Currículo
Written Communication WCOM-DP
Contextos
Groupo: Matemática Aplicada à Economia e à Gestão > 1º Ciclo > Unidades Curriculares Optativas > Cursos Livres
Groupo: Matemática Aplicada à Economia e à Gestão > 1º Ciclo > Unidades Curriculares Optativas > Cursos Livres
ECTS
1.0 (para cálculo da média)
Objectivos
General objectives: - To develop ISEG/ULisboa students? communicative competence in writing in English; - To provide techniques and practice exercises for students to improve their written communication in English; - To develop students? understanding of genres (standard text types). Learning outcomes: - To understand the relations between the socio-cultural context of a written text, genres and lexico-grammatical resources in English; - To produce short and coherent texts in English.
Programa
- Theoretical underpinnings; - Word language tools; - Common mistakes by Portuguese speakers; - Principles of text organisation: a. Paragraph development; b. Thematic progression; c. Cohesive devices; - Register (tenor): a. Nominalization; b. Making the subjective sound objective. - Academic writing: a. Written answers in tests and exams; b. Essays and assignments; c. Dissertations & theses; d. Paraphrasing & summarizing. - Writing in the workplace: a. Letters; b. Paper vs email; c. Reports.
Método de Avaliação
Information collected in class; Written exercises and texts (homework).
Carga Horária
Carga Horária de Contacto -
Trabalho Autónomo - 0.0
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Bibliografia
Principal
- Workbook and exercises available on Aquila: . . .