Course Calendar

2023-01
English Department ENGLISH 4
CEFR level: B2
Week Course units PA EC
Week 1 (March 20th - March 25th) Induction (non-graded sessions)
Week 2 (March 27th - April 1st) Unit 1: Movie making PA unit 1 sessions 1, 2, 3 EC unit 1
Week 3 (April 3rd - April 8th) Unit 2: Couples PA unit 2 sessions 1, 2, 3 EC unit 2
Week 4 (April 10th - April 15th) Unit 3: Sport And Fitness PA unit 3 sessions 1, 2, 3 EC unit 3
Week 5 (April 17th - April 22nd) Unit 4: Problems At Work PA unit 4 sessions 1, 2, 3 EC unit 4
Week 6 (April 24th - April 29th) Unit 5: A Helping Hand PA unit 5 sessions 1, 2, 3 EC unit 5
Week 7 (May 1st - May 6th) Unit 6: Health And Happiness PA unit 6 sessions 1, 2, 3 EC unit 6
Week 8 (May 8th - May 13th) (no online sessions)
Week 9 (May 15th - May 20th) Unit 7: Going out PA unit 7 sessions 1, 2, 3 EC unit 7
Week 10 (May 22nd - May 27th) Unit 8: Restaurant reviews PA unit 8 sessions 1, 2, 3 EC unit 8
Week 11 (May 29th - June 3rd) Unit 9: Meeting people PA unit 9 sessions 1, 2, 3 EC unit 9
Week 12 (June 5th - June 10th) Unit 10: Ecotourism PA unit 10 sessions 1, 2, 3 EC unit 10
Week 13 (June 12nd - June 17th) Unit 11: Personality types PA unit 11 sessions 1, 2, 3 EC unit 11
Week 14 (June 19th - June 24th) Unit 12: Cultural differences PA unit 12 sessions 1, 2, 3 EC unit 12
Week 15 (June 26th - July 1st) Unit 13: Life In The City PA unit 13 sessions 1, 2, 3 EC unit 13
Work on
PA online sessions on English
Course units Blackboard Collaborate Discoveries
platform
English Discoveries
03 graded one-hour synch sessions a
work prior to online
week
sessions
EC test score (*)
2023-01 ENGLISH ONLINE COURSE CALENDAR (*) Este puntaje es válido si el alumno cumple al menos el 80% en Cl
Classes begin Monday, March 20th (*) El alumno debe estudiar las unidades y realizar las actividades/te
Thursday, May 4th (3 p.m.) -
Midterm exam Friday, 5th (3 p.m.)
Midterm average grades (PA1-EC1-EA) due on
Blackboard and on Idiomas UPC Saturday, May 6th
Last day to request a re-check or re-mark of See information in item VI.
ongoing EC1, TA1, LB1, PA1 assessments. Evaluation in course syllabus.
Last day to request a correction of PA1 and
EC1 marks entry mistakes. Tuesday, May 9th
Last day to request a correction of midterm
exam mark entry mistake - EA assessment
(examen parcial) Saturday, May 6th
Wednesday, June 28th (3 p.m.)
Final exam - June 30th (3 p.m.)
Final grades due on Blackboard and on Idiomas
UPC Saturday, July 1st

Last day to request a re-check or re-mark of

ongoing EC2, TA1 (post midterm exam
submissions), LB1 (post midterm exam See information in item VI.
submissions), PA2 assessments. Evaluation in course syllabus.
Last day to request a correction of EC2, TA1,
LB1 , PA2 marks entry mistakes Tuesday, July 4th
Last day to request a correction of final exam
mark entry mistake - EB assessment (examen
final) Saturday, July 1st
Classes end Saturday, July 1st

(*) Este puntaje es válido sólo si el alumno

cumple al menos el 80% en el progreso tanto de
unidad 2 (Listening) como de unidad 4
(Grammar) en Enrichment Practice en English
Discoveries hasta el día domingo 30 de abril a las
23:59 p.m.
(**) Este puntaje es válido sólo si el alumno
cumple al menos el 80% en el progreso tanto de
unidad 1 (Reading) como de unidad 3 (Speaking)
en Enrichment Practice en English Discoveries
hasta el día domingo 25 de junio a las 23:59 p.m.
 TA LB

Unit 1 Movie making Lesson 6: Digital Technology and the Movie Industry

OPA #1 (unit 3) on Blackboard

Unit 4 Problems at work Lesson 2: Fifty Days and Counting
OPA #2 (unit 5) on Blackboard

(no online sessions)

Unit 8 Restaurant reviews Lesson 2: A Seafood and Steak Surprise

OPA #3 (unit 9) on Blackboard

Unit 11 Personality types Lesson 5: Participating in a Psychology Study OPA #4 (unit 11) on Blackboard
Unit 12 Cultural differences Lesson 2: Culture Crash

Oral production activity on

Writing task on English Discoveries
Blackboard

04 oral production activities per

05 writing tasks per course/Word limit: 120-180 words course

e puntaje es válido si el alumno cumple al menos el 80% en Class completion en ED.

alumno debe estudiar las unidades y realizar las actividades/tests hasta el domingo anterior al inicio de la semana académica correspondiente.
 EXAMS

MIDTERM EXAM Thursday, May 4th (3 p.m.) - Friday, 5th (3 p.m.)

FINAL EXAM Wednesday, June 28th (3 p.m.) - Friday, 30th (3 p.m.)

semana académica correspondiente.