English

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Based on the communicative approach, the course integrates the learning of new language skills and places equal emphasis on vocabulary and grammar. It 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 language course for adults who need to speak and write English in a variety of situations. Students have the opportunity to discover how the language works for them, by studying carefully selected examples with the guidance of their teacher.

At the end of the 120 hour course students will have the confidence and skills necessary to deal with day-to-day situations in English on an intermediate level. Part I (60 hrs) of the course completes CEFR B1 and Part II (60 hrs) starts B2.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The syllabus combines the learning of new language with the development of functional skills, and equal importance is given to vocabulary and grammar, which are incorporated in the listening, speaking and writing activities.

Grammar is an important element to the syllabus and includes a thorough revision of the main present, past and future tenses. The course goes on to a study of more advanced structures, such as the conditionals, reported speech, comparative and superlative structures and passives. Given the importance of vocabulary to successful communication, the lexical fields of this course include: discussing likes and dislikes, travelling, describing people, superstitions, computers and health problems, symptoms and treatment.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Teresa de Castro Mourinho Tavares

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Continuous evaluation with at least two written tests per semester together with other appropriate forms of evaluation. Full details of evaluation will be given at the beginning of the course: 100.0%

Bibliography

Redston, Chris and Gillie Cunningham (2013).face2face Intermediate Student's Book with DVD-ROM. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.