BA (Honras) em Língua Inglesa

Knowledge and understanding

You’ll be able to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of:

• The history of English, its contemporary diversity, its role as a global language, and its use in a range of contexts in various parts of the world.
• Debates surrounding the historical and contemporary position of English about other languages or language varieties, including an appreciation of the significance of intercultural competence in modern society.
• The nature of linguistic evidence and the different methods used in the collection, description and analysis of language data.
• How language and literature both reflect and affect cultural change and difference and the way texts are written and received within literary, cultural and socio-historical contexts.
• How people use English, as a first or additional language, in a range of social, cultural and educational contexts.

Cognitive skills

You’ll be able to demonstrate your ability to:

• Synthesise information and ideas drawn from varied sources, and critically evaluate alternative explanations, arguments and theories.
• Employ appropriate literacy strategies (both digital and non-digital) to appreciate, interrogate and create a wide variety of written, spoken and multimodal texts.
• Describe and analyse texts using appropriate linguistic and critical terminology.
• Apply theories and methods of analysis to review, consolidate and extend knowledge and understanding of English language topics, and to initiate small-scale investigations.

Practical and professional skills

You’ll be able to demonstrate your ability to:

• Reflect critically on your own linguistic experiences and relationship to the English language.
• Identify and evaluate conflicting arguments, including recognising the significance of different cultural and value positions in these arguments.

Key skills

You’ll be able to:

• Read, synthesise, critically evaluate, and effectively and appropriately communicate information using a variety of sources and drawing on relevant theoretical frameworks as appropriate.
• Study and work independently using a variety of appropriate media, including digital tools.
• Make appropriate use of feedback to improve your performance.
• Understand, interpret and discuss basic statistical data in the form of graphs, tables and diagrams.
• Produce appropriate texts for a wide range of academic and other purposes.

This degree has three stages, each comprising 120 credits:

• Você iniciará o Estágio 1 com um módulo de inglês de 60 créditos, seguido por dois módulos de 30 créditos de inglês e idiomas modernos.
• A seguir, no Estágio 2 , você estudará outro módulo de inglês com 60 créditos e escolherá um módulo de 60 créditos em línguas modernas, literatura inglesa ou redação criativa.
• Finalmente, no Estágio 3 , você estudará mais dois módulos de inglês de 60 créditos.

Stage 1 (120 credits)

You'll study the following:

• Introducing English Language Studies (L101)

Additionally, you'll choose two from the following options:

• Exploring Languages and Cultures (L161)
• English for Academic Purposes Online (L185)
• Habilidades de comunicação para negócios e gestão (LB170)
• Introduction to French Studies (Beginners) (L102)
• Introduction to German Studies (Beginners) (L103)
• Introduction to Spanish Studies (Beginners) (L106)
• French Studies 1 (Intermediate) (L112)
• German Studies 1 (Intermediate) (L113)
• Spanish Studies 1 (Intermediate) (L116)

Stage 2 (120 credits)

You'll study the following:

• English in the World (L201)

Além disso, você escolherá uma das seguintes opções:

• French Studies 2: Language and Culture of the French-speaking World (L222)
• German Studies 2: Language and Culture of the German-speaking World (L223)
• Spanish Studies 2: Language and Culture of the Spanish-speaking World (L226)
• Escrita Criativa (A215)
• Assuntos de Literatura (A240)
• Contando histórias: o romance e além (A233)

Stage 3 (120 credits)

You'll study the following:

• Language and Creativity (E302)
• Language, Literature, and Childhood (L301)

Assessment

Our assessments are all designed to reinforce your learning and help you show your understanding of the topics. The mix of assessment methods will vary between modules.

Computer-Marked Assignments

• Usually, a series of online, multiple-choice questions.

Tutor-Marked Assignments

• You’ll have a number of these throughout each module, each with a submission deadline.
• They can be made up of essays, questions, experiments or something else to test your understanding of what you have learned.
• Your tutor will mark and return them to you with detailed feedback.

End-of-Module Assessments

• The final, marked piece of work on most modules.
• Modules with an end-of-module assessment won’t usually have an exam.

Exams

• Some modules end with an exam. You’ll be given time to revise and prepare.
• You’ll be given your exam date at least 5 months in advance.
• Most exams take place remotely, and you will complete them at home or an alternative location.
• If a module requires you to take a face-to-face exam, this will be made clear in the module description, and you will be required to take your exam in person at one of our exam centres.