Universidad del Norte - Instituto de Idiomas

Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras

English Language Program

Level: Six
Code: IGL 4915
Duration: 64 Hours
Period: 2020-30
Textbook: Keynote B
CEF Goal: B1

Description of the English Language Program

The English Language Program at Universidad del Norte aims to provide our students with language development necessary to
reach B2 proficiency according to Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). After completing the program students
will be able to: (1) read and listen critically to determine the main ideas and details and make inferences about texts on both
concrete and abstract topics; (2) express and support ideas orally and interact with fluency, accuracy, and spontaneity; and (3)
Write with coherence and accuracy in personal, professional and academic contexts on a wide range of subjects. The program
also aims to foster students’ openness towards their own culture and other cultures and provide tools to interact successfully
with others. Finally, its goal is to provide a learning environment that fosters active citizenship and raises students’ awareness of
local, national, and international issues.

Exigencia Inglés VI Course Goals

Level 6
This course is the seventh of nine that aims to continue developing listening, speaking, reading and writing skills at the high B1
proficiency level. It focuses on using language to communicate and interact in spontaneous situations regularly encountered in
different contexts. Students will develop skills in summarizing and synthesizing, comparing and contrasting ideas, and using
advantages and disadvantages to support a position. Themes for this level include Building Communities, Advancing
Technologies, Environment, and Leadership.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

1. Identify main ideas, details, similarities, and differences in written and spoken texts
2. Summarize and synthesize information from multiple written and spoken texts
3. Compare and contrast views in multiple written and spoken texts
4. Identify implicit meaning in written and spoken texts
5. Identify and use advantages and disadvantages to support a position
6. Write an informal but well-developed text supported by summarized and synthesized sources.
7. Accurately use Level 6 Grammar & Vocabulary
8. Accurately produce Level 6 Pronunciation Concepts

THEMES & TOPICS

● Unit 7: “Experience”- building communities/diversity inclusion
● Unit 8: “Seeing the Future”- advancing technology
● Unit 10: “The Environment”- environmental issues
● Unit 11: “Leaders and Thinkers”-leadership

TARGETED SUB-SKILL CONCEPTS

Grammar Pronunciation Vocabulary

● Review: ● Reductions using are ● Key Words from assigned units (7,8,
○ modals (see holistic ● Content vs function words 10,11)
grammar doc) (have, has, been); Linking words
○ 1st conditional ● Stress in compound nouns
 ○ 2nd conditional ● Contraction ‘d; Stress in
○ present perfect vs. past suggestions
tense
○ phrasal verbs
● New:
○ Modals of possibility,
ability, and predictions
○ past perfect
○ compare and contrast
signal words

Grading Framework and Assessment

Application week Assessment Percent

Week 6 Project 1 15%

(Sept 7 – Sept 11)

Week 9 Performance Tasks 1 25%

(Sept 28 – Oct 2)

Week 10 Skills Products 1 10%

(Oct 7)
Last Activity for Skills products 1

Week 14 Project 2 15%

(Nov 3 – Nov 6)

Week 15 Skills Products 2 10%

(Nov 13)
Last Activity for Skills products 2

Week 16 Performance Tasks 2 25%

(Nov 16 – Nov 20 )

Total 100%

All assessment is on a scale from 0.0 to 5.0, and the minimum cumulative grade needed to pass this
course is 3.0/5.0 (= 60%).

Classroom Guidelines

● Plagiarism is defined as the using of another person’s ideas or words without explicitly crediting that person. All sources for
your work must be documented carefully with appropriate quotation marks and/or citations. Consequences of plagiarism
include failure of the assignment, failure of the class, and/or disciplinary action by the university, including possible
expulsion. Please make sure that you do your own work. Students may be asked to demonstrate their command of content
and skills of their own work. Note: It is also possible to plagiarize yourself. If you wish to reference something you’ve already
done in another class, please talk with your teacher about how to do this properly.

● During the interactive synchronous sessions, all students need to turn on their cameras and microphones to participate
actively in the sessions. In the same way, students' identities will be confirmed through the use of cameras and
microphones.
● The professor has established office hours, and the official means of communication is the class email within Blackboard.
Students should e-mail the teacher to express any concerns or questions, to set up an individual meeting with the teacher,
or to reach the teacher for any reason.

● The teacher will return grades within a reasonable time and allow students ample opportunity to review their graded
materials. Students are responsible for keeping track of their own grades, and for timely contesting of any graded event
with which they are dissatisfied for any reason.

● For students to make up any graded event, a valid excuse must be presented to the professor before the graded activity
takes places, so a new date is agreed with the teacher.

Suggestion and Complaint Procedure

If students have a suggestion, query, or complaint about any issue related to the normal development of the course, they should
follow the guidelines below:

1. In the first instance, students should raise and discuss concerns with the course professor, and every effort will be made
to resolve them.
2. If the issues are not resolved, students should write the program coordinator at agrodriguez@uninorte.edu.co or on
the website of Uninorte at: https://calabazo.uninorte.edu.co/sqrcec/formcec.asp
3. The suggestions, queries, or complaints will receive an answer within a maximum of 30 days.

Contact Information

Professor: Kaleigh Newton

Email: knewton@uninorte.edu.co
Level coordinator: Sam Casimiro
Email: scasimiro@uninorte.edu.co

Mission of the Instituto de Idiomas

We aim to contribute to the well-rounded education of the individual, to continual training and updating of knowledge and
language skills in order to answer, with quality, relevance and innovative methods, the needs of students, teachers,
professionals, business executives, and public and private organizations of the region, the country and Latin America.   This is
done through a wide range of educational programs, developed by renowned experts with a profound calling towards academia
and research.