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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Philology |
| Grao en Inglés: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios |
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| Lingua Inglesa e os seus Usos 2 |
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| Identifying Data | 2015/16 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Lingua Inglesa e os seus Usos 2 | Code | 613G03037 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 1st four-month period |
Fourth | Obligatoria | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Metaphors related to plants and trees The environment (See text book mentioned in section 8, sources of information) |
Metaphors based on plants; verbs related to growth; collocations |
| Authorities, customs, police. History Poverty |
Vocabulary related to immigration, traffic police, etc. Vocabluary for dealing with history; collocations; Vocabulary about poverty and lack of means |
| Language of Law War and peace. WW-1 |
words for crimes; adjectives specifically for legal contexts; legal words in common use Attitudes towards war and peace; metaphors of conflict. Letters from the trenches |
| Sport, diet and health Space: expanse and confinement |
Vocabulary and metaphors from sport, diet and health Expressing concepts of space; metaphors for ample or limited space |
| Time Motion Manner Sound Weight and density Colour: range and intensity Speed |
Sequence and duration Colloquial expressions of time; sayings related to passage of time Nuances of speed and movement; verbs/adjectives with non-literal meaning From silence to noice; specific verbs for certain noises, set phrases about sounds Synonyms for heavy; literal uses of weighing; words to express density Specific colours, related metaphors; exotic associations of words for colours |
| Cause and effect Comparison and contrast Difficulties, dilemmas, hitches Modality |
Verbs expressing cause/effect, collocations How to express similarity and contrast Nouns and adjectives relating to difficulties and dilemmas Modal verbs and the expression of facts, opinions and wishes; probability; advice, obligation |
| Complaints and protests Apologising, forgiving and reconciliation. praising Promises, bets Speech: style and articulation |
Formal and informal complaints Collocations; apologies in legal contexts; peace settlement (lit/fig); Formal / colloquial promises; Expressions about betting Volume: from quiet to loud; describing ways of speaking |
| The media: printed publications |
Headlines, eye-catching vocabulary, word-play, Sections in press, newsgathering, adverts; formats |
| Vague language expressions Types of idioms |
Vague expressions for numbers; making actions /ideas less precise (informal) Idioms:on people, stories, reports |
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