2015_16
Guia docent 
Facultat de Lletres
A A A 
català 
Grau d'Anglès (2009)
 Assignatures
  DESTRESES COMUNICATIVES: READING AND WRITING I
   Continguts
Tema Subtema
-NARRATIVE TEXTS I
Narrative and connecting words.
Biographical narratives.
Newspaper stories.
Eye-witness and narrative reports.



READING TECHNIQUES FOR ALL THE TEXTS:

- How to read a text.

1. Understanding the text as a whole.
2. Skimming for main ideas.
3. Scanning and retrieving specific information.
4. Identifying information to perform a task.
5. Dealing with difficult vocabulary.
6. Understanding complicated sentences.
7. Writer's intention; use of language.
8. Interpreting.
9. Understanding the principles of grammar.


-WRITING TECHNIQUES / WORK

1. Produce paragraphs for open-ended questions.
2. Produce descriptive and narrative texts, letters, summaries, brochures etc.
3. Apply the principles of grammar: tenses, question formation, reported speeach, modal verbs.
4. Correct errors and make improvements.
-BASIC READING AND WRITING TECHNIQUES -Preliminary work on three key areas of writing skills: style and register (construction of sentences and paragraphs), cohesion, and punctuation.
DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS I:
 Making descriptions interesting.
Describing pictures, objects, products, people, places.
LETTERS I:
 Informal letters: technical matters (layout),
diplomacy and tact.
Formal letters: job application, apology, complaint
PLAYS:
 Writing of a small play