NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY

ENGLISH PREPARATORY SCHOOL

ENG B1 SYLLABUS
 1.Course Overview:

The aim of this module is to support students to acquire English language proficiency level B1 (CEFR) which corresponds to independent users
of the English language i.e. those who have the necessary fluency to communicate without an effort with native speakers.

2. Course Objective:The aim of this course is to prepare the students in a 7weeks education program so that they can:
● understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.
● deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken.
● produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest.

● describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

3. Learning Outcomes

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

● understand straightforward factual information about common every day

OVERALL LISTENING COMPREHENSION or job-related topics, identifying both general messages and specific
details, provided speech is clearly articulated in a generally familiar accent.

● understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters

regularly encountered in work, school, leisure etc., including short
narratives
OVERALL READING COMPREHENSION ● read straightforward factual texts on subjects related to his/her field and
interest with a satisfactory level of comprehension

OVERALL SPOKEN INTERACTION &
PRODUCTION
OVERALL WRITTEN
INTERACTION,CORRESPONDENCE
● communicate with some confidence on familiar routine and non-routine
matters related to his/her interests and professional field.
● exchange, check and confirm information, deal with less routine situations
and explain why something is a problem.
● express thoughts on more abstract, cultural topics such as films, books,
music etc.
● exploit a wide range of simple language to deal with most situations likely
to arise whilst travelling.
● enter unprepared into conversation of familiar topics, express personal
opinions and exchange information on topics that are familiar, of personal
interest or pertinent to everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and
current events)
● reasonably fluently sustain a straightforward description of one of a variety
of subjects within his/her field of interest, presenting it as a linear sequence
of points
● convey information and ideas on abstract as well as concrete topics, check
information and ask about or explain problems with reasonable precision.
● write personal letters and notes asking for or conveying simple information
of immediate relevance, getting across the point he/she feels to be
important
● write personal letters giving news and expressing thoughts about abstract
or cultural topics such as music, films.
● write personal letters describing experiences, feelings and events in some
detail
● take messages communicating enquiries, explaining problems.
● write notes conveying simple information of immediate relevance to
friends, service people, teachers and others who feature in his/her everyday
life, getting across comprehensibly the points he/she feels are important
 ● write straightforward connected texts on a range of familiar subjects within
his field of interest, by linking a series of shorter discrete elements into a
linear sequence

Adapted from CEFR

4.Methodology

A learner centered approach where teachers act as a facilitator and learners take an active role in their learning. is encouraged Maximum
participation of learners is encouraged with the help of collaborative learning.

5.Blended Learning

In order to optimize the learning outcome, we have included BLENDED learning in our program where 50 per cent of the lessons are delivered
online and 50 percent are delivered face to face. Our program is designed in a way that technology (online tools) complements and enhances face
to face learning.

The program entails

* Face to face classrooms

* Live e learning

* Self-paced learning
6. Method

An eclectic approach is used where mainly Communicative Language Teaching and Task Based Learning principles are encouraged

7.Teaching Techniques and Strategies

⮚ Roleplays, pair work, group work,

⮚ Monitoring, eliciting, concept checking, drilling, review and reflect

8.Assessment Methods

● During a 7-week course, students gather points from the following (Total: 200 points)

Attending %90 of the lessons and above 10 points

Project Based Learning 20 points
Quizzes 40 points
Writing portfolio 30 points (3 topics)
Final 100 points
Total: 200 points
The students who collect 100/200 can proceed to the next level. The students who cannot gather 100 points out of 200 repeat the
module.

WEEKS LISTENING SPEAKING VOCABULARY READING WRITING GRAMMAR supplementary

materials

WEEK 1 UNIT 1: UNIT 1: UNIT 1: UNIT 1 UNIT 1

Listen for key words Making introductions words to describe conjunctions

in a dialogue (formal&informal) personality
UNIT 1 Preview a text to Correct capitalization however,
increase efficiency and punctuation
CHARACTER although,
and comprehension
 Recognize main ideas Brainstorm and use so,
in longer texts wordmap to
Change adjectives Read the text to find Plan, write and edit a such,
introduce someone
into nouns to the main idea paragraph describing
such a (external)
describe a leader’s character

People’s characters

WEEK 2 UNIT 2 UNIT 2 UNIT 2 UNIT 2 UNIT 2 PRESENT PERFECT,

● Listen for ( skilful reading and

specific writing unit 5)
TIME Practice getting Vocabulary for SKIM texts to get a Write topic
information
attention and asking waking and sleeping general idea of key sentences to express
to support a
for permission contents and your main idea
main idea PAST PERFECT
organization
● Listen for (external)
cause and
effect to Plan and conduct a Brainstorm, compose
Practice and use
better survey about sleep SCAN texts to find
prepositions of place And revise a Determiners how
understand a habits important
to talk about where paragraph explaining much little plenty of
lecture information quickly
things are located how well you (revision)
manage your time

UNIT 3 UNIT 3 UNIT 3 UNIT 3 UNIT 3 CONDITIONALS

WEEK 3 listen for phrases to Agree ,disagree and (1,2,3)

determine speaker give an opinion
BUILDINGS Adjectives to Read texts to find Brainstorm and
attitude
describe places main ideas and compose a paragraph
supporting details using topic and
predict the key part Compare 3 types of supporting sentences
of a listening text university
Prepositions of place Make inferences
from context accommodation
to talk about where when reading
things are located
UNIT 4
UNIT 4

Give clear reasons for

UNIT 4
or against an idea Write and edit a
UNIT 4 UNIT 4 paragraph about
CITIES processes and
Make predictions
Plan ,practice and changes in a city
Listen to a speaker Words to talk about about texts using
deliver a sh0rt talk
correcting cities your knowledge and
about a trend in your
information context
city ( TASK BASED 2)

Determine Read texts to find

advantages and Practice and use problems and
disadvantages by words to describe solutions
listening for key change
words
WEEK 4 UNIT 5 UNIT 5 UNIT 5 UNIT 5 Unit 5 modal verbs

CULTURE have to

CULTURE Words to talk about Distinguish facts and Express and justify must
customs and opinions in a reading opinion in a
Identify explanations should
traditions paragraph
and examples to
Introduce your talk (obligation,prohibitio
better understand
with signal terms and Read texts to identify n,necessity,advice)
texts
phrases bias

Prepare and edit an

revision
Use signal words to opinion paragraph
( can,could,be able
identify the main
to)
ideas of a lecture Brainstorm and
prepare and present
a short talk about a
country’s customs Practice and use
( task based 1 words with positive
and negative
meaning

WEEK 5 UNIT 6 UNIT 6 UNIT 6 UNIT 6 UNIT 6

FOOD

Identify and Use signal words and Plan and describe the Read charts and Brainstorm and
distinguish facts from phrases to explain process of making a graphs in the text to compose a
opinions and define ideas type of food understand visual comparison
information better paragraph
 Scan a text for interpreting charts
numbers
Recognize signal Plan and describe the Learn and practice
words and phrases to process of making a food collocations STUDY SKILLS ***
identify steps in a type of food
Interpret pie charts
process UNIT 7
and bar graph
UNIT 7
UNIT 7
UNIT 7 EXTREMES Compose and edit an
UNIT 7
Practice and use explanatory
Recognize categories
Use words and ed/ing adjectives paragraph about
to better understand
phrases to give extreme exploration
a description Scan and match
description
names with related
EXTREME
info
ADJECTIVES
Organize information
Identify reasons in a
while listening by
text
noticing words used
to classify items

WEEK 6 UNIT 8 UNIT 8 UNIT 8 UNIT 8 UNIT 8

VISION GERUND /INFINITIVE

 Understand different Describe a Practice and use Practice scanning
types and forms of photograph words to describe a texts to confirm your
Combine ideas and Relatives
numbers photograph predictions
fragments into ( who,which,where)
complete sentences

Listen for details to Practice the Organize your notes Plan, write and share
describe a difference look using charts when a paragraph
photograph at ,watch and see reading describing a diagram Infinitives of purpose

So as to, in order to
( Reading and writing

WEEK 7 UNIT 9 UNIT 9 UNIT 9 UNIT 9 UNIT 9 Used to

PROGRESS Plan and compose a Get used to

descriptive
Listen for time Be used to
paragraph about a
signals that identify
Use concluding SUMMARIZE texts past discovery
when speakers
words and phrases to when reading
describe past and Practice and use Study skill
end a presentation
present events words to describe
(Linking ideas
progress
together)
Brainstorm, plan and
Recognize phrases In addition
deliver a short talk
that signal a
on how life has Firstly,
conclusion
changed in the last Words that show
Secondly
ten years sequence of events
In other words

On the other hand

By contrast
 In comparison

Reading and writing

WEEK 8 UNIT 10 UNIT 10 UNIT 10 Unit 10 UNIT 10

WORK

Listen for phrases Give a short talk Practice and use Read to distinguish write and edit a
that signal extra about work in the vocabulary to talk facts from opinions prediction paragraph
information future about work about the future of
the work
Read and interpret
Recognize words and texts using pronoun
expressions that reference
highlight the
structure of a talk Use collocations
related to work

WEEK 9 FINAL