ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITCNICA DEL LITORAL

Centro de Lenguas Extranjeras

CELEX ESPOL
Information for English II Students

Lets continue our journey through the English world!

Course books
First (Mid Term) Assessment
English Unlimited Intermediate B1+ Students Book units 1 to 4
Workbook units 1 to 4
*Unit 2 has been integrated into 1.
Second (Final) Assessment
English Unlimited Intermediate B1+ Students Book units 5 to 7
Workbook units 5 to 7

Flipped classroom:
CELEX is currently working with the Flipped learning approach, which
implies doing autonomous work at home before you get to the classroom.
Be ready to have questions, and fully interact in class and work
autonomously outside the classroom with your peers.
Every week, your teacher will send you different materials such as videos,
reading exercises, podcast and others. This material will be about a new
topic that will be discussed and practised in class. In addition, youll
receive some instructions and a worksheet with that material.
In general, in every class, you will work in groups. Chairs are arranged in
circles of 4 or 5 to accomplish this objective.
Autonomous learning consists of extensive reading, online practice,
collaborative learning.
You will be requested to work in cooperative teams in the classroom, and
collaborative teams outside the classroom
Micro-presentations on familiar topics will be done in class.

In Class
During the semester, youll have 60 class hours, this is 2 weekly sessions
of two hours each.
If you arrive more than 10 minutes late, you will be marked absent for
that hour and the teacher will not let you in the class. Please come back
for the next hour of class.
The use of the mobile phone is strictly for academic activities.
Please do not eat or drink anything (except water) in class.
You must bring all your material, either physical or digital, to every class.
If you do not have the right material, the teacher can ask you to leave the
class.
You must not miss more than 22 hours of class to pass the course. There
are no justified absences. (Reglamento 1206, Art 23).
http://www.dspace.espol.edu.ec/handle/123456789/21002
Every class is planned in such a way that you will practise what you
learned during the autonomous work.
English should be used in class, in order to communicate with your teacher
and classmates.
Remember to be respectful with your teacher and classmates.
Be ethical on every piece of work you do. Plagiarism will be penalized.
(Reglamento 2421, Art 3).
http://www.dspace.espol.edu.ec/bitstream/123456789/16470/3/2421%20R
eglamento%20de%20disciplina.pdf

Lab hours
Weekly lab hours will be part of the programme.
If there is not lab available, we will use the classroom.
 After using the computers, make sure you turn off the computer, including
the monitor, and place the headphones on the monitor.
Please do not eat or drink anything in the lab.

Assessment
Please check the dates and rooms for your first (mid-term), second
(final) and third (mejoramiento) assessments on the sistema
acadmico.
If you do not take the exam or class test on the established date, you will
receive a grade of ZERO for that exam or test. The teacher will not give
you surprise tests you will always know in advance when there is an
exam or test.

There are three evaluations in every course:

o Mid-term assessment (primer parcial):
15% written exam (reading, listening, writing, use of English)
15% oral exam
40% participation (homework, autonomous work, projects,
quizzes.)
20% 2 tests
10% 2 writing tasks
o Final assessment (segundo parcial)
15% written exam (reading, listening, writing, use of English)
15% oral exam
40% participation (homework, autonomous work, projects,
quizzes.)
20% 2 tests
10% 2 writing tasks
o Mejoramiento (tercer parcial) 100% exam

The oral exam will be given the last day of classes; this is, before the
exams week.
Each exam lasts 2 hours. In the listening section, you will hear the CD two
times only.
Clubs
Every semester CELEX opens the English Clubs, with the objective to help you
reinforce and improve your knowledge in different areas, such as the Conversation
Club; Tutorials: language structure and vocabulary, Reading and the Film club.
Attendance is not mandatory. However, its recommendable to practise your
English when you are not in class. Check schedules!
SidWeb
Your teacher will use the SIdWeb on a regular basis in order to communicate
with you; Activities such as forums, chats and others will be posted. In addition,
your teacher can also use other platforms and sites to help you increase and
improve your English proficiency. Class materials, post links, autonomous work
and homework will be sent to you through any of these
Office hours
Your teacher is going to give you the hours he/she is available to in the office or
teachers room, so that you can discuss any academic issue if necessary.
You can always contact us:
celex@espol.edu.ec

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