English

Objectives

1. Expressing concern or satisfaction on issues related to personal life and / or career;

2. Comparing career options and expressing intentions for future careers;

3. Writing letters of application, formal and informal letters;

4. Filling in a CV;

5. Answering an announcement;

6. Expressing opinion and discussing themes about national or international facts;

7. Identifying and describing historical events or current events;

8. Identifying and arguing for or against new consumers’ habits;

9. Asking for and giving suggestions;

10. Giving advice and instructions;

11. Comparing choices and opinions;

12. Expressing preferences and justifying choices;

13. Expressing and making requests or complaints;

14. Writing a letter of complaint;

15. Writing an advertisement;

16. Practising text comprehension and developing writing skills on some proposed themes.

Program

1. Professions and careers:

1.1. Higher education;

1.2. Job market and job entrepreneurs;

1.3. Perspectives of future careers;

1.4. The influence of new technologies in the upcoming of new jobs;

1.5. European exchange programmes for students / workers.

2. The European Union:

2.1. The construction of Europe: past and present;

2.2. The multicultural and multilingual Europe;

2.3. The Europe of the future.

3. The financial, economic and social crisis in Portugal:

3.1. The impacts of the crisis in the Portuguese society;

3.2. Habits and ways of living changes;

3.3. New migratory waves.

4. Social activism:

4.1. Civic participation in society;

4.2. Volunteering programmes.

5. Consuming habits in today’s society:

5.1. The influence of advertising on consumers;

5.2. Consumers’ rights and organizations;

5.3. The development of ecological awareness in new consuming habits.

Teaching Methodologies

The methods used in the subject’s sessions include the presentation of the general topic themes (according to the syllabus) through the presentation of texts, documentaries and/or images that promote the debate of ideas/opinions in group and the written oriented production. Besides the discussion, there will also be presented and solved vocabulary and grammar exercises in order to develop the language use. The students will be also requested to present a project work on a theme chosen by them.

Bibliography

Não será proposta bibliografia para esta disciplina, sendo apenas aconselhado o uso de dicionários unilingues (de preferência) ou bilingues para o trabalho prático nas aulas. Os alunos podem, ainda, recorrer a gramáticas de língua inglesa, para esclarecimento de dúvidas pontuais que possam surgir nos trabalhos realizados fora da sala de aula.

 

There is no reference for specific bibliography for this subject. However, the students are advised to use dictionaries in the sessions. They may also use English language grammars for some doubts concerning the language correct use.