ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES Y HUMANÍSTICAS

COURSE POLICIES
PAO I 2020
ENGLISH IV

TEACHER:

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

CODE: IDIG1009
PRE REQUISITE: English III
CO REQUISITE: N/A
HOURS OF CLASS:
THEORY: 3
PRACTICE: 1

2. TEXTS

SET TEXT:

 Doff, A., Thaine Craig, Puchta Herbert, Sttranks Jeff & Lewis- Jones Peter. (2016).
Empower B2 COMBO A with Online Assessment. (1). United Kingdom: Cambridge
University Press. ISBN-10: 1316601293, ISBN-13: 9781316601297

REFERENCES:

 Murphy, R. (2012). English Grammar in Use. 4th Ed. Cambridge University Press.
 Zemach, D.E., Stafford-Yilmaz, L. (2014). Writers at Work: The Essay. Cambridge
University Press.
 Kemper, K. (2016). All Write. (1). United States: Thoughful Learning. ISBN-10:
1941660444, ISBN-13: 9781941660447

 Any other material the teacher requires

3. COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This subject of basic and general education presents the grammar structures for the
production of a persuasive essay, through the development of a transversal writing
program. In addition, it leads students to identify specific arguments in the oral and written
communication, considering their own opinion about a variety of social, academic or
professional topics. It also applies the necessary vocabulary to enter into a discussion, talk
about familiar situations, activities to reach goals, analyze cause and effect, and personal
and professional opportunities.

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 4. SUMMARY OF THE PROGRAM

UNIDADES / SUBUNIDADES Horas de

docencia por
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(CONTENID
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TEÓRICO)
1. Develop conversations/discussions
1. Description of celebrities/famous people based on criterion and using
adjectives.
2. Conclusions about a challenge or goal. 5
3. Speaking practice: introduction of strategies for an
effective conversation/discussion - using questions
4. Writing Program: fundamentals for essay writing.

2. Extreme situations.

1. Telling stories and events using narrative forms.

2. Consequences of real and imaginary situations using conditional forms. 5

3. Oral interaction: Use of communicative strategies while discussing

contemporary topics.

4. Writing Program: Developing the introduction paragraph of a persuasiv

e essay.
3. Development of activities to meet objectives.

1. Contrast and comparison between skills and achievements using the

present perfect.
2. Ways to improve results. 6
3. Oral Interaction: Evaluation of a contemporary topic in a group discussion.
4. Writing program: Developing an outline for a persuasive essay.
4. Assessment of cause and effect.
1. Making decisions about past routines.
2. Discuss complex ideas by describing obligations. 7
3. Oral Interaction: Identification of the components of an academic writing pres
entation.
4. Writing Program: Developing aof a persuasive essay.
5. Generating professional and personal opportunities.
1. Speculating about the future. 5
2. Strenghts and weaknesses in the professional field.
3. Oral interaction: Production of an academic presentation.
4. Writing program: Production of a persuasive essay.
6. Evaluation activities. 4

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METHODOLOGIES:

This course will be conducted as a virtual class, which is is an online learning environment
that allows interaction between the tutor and the learners as they are participating in
learning activities. The participants have tools to present learning content in different
formats, as well as to implement collaborative and individual activities. We´ll be using
different methodologies and a variety of easy to access apps that help students and
teachers participate actively during each session.

The Communicative Approach:

The course will be taught in English. There will be regular practice of the four
skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Activities will serve to stimulate as
much as possible real-life communicative encounters.

Flipped Classroom:
Students will receive pre-assignments in preparation for classwork, so teachers
will be able to focus more on the Practice and Production components. The main
objective is to promote the communicative approach among students. Activation
of previous knowledge will prepare students to participate in class.

Collaborative and/or Cooperative Learning:

Students will work in groups with or without the direct supervision of the
teacher. This will be done thorough online learning tools that the teacher
indicates.

5. ASSESSMENT

English has a theoretical and practical component. The first one represents 70 %, and
the latter the 30 % of the final grade.
There is no an official exam week during the first partial. However, exams will be given
during week seven.

Here how the grades are distributed:

Theoretical Grading (70%)

Activity % Description/Comments
Cambridge LMS 20% All the activities done by the students on the platform
(PLATFORM) out of 100. These include the Progress tests, Online
workbook, and the Academic skills. The extension
activities are optional as they are scored as
completed or not.
Quizzes 10% Any quizzes or tests taken by students.
(Teachers are allowed to use the progress tests of the
platform to grade this section)
SIDWEB activities 20% It includes flipped classroom activities, reinforcement
tasks (Listening and reading exercises), and
classwork.
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 Exams (1) 50% Speaking assessment – 10 points
Writing assessment – 10 points
Reading assessment – 10 points
Listening assessment – 10 points
Use of English – 10 points
Total 100%

The exam scores and sections:

EXAM
50 POINTS (It includes the oral exam)
Oral exam 10 pts
Midterm: Dialogue
Final: Presentation
Reading 10 pts
1 Reading –main idea, details
inferences (1 or 2 inference questions)
Listening 10 pts
2 tracks: 1 dialogue; 1 lecture
Writing 10 pts
- First exam: The outline of a
persuasive essay.
- Final exam: A persuasive essay

Use of English & Vocabulary 10 pts

Midterm:
Units 1-2
Final:
Units 3, 4 and 5.

Practical Component (30% of final grade)

First and Second

Evaluation

Reading 25
Writing 25
Listening 25
Speaking 25

TOTAL 100%
*The practical component is registered in the academic system at the end of the course,
so the system calculates the given percentages.

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 IMPORTANT:
The practice hour includes activities that will be developed during the class hours.
 The practical component amounts for 30% of the final grade.
 The teacher will input in the academic system a grade over 100 points and
the system makes the corresponding calculations.
 This practical component includes the four skills that students need to
develop during their level. These skills are reading, writing, listening and
speaking.
 The activities as part of the practical hour may vary, they could be
individual or group activities. Extension activities from the Cambridge
Platform (Reading / Listening) may also be part of this section.
 The teacher will assign a minimum of one task for each of the skills and per
term, so, in the end there will be eight (8) graded tasks for this component.

Tests
 There will be a minimum of two tests after each of the units that
comprise the curriculum is finished.
 Each test will be graded over 10.
 Each test might include a reading passage, a listening track and a
use of English section.
 This will be performed in both terms of the PAO.
 This suggested plan will be used for both the first and the second
term.

Essay
 The outline of an essay (persuasive essay) will be written during the first
term and a complete essay for the second term.
 The students should develop the following graded products:
a) An outline, which will contain a complete introduction, the outline of
the three developmental paragraphs and the complete conclusion.
b) Once the outline is finished, basing on it, students should develop
their first draft, which shall contain a complete introduction, the
three-paragraph body and a complete conclusion.
c) The final product shall be the finished essay which should contain
all the corrections pointed out by the teacher and will contain the
same sections as the first draft.

Assignments
 The teacher shall assign work for the students to do individually, either in
pairs or in groups.

 The assignments shall be carried out in, but will not be limited to the
Cambridge Language Management System (CLMS) platform and the
SidWeb.

 Students will have a weekly reading and listening exercise sent by Sid web.
These exercises will be international exams like exercises that challenge
students to get the appropriate level (B2). The exercises will train students to
answer different kinds of questions such as inference, detail, reason, purpose
and vocabulary.

Oral assessment
 The oral assessment will be divided into one activity for the first exam and a
different activity for the second exam.
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  In the first exam the students should work in pairs or in groups (could be
3 or 4) For this assessment they should develop a conversation / discussion
based on a situation presented by the teacher. These situations shall be very similar to those practiced
in class. The situations shall not by any circumstance be informed to the students with prior time,
therefore, on the day of the exam each group will receive their situation on the same day and they
should have no more than five 5 or 3 minutes to prepare.

 For the final exam students will prepare and give a presentation about any topic they prefer,
as long as, it is related to the degrees they are studying. The topic for the present shall be
declared to the teacher who will make a note of the topic. There shall be no repeated topics,
so they will go on a first come, first served basis. Each student should speak for about
3minutes, this in order for the teacher to grade each one individually. At the end of the
presentation the teacher (or volunteered students) may ask a couple of questions to the
presenters as part of the presentation.
 The oral exam will take place on the last week of class before the exam week starts.
 For the presentations students should wear a semi-formal attire. No jeans, shorts or t-
shirts should be permitted during the presentations.
 Teachers will send the rubric by SIDWeb, so that students will be aware of the way they
will be graded.

Exams
 There will be three exams in each semester.
 The first exam which will comprise the first two units of the textbook (units
1 and 2).
 The second exam will include the last three units of the textbook (units 3, 4
and 5).
 The third exam will include all the content of the book, five units in total
(unit 1 to unit 5).
 All the exams plus the class activities grade will add up to 100 points which
will be input in the academic system after the exams had been corrected and
presented to the students.
 Each written exam will contain three sections, the reading section, use of
English, which includes grammar and vocabulary, and the listening section.
 Both the oral section and the writing section of the exam will take place on
the session before the official exam day. The oral section has been discussed
above.
 The composition section of the exam, which will be graded over 12 points,
will be different for the first and the second exam.
a) In the first exam students will have to develop the outline for an essay
question, which they will have to choose among three options. Students
will have one hour to develop their written work. This work will comprise
the introduction of the essay (complete introduction), the topic sentences
for each of the paragraphs and the supporting ideas (not sentences) for
the topic sentence. Finally, learners will write the conclusion for that
essay. This work will have a maximum grade of 12 points. Students will
be familiar with the rubric they have used for their writing classwork.
a) In the final exam students will have to develop a complete essay for an
essay question which they will have to choose among three options.
Students will have one hour to develop their written work. This work will
comprise the complete introduction of the essay, all the three body
paragraphs (in the form of paragraph, not outline) and the complete
conclusion. This work will have a maximum grade of 12. Students will
be familiar with the rubric they have used for their writing classwork.

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 b) In the “mejoramiento” exam students will have to develop a complete
essay for an essay question which they will have to choose among three
options. This work will comprise the complete introduction of the essay,
all the three body paragraphs (in the form of paragraph, not outline) and
the complete conclusion. This work will have a maximum grade of 25
points.

Credits

4 credits

6. Additional Information

 You will have 2 sessions per week. Each session has 2 academic hours (50
minutes each). Classes and exams will be held on the following dates:
WEEK 1 JUNE 01-05 Class activities.

WEEK 2 JUNE 08-12 Class activities

WEEK 3 JUNE 15-19 Class activities.

WEEK 4 JUNE 22-26 Class activities.

WEEK 5 JUNE 29 - JULY 03 Class activities.

WEEK 6 JULY 06-10 Class activities.

WEEK 7 JULY 13-17 Class activities.and

FIRST EXAM.

WEEK 8 JULY 20-24 Class activities. (Except on July 24th)

WEEK 9 JULY 27-31 Class activities.

WEEK 10 AUGUST 03-07 Class activities.

WEEK 11 AUGUST 10-14 Class activities. (Except on August 10th)

WEEK 12 AUGUST 17-21 Class activities.

WEEK 13 AUGUST 24-28 Class activities.

WEEK 14 AUGUST 31- Class activities.

SEPTEMBER 04

WEEK 15 SEPTEMBER 07-11 SECOND EVALUATION

SEPTEMBER 14-18 PREPARATION WEEK

SEPTEMBER 21-25 THIRD EVALUATION

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  The use of the mobile phone/ tablets/Pcs or any other gadget is strictly for
academic activities.
 Teachers will let you know which platforms will be used during the course, in
advance
 Students must have all their material ready before each session starts, and
must be on line punctually, according to the session plan.
 English should be used in class to communicate with the teacher, and for
communication between students.
 Students are expected to be respectful at all times of their teacher and
classmates.
 Academic honesty is expected. Plagiarism will be penalized. (Reglamento 2421,
Art 3).
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