Guia docente 2023_24 Facultade de Filoloxía e Tradución

Contidos

Tema	Subtema
A. Writing skills	1. Organize an opinion essay 2. Add supporting ideas and details: descriptive essay 3. Describe a process: description of a diagram 4. Write a summary 5. Organize a problem-solution essay 6. Organize a review 7. Organize a compare-contrast essay 8. Describe data in charts: description of visuals
B. Reading skills	1. Recognize how information is supported 2. Understand unfamiliar vocabulary 3. Make inferences 4. Take notes 5. Understand references within a text 6. Recognize coherence and cohesion 7. Recognize cause and effect 8. Analyze visual information
C. Grammar for writing	1. Simple and compound sentences 2. Punctuation: comma, period, semicolon, etc. 3. Adjective clauses 4. The passive voice 5. Parallel structure 6. Noun phrases and clauses 7. Linkers: coordinating, subordinating, transitions 8. Pronouns and related words 9. Comparatives and superlatives
D. Academic vocabulary	1. Antonyms and synonyms 2. Polysemy 3. Word formation: Base words and suffixes 4. Greek and Latin roots 'mot-' and 'cycl-' 5. Collocations: e.g. adjective/noun + preposition 6. Compound words 7. Word formation: suffixes '-or', '-er', '-ion' 8. Prepositional and phrasal verbs
E. Critical thinking	1. Understand a writer's purpose 2. Evaluate the strength of an argument 3. Connect new ideas to what you know 4. Support your opinions 5. Evaluate solutions 6. Understand the order of events 7. Connect information to personal experiences 8. Notice similarities and differences