 

B. Grammar:

1. Deictic and discursive operators

2. Textual cohesion: textual and argumentative connectors

3 Textual coherence

4. “Politeness” in conversation

5. Textual typologies

Head Lecturer(s)

Tânia Santos Ferreira

Assessment Methods

Continuous Assessment
Final exam (oral and written): 40.0%
Active participation in class: 60.0%

Bibliography

GRAMÁTICAS

ARRUDA, Lígia (2012). Gramática de Português Língua Não Materna. Porto: Porto Editora.

AZEREDO, Olga; PINTO, Isabel; LOPES, Carmo (2014). Da Comunicação à Expressão (+ Caderno de Exercícios). Lisboa: Raiz Editora.

MARTINS, Ana (2011) Gramática Aplicada. Porto: Porto Editora.

RAPOSO, Eduardo B. Paiva et al. (orgs.) (2013), Gramática do Português. Lisboa: FCG.

RIO-TORTO, Graça et al. (2013). Gramática Derivacional do Português. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra.

 

DICIONÁRIOS

Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa (2002-2003).  Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores.

Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa Contemporânea (2001). Lisboa: Editorial Verbo.

Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (2013). Porto: Porto Editora.

Dicionário de Verbos Portugueses (2012). Porto: Porto Editora.