CEFR B2.

1 Course Schedule
Introduction & Program Structure: Welcome to English classes with Idioma Internacional. You are currently enrolled
in the B2.1 course of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) Program. Please refer to
the diagram below that explains the structure of our graded assignments.

Evaluation Criteria
Attendance
Online Learning
PEP Grade
Quizzes (4 total)
Professional Writing (2)
Grade Breakdown
Speaking Assessments (2) 30%
Final Assessment 10%
Sublevel Grade 100%
▪ Attendance: To receive full credit for attendance, students
must arrive within 10 minutes of the scheduled start time and
stay until the class finishes. All absences, justified or
unjustified, count against this grade. For more information, see
the Attendance Policies document on VEC (Virtual Education
Center).
▪ Online Learning Activities: These interactive exercises
accompany every unit and include 20 practice questions for
each language point, as well as activities to test vocabulary
knowledge, listening comprehension, and reading
comprehension.
▪ PEP: Personalized Education Plan. These are focused, short
activities or experiments assigned by the teacher and/or
chosen by students to put their learning into practice outside
the classroom every week.
▪ Quiz: After every 2 units, there is an online quiz that covers the
most recent four grammar points learned. This quiz has a time
limit of 25 minutes, and can only be taken once.
▪ Professional Writing: These are two graded writing
assignments found online in your course. Each assignment
has an ungraded draft and a graded final version.
▪ Speaking Assessments: These are done twice during the
Percentage sublevel, once halfway through and again at the end. They
consist of a short oral presentation or conversation activity that
10%
is graded on fluency, use of learned language, grammatical
10%
accuracy, vocabulary and pronunciation.
10%
▪ Final Assessment: This is an hour-long exam done on paper
20% during the final class of the sublevel. It reviews material from
10% the entire course.

Criteria for Maintaining Your Scholarship

In order to successfully pass each sublevel in our English program, every student must fulfill three criteria:
1. Achieve 100% for attendance
2. Complete 15 hours weekly (6 synchronous hours live with your teacher, 9 asynchronous hours on VEC)
a. Asynchronous work includes:
i. Online Exercises (Online Learning and PEP Forums)
ii. Student Resource Center Activities
iii. All assessments listed above (Professional Writing, Quizzes, Speaking Assessments, and Final Written
Assessment
Pre-Class 1 Self-Guided Introduction

Before your first class, look at the email you received with instructions on how to navigate the Virtual Education Center
(VEC). Please access VEC using your log in information. Next, complete the following activities:
1. Find the link for the “Preparing for Your First Class” activity and follow the steps until you finish the activity.
2. Look over the Pre-Hour Materials for the first class (Pre-Hour 1, Pre-Hour 2 Materials, and Pre-Hour 3
Materials).
3. Complete all activities that the Pre-Hour Materials indicate. (Don’t forget to complete the I Can Checklist)!
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Date Topic Homework Assignments
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Unit 1: Past Narrative & Used To/Would

1A Simple Past & Past Continuous

1B Simple Past & Past Continuous

Complete:
1C Used to/Would PEP Forum Unit 1 Activities
1   Pre-Hour 4 Materials
1D Used to/Would Pre-Hour 5 Materials
Pre-Hour 6 Materials
Unit 2: Attitudinal Adverbs & Describing Experiences

2A Attitudinal Adverbs

2B Attitudinal Adverbs

2C Describing Experiences

2D Describing Experiences
Resume Assignment assigned
RV
Review Units 1 & 2 Complete:
1
Quiz 1
2   Unit 3: Checking for Understanding & Encouraging PEP Forum Unit 2 Activities
Another Speaker Pre-Hour 7 Materials
3A Checking for Understanding Pre-Hour 8 Materials
Pre-Hour 9 Materials
3B Checking for Understanding

3C Encouraging Another Speaker to Come In

3D Encouraging Another Speaker to Come In

Unit 4:  Interacting Informally & Taking Initiative in a
Conversation Complete:
Quiz 2
4A Interacting Informally PEP Forum Unit 3 Activities
PEP Forum Unit 4 Activities
3   4B Interacting Informally
PEP Forum Review 2 Activities
4C Taking Initiative in Meetings and Conversations Pre-Hour 10 Materials
Pre-Hour 11 Materials
4D Taking Initiative in Meetings and Conversations Pre-Hour 12 Materials

RV
Review Units 3 & 4
2
SA
Speaking Assessment 1 Resume Assignment due
1
Cover Letter Assignment assigned
PC Progress Check Complete:
4  
PEP Forum Unit 5 Activities
Unit 5: Simple Future and Future Continuous
Pre-Hour 13 Materials
5A Simple Future with Will & Be Going To Pre-Hour 14 Materials
 5B Simple Future with Will & Be Going To

5C Future Continuous
Pre-Hour 15 Materials
5D Future Continuous

Unit 6: Describing Hopes, Plans, Feelings & Emotions

6A Describing Hopes and Plans

6B Describing Hopes and Plans Complete:

Quiz 3
6C Describing Feelings & Emotions
PEP Forum Unit 6 Activities
5  
6D Describing Feelings & Emotions Pre-Hour 16 Materials
Pre-Hour 17 Materials
RV Pre-Hour 18 Materials
Review Units 5 & 6
3
Unit 7: Reported Speech in the Present and Past

7A Reported Speech (Statements)

7B Reported Speech (Statements)

7C Reported Speech (Questions)

7D Reported Speech (Questions) Cover Letter Assignment due

Complete:
Unit 8: Expressing Reactions and Generalizing & PEP Forum Unit 7 Activities
6   Qualifying Information Pre-Hour 19 Materials
Expressing Indifference and Excusing Yourself from a Pre-Hour 20 Materials
8A
Conversation Pre-Hour 21 Materials
Expressing Indifference and Excusing Yourself from a
8B
Conversation
8C Generalizing & Qualifying Information

8D Generalizing & Qualifying Information

RV
Review Units 7 & 8
4 Complete:
RV Quiz 4
Review Units 1 – 8
5 PEP Forum Unit 8 Activities
7  
PEP Guide Reviews 4 & 5 Activities
PC Progress Check
Pre-Hour 22 Materials
SA B2.1 Sublevel Final Assessment
Speaking Assessment 2
2
SA
Speaking Assessment 2 cont.
2

The B2.1 Sublevel Final Assessment must be done within 24 hours after Class 7. It is
available in Unit 8 on VEC under Hour 22.

No work is accepted after this 24-hour period.