Proyecto de Educación Continua

Sede del Caribe

Curso: English I
Duración: 40 horas
Modalidad: Bimodal

I. Description

This is an introductory course aimed to adults and young adult learners of English.
It has the purpose of introducing students into the four basic language skills in
addition to vocabulary and pronunciation.

II. General objective

To give students basic knowledge about the current usage of English with an
emphasis on speaking skills in order for them to be able to interact in a simple way
with other English speakers.

III. Specific objectives

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

A. Understand simple standard speech, and recognize familiar words and very
basic phrases.
B. Understand very short, simple texts picking up familiar names and basic
phrases one at a time and rereading as required.
C. Interact in a simple way using simple phrases.
D. Write short and simple messages.

IV. Methodology and activities

The course emphasizes the relationship between theory and practice. Students are
expected to actively participate in class activities and role-plays and do all the
assigned activities. Students will also carry out one project to apply most of the
information seen over the course.

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Introduction to the course
Personal Information Game
Greetings and leave takings
Unit 1.1 Personal Information
Unit 1.2 Introduce yourself and others
Unit 1.3 Greetings and leave takings activity The alphabet
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Unit 1.4 Personal pronouns
Unit 1.5 Verb Be: affirmative
Spell names and last names
Cardinal Numbers 1 - 100
Dialogues
Colors Give and ask for telephone numbers ad e-mails.
Unit 1.6
Use titles: Mr. Miss. Mrs. Ms.
Unit 1.7
Reading Comprehension
Unit 1.8
Nationalities
Unit 1.9
Professions
2 Unit 1.10
Verb Be: negative
Dialogues
Occupations
Verb Be: question

3 General Wh- words

Review
Unit 1 Family members
Possessive adjectives
Reading comprehension

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Physical appearance
Ordinal Numbers: 1-100
Birthdays
Writing paragraphs
Write an e-mail
Reading Comprehension
Writing paragraphs
I ORAL PRESENTATION 5%: FAMOUS PERSON
SPELLING I 5%

Identify different activities

The time
Complete sentences
Ask for and give the hour
Unit 2.1 Simple present
Unit 2.2 Sequence words
Describe activities that people do
Unit 2.3 Simple present: 3rd person singular
4 Complete information in charts and e-mails
Unit 2.4
Use numbers to say the time
Unit 2.5 Learn different ways to say the time
Ask for and give the hour
Writing paragraphs
I LISTENING QUIZ 5%

5 Describe a routine
Write a routine
Identify days if the week
Simple present: negative
Read short texts and answer
Recognize some school subjects
Identify different activities that people do at work
Read a text and answer questions

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Order sentences
Unit 2.6 Look for the key information in a text
Unit 2.7 Identify different and unusual jobs around the world
Unit 2.8 Learn some sports
Unit 2.9 Express likes and dislikes about sports
Unit 2.10 Simple present: question form
I WRITTEN REPORT 5%

II ORAL PREENTATION 5%: Family Tree

Be able to use adverbs of frequency
Identify leisure activities
General
Complete sentences using frequency adverbs
review
Unit 2 Read short texts
Say how often you do something: write a paragraph
Recognize some means of transportation
Simple present + wh- questions
Complete sentences
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Learn different places to visit
Make invitations
Write a plan
Prepositions of time
Read short texts and answer
Complete sentences
Writing paragraphs
Identify and express hobbies
Read short texts and answer questions
Alphabetical order
Adjectives
Project I 10%

7 Identify verbs that indicate actions that we do on vacation

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Present progressive: affirmative
Unit 3.1 Describe what people is doing
Unit 3.2 Read short texts
Unit 3.3 Present progressive: negative
Unit 3.4 Complete sentences
Unit 3.5 Identify people
Identify different forms of weather
Present progressive: question
Form and complete sentences
Read a text and answer questions
Activities that people do according with the weather
Describe what you do depending of the weather
Read and complete charts
Describe cloth
GRAMMAR QUIZ I 10%

8 Recognize different items of clothing

Listening activities in the book
Unit 3.6 Be able to use present progressive in affirmative and wh-
words
Unit 3.7
Read short texts and answer questions
Unit 3.8
Write short texts describing actions and places
Unit 3.9
Identify different places to go shopping
Unit 310
Listening activities in the book
Read short texts and answer questions
Say prices
Writing paragraphs

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Parts of the body
Listening activities in the book
Read short texts and answer questions
General Recognize some celebrations
review
Unit 3 Say dates
Describe activities
Simple present vs. Present progressive
Complete charts with the missing information
Pronunciation /nk/ - /ng/
Describe actions that are occurring at the moment
Listening activities in the book
Writing paragraphs
Read short texts and answer questions
Identify some sports
Recognize some action verbs
Listening activities in the book
Read short texts and answer questions
Writing paragraphs

II WRITTEN REPORT 5%
III ORAL PRESENTATION 5%: ROUTINE OF SOMEONE
ELSE

9 II LISTENING QUIZ 5%:

Food and drinks

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Countable and uncountable nouns
Unit 4.1 Irregular plurals
Unit 4.2 Party food
Unit 4.3 a-an-some-any-there is-there are
Unit 4.4 Offering food and drinks
Unit 4.5 Reading comprehension
Menu
Containers and quantifiers
Complete sentences
The supermarket sections
Making a grocery list
Listening exercises
Writing paragraphs
Project II 10%
10 Buying things
Paying for things
Unit 4.6 Reading comprehension
Unit 4.7 Money
Unit 4.8 Recipes
Unit 4.9 Actions in the kitchen
Unit 4.10 Tools in the kitchen
Reading and complete
Dishes around the world
General Writing paragraphs
review
Unit 4 Order food
Tastes
Reading and complete

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Give directions
Prepositions of place
The imperative mode
Market products
Listening exercises
IV ORAL PRESENTATION 5%:MY VACATION TIME
INTERVIEW 5%
GRAMMAR QUIZ II 10%

VI. Evaluation

Item Value(%)
Pruebas Orales (4) 20
Quices (2) 20
Participación y Asistencia 10
Proyectos cortos (2) 20
Deletreo (1) 5
Quices de escucha (2) 10
Informes escritos (2) 10
Entrevista (1) 10
TOTAL: 100%

VII. Additional information

The following 10-week chronogram may be modified according to eventual

situations in the course. As this is a course with a conversational emphasis,
attendance has a percentage rating. Absences must be formally justified. Two
absences either justified or unjustified will result in the loss of the course.

VIIII. Bibliography

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Evans, V. & Dooley, J. Upload: Student Book & Workbook. Express Publishing.
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