_______________________________________________________________ Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território ▪ Edifício IGOT – R. Branca Edmée Marques 1600-289 LISBOA ▪ tel.: 21 044 3000

Academic Year: 2015/2016 Course: English for Specific Purposes Coordinator: Teresa Malafaia Teaching Staff: Tania Gregg ECTS: 3 Weekly Hours: 2 Typology: TP - theoretical & practical

Contents Written production: structuring and writing texts for correspondence for example, faxes, emails, recommendation letters, confirmation letters, memorandos, reports, letters of complaint, press releases, notices, promotional brochures; description of itineraries; constructing competency-based CVs and cover letters. Oral production: brief (for example, providing information based on visual materials such as graphs, tables, maps, etc.) and more elaborate (guided tour) oral presentations; enhancing business techniques and the commercialisation of events.

Objectives and skills The aim of this curricular unit is to develop and further the linguistic skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking within the specific context of tourism. By the end of the semester, students are expected to have developed and mastered fluency, effective and efficient communication skills, be capable of identifying and using idiomatic expressions, as well as more complex syntactic constructions, to produce coherent and cohesive texts and to express themselves on themes within the scope of tourism by using appropriate terminology.

References CANNON, Gwen (2007): Michelin the Green Guide Portugal (Michelin Green Guides), Michelin Travel Publications, revised edition. CANNON, Gwen (2009): Michelin the Green Guide Portugal: Madeira the Azores (Michelin Green Guide: Portugal English Edition), Michelin Travel Publications, 5th edition. DE LARRABEITI, Michelle (ed) (2003): Portugal (Eyewitness Travel Guides), DK Publishing, revised edition. ELLINGHAM, Mark et al (2007): The Rough Guide to Portugal 12 (Rough Guide Travel Guides), Rough Guides, 2nd edition. EVANS, David J.J. (2009): Portugal (Cadogan Guides), Interlink Pub Group, 6th edition. MANDELL, Barbara (1996): Visitor's Guide to Portugal, Visitor Guide, 2nd edition. PRICE, J.H. & B.R. King (1996): The tramways of Portugal: A visitor’s Guide, Light Rail Association, revised edition. SAYERS, David (2006): Azores, 3rd: The Bradt Travel Guide, Bradte Travel Guides, 3rd edition. ST LOUIS, Regis (2009): Portugal (Country Guide), Lonely Planet, 7th edition.

Knowledge evaluation methods and their partial grades Continuous assessment will be adopted as the evaluation method and students are expected to come to class regularly and to participate actively. Evaluation will include oral presentations, involving individual/group research and a written test. The marks will be broken down as follows: • 1st Test : 50% • Oral Presentation: 50%