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SYLLABUS

1. GENERAL BACKGROUND

DEPARTMENT
LANGUAGES
CAREER
ALL CAREERS
MODE
ONSITE
SUBJECT
ENGLISH
KNOWLEDGE AREA
LANGUAGES
LEVEL:
CREDITS:
NRC:
8
PRE- INTERMEDIATE / B1

WEEKLY / LESSONS ACADEMIC TERM: 2019

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THEORY: LABS: PRE-REQUIREMENTS CORREQUISITES

07 01 Elementary A1 – A2 LEVEL II

2. CONTENTS

N. UNIDADES DE CONTENIDOS
UNIDAD 1:
SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE / BACK TO NATURE
1.1 Present simple and present continuous
1.2 Practice questions
1.3 Talk about communication and life on other planets
1.4 Functional Language: Checking understanding
1 1.5 Speaking task: planning your language learning
2.1 Past simple tense
2.2 past continuous and past simple
2.3 Actions in the past
2.4 Functional Language: Checking in
2.5 Writing task: a holiday review
UNIDAD 2:
ICONS / AGES AND CHANGES

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 3.1 Relative clauses
3.2 Articles
3.3 Cultural icons
3.4 Functional Language: Expressing preference
3.5 Speaking task: Designing a logo
4.1 Present perfect
4.2 Present perfect vs. past simple
4.3 Comparatives & superlatives
4.4 Functional Language: Catching up
4.5 Writing task: an informal email
UNIDAD 3:
LIVE AND LEARN / HELP!

5.1 Future plans

5.2 Must and must not for obligation
5.3 Adjectives and prepositions
5.4 Functional Language: sounding polite
5.5 Speaking task: a telephone inquiry
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6.1 Modal verbs: can / can´t, should / shouldn´t
6.2 Predictions with will, may, might
6.3 Vocabulary to describe ailments
6.4 Functional Language: Advice
6.5 Writing task: a formal email
UNIDAD 4:
SWITCHED ON / REAL OR FAKE

7.1 Verbs with –ing form or to + infinitive

7.2 Countable and uncountable nouns
7.3 Quantifiers
7.4 Functional language: Agreeing and disagreeing
7.5 Speaking task: Discussing an issue
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8.1 If sentences
8.2 Modal verbs must, can’t, may, might
8.3 Urban legends
8.4 Functional Language: Warning and promises
8.5 Writing task: a blog post
UNIDAD 5:
MAKING ENDS MEETS / A GLOBAL MARKET?

9.1 If + past simple

9.2 So & such
9.3 Indefinite pronouns
9.4 Functional Language: Money transactions
9.5 Speaking task: Spending your money
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10.1 Present simple passive
10.2 Past simple passive
10.3 International and traditional food
10.4 Functional Language: Describing a local dish
10.5 Writing task: A local street food guide
UNIDAD 6
NICE TO MEET YOU / ENTERTAIN ME

11.1 Reported speech with say

11.2 Reported speech with tell
11.3 Being single and relationships
6 11.4 Functional language: Telephone messages
11.5 Speaking task: giving an update
12.1 Modal verbs
12.2 Used to

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 12.3 Video clips & slideshows
12.4 Functional Language: Making recommendations
12.5 Writing task: a description of a tv series

3. INFORMATION RESOURCES

a. BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY

TITLE AUTHOR EDITION YEAR LANGUAGE EDITORIAL

Second
1. The big picture Sheila Dignen 2017 English Richmond

2. The road through the hills Rod Smith First 2016 English Richmond

b. RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

TITLE AUTHOR YEAR LANGUAGE EDITORIAL

RAYMOND 2008 English Cambridge

Essential Grammar in Use
MURPHY
JACK C.
Interchange N.2 2009 English Cambridge
RICHARDS
Short Reading English Exorcices ESLGOLD 2010 English Oxford
Macmillan
Reading Books HOLDEN, SUSAN 2006 English
Publishers Limited
MOLINSKY,
STEVEN Y BLISS,
BILL Prentice Hall
Word by Word – Picture Dictionary 1994 English
ED., NEW Regents
JERSEY-USA,
1994

Latacunga, 31-01-2019

SIGNATURES OF RESPONSABILITY

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AREA COORDINATOR PROFICIENCY DIRECTOR
DR. FRANCISCO BRAVO B. DR. CARLOS PROAÑO R.

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LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR

MGT. JANETH PILA L.

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