VICERRECTORADO DE DOCENCIA

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SYLLABUS

1. GENERAL BACKGROUND

DEPARTMENT
LANGUAGES
CAREER
ALL
MODE
ON-SITE
AREA
ENGLISH
SUBJECT
ENGLISH
LEVEL: Upper Intermediate 7-
NRC: NUMBER OF CREDITS: 08
8

WEEKLY LESSONS ACADEMIC TERM: 2019

128
PRE-REQUIREMENTS
Levels: CO-REQUIREMENTS
THEORY: LABORATORY: I - II (Elementary) A1
7 1 III- IV (Pre-intermed.)A2 LEVEL V - VI
V-VI (Intermediate) B1

2. CONTENTS

No. UNIDADES DE CONTENIDOS

UNIDAD 1:
SOCIAL NETWORKS / EXPERTS

1.1 Auxiliary verbs

1.2 Past participles
1.3 Reflexive pronouns
1.4 Functional language: small talk
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1.5 Speaking task: offering solutions
2.1 Present tenses
2.2 Used to do/used to doing
2.3 Words ending in …ever
2.4 Functional Language: Make polite requests
2.5 Writing task: a blog post giving advice
UNIDAD 2:
SURVIVAL / REINVENTION

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 3.1 Narrative tenses
3.2 Adverbs
3.3 Describe extreme weather conditions
3.4 Functional Language: Giving warnings
3.5 Speaking task: being supportive
4.1 Present perfect & past simple
4.2 Present perfect simple & continuous
4.3 Uses of the –ing form
4.4 Functional Language: Complaining
4.5 Writing task: An informal email
UNIDAD 3:
FOOD FOR THOUGHT / THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT
5.1 Future forms
5.2 Clauses
5.3 Future continuous & future perfect
5.4 Functional Language: Checking understanding
5.5 Speaking task: describing a dish
3
6.1 Passive voice
6.2 Have something done
6.3 Computer games
6.4 Functional Language: Generalizing
6.5 Writing task: a review
UNIDAD 4:
SOCIETY AND YOU / CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
7.1 Should have/could have
7.2 Speculation and deduction
7.3 Crowd behavior
7.4 Functional Language: Criticizing
7.5 Speaking task: ranking issues
4
8.1 If sentences
8.2 Wishes and regrets
8.3 If sentences with mixed time frames
8.4 Functional Language: Changing the subject
8.5 Writing task: a blog post giving an opinion
UNIDAD 5:
LUCK AND FORTUNE / VALUE FOR MONEY

9.1 Cleft sentences for emphasis

9.2 Comparing things
9.3 Modifying comparatives
9.4 Functional Language: Arguing and making concessions
9.5 Speaking task: a short talk
5
10.1 Either.. or / neither.. nor
10.2 Articles
10.3 Underemployment
10.4 Functional Language: arranging a service
10.5 Writing task: a survey report
UNIDAD 6:
TECHNOLOGY / OUT OF THE ORDINARY
11.1 Relative clauses
11.2 Describe and discuss gadgets
11.3 So/such
11.4 Functional Language: Dealing with technical problems
11.5 Speaking task: discussing pros and cons
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12.1 Reporting verbs
12.2 Perfect & continuous tenses
12.3 Idiomatic expressions
12.4 Functional Language: showing interest
12.5 Writing task: description of a memorable experience

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3. INFORMATION RESOURCES

a. BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY

TITLE AUTHOR EDITION YEAR LANGUAGE EDITORIAL

Segunda
1. The Big Picture Ben Goldsten 2017 English Richmond

2. The adventures of Tom

Mark Twain First 2016 English Richmnod
Sawyer

b. RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

TITLE AUTHOR YEAR LANGUAGE EDITORIAL

2008 English Cambridge

Essential Grammar in Use RAYMOND MURPHY

Passages N.1 JACK C. RICHARDS 2009 English Cambridge

Short Reading English

ESLGOLD 2010 English Oxford
Exercises
Macmillan
Reading Books HOLDEN, SUSAN 2006 English Publishers
Limited
MOLINSKY, STEVEN
Word by Word – Picture Y BLISS, BILL Prentice Hall
1994 English
Dictionary ED., NEW JERSEY- Regents
USA, 1994

Latacunga, 31-01-2019

SIGNATURE 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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