COURSE SYLLABUS - COURSE 2

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
- Entry score: A2 CEFR (350 TOEIC score)
- Target score: A2+ CEFR (400 TOEIC score)

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
- This syllabus is designed for course of 64 face-to-face credit hours and 64 online credit hours (self-study).
- This course is designed to improve students’ language proficiency by equipping them with important knowledge of vocabulary and
grammar structures and functions as well as language skills (Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing) at the target level A2+ of CEFR (400
TOEIC score):

 Listening for general meaning and significant details, understanding implicit and explicit information, drawing inferences from
various media (i.e. radio programs, voice mail, podcasts, TV programs…).

 Reading for main ideas and supporting details, drawing inferences, identifying points of view of different text types (i.e.
instructions, notices, articles, web pages, blog posts, stories…)

 Practicing oral interactions in familiar and less familiar situations (i.e. mall, school, street, gym, office, bank, seminar…)

 Practicing the written conventions of various text types (i.e. formal and informal emails and letters, descriptive paragraphs, news
and weather reports, narratives…)

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LEARNING MODEL: Blended learning model, each unit includes
o A pre-computer lesson: face-to-face learning with teachers to familiarize students with the topic of the online lesson and to improve
their Listening and Reading skills,
o A computer lesson (English Discoveries): online self-learning with support from teachers to enrich students’ vocabulary and grammar
structures, as well as develop language skills (Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing),
o A post-computer lesson: face-to-face learning with teachers to recall what students have learned online and enhance Speaking and
Writing skills.

COURSE MATERIALS:
- Online learning: English Discoveries - Intermediate 2
- Face-to-face learning:
o For students: English Discoveries Workbook - Intermediate 2
o For teachers: English Discoveries Workbook & Teacher’s book - Intermediate 2

TIME ALLOCATION: 17 weeks (16 weeks for learning and 1 week for mid-term tests)
- Online learning (self-study): 3 hours/week
- Face-to-face learning: 2 credit hours/session x 2 sessions/week

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 FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING
ONLINE LEARNING
WEEK (ENGLISH DISCOVERIES WORKBOOK) (ENGLISH DISCOVERIES WORKBOOK)
(ENGLISH DISCOVERIES – INTERMEDIATE 2)
SESSION 1 SESSION 2

Orientation Grammar in use 1: Reported speech

 Get to know each other: Find  Grammar in Use 1: Reported speech

someone who…
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 Course introduction

 ED tutorial
HW: ED online Unit 1

Unit 1: Money Matters Pre 1 – Unit 1: Money Matters Post 1 – Money Matters

 Listening: Quiz  Lead-in: Money personalities A smart shopper:

 Reading: Get your mother’s worth  Skill building: Reading for main ideas  Understanding shopping habits
2  Speaking: The raise
 Becoming a smart shopper
 Grammar: Reported speech: Time aspects
 Vocabulary: Finance
 Record yourself and send to Teacher
- Welcome to "Know Your Composers,"

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 our weekly quiz show where you get to
show off what you know about famous
composers. (Listening – Quiz)
- The composer was Beethoven and I
believe his first music teacher was his
father. (Listening – Quiz)
Unit 2: Dreams and Ambitions Pre 2 – Unit 2: Dreams and Ambitions Post 2 – Unit 2: Dreams and Ambitions

 Listening: The promotion  Lead-in: Making your dreams come Dreams and Ambitions

 Reading: The singer true

 Plan to realize your dreams
 Speaking: Assignments  Skill building: Listening for main
 Overcoming the challenges
 Grammar: Conditionals (Unreal) ideas (Conversations)
3  Vocabulary: Adjectives 4
 Record yourself and send to Teacher
- I haven't seen you since that meeting
with the marketing team we
had...what's it been? (Listening - The
Promotion)
- They've just offered me a new job: a
promotion. (Listening - The Promotion)
Unit 3: Instructions Pre 3 – Unit 3: Instructions Post 3 – Unit 3: Instructions
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 Listening: Forecast  Lead-in: Giving casual instructions

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  Reading: Flight information Traveling tips
 Skill building: Reading for main ideas
 Speaking: Would you mind (Cont.)  Giving instructions in everyday
 Grammar: Causatives/Permissives: Active
situations
+ Passive
 Vocabulary: Crime 2  Giving instructions on traveling
abroad
 Record yourself and send to Teacher
- If rain or snow were to leak in through
the roof, it would damage your ceiling,
your walls, and even your furniture.
(Listening – Forecast)
- About two years ago, although I'd been
planning to have my roof checked for
leaks, I forgot. (Listening – Forecast)
Unit 4: Recycling Grammar in Use 2: Conditionals Pre 4 – Unit 4: Recycling

 Introduction: Recycling  Grammar in Use 2: Conditionals  Lead-in: Recycling tips

- Vocabulary: Recycling  Skill building: Listening for main
5 - Grammar: Prefixes and Suffixes ideas (Talks)
 Reading: City of Lakeview Recycling tips
 Listening: Trash for treasure
 Speaking: Home recycling survey

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  Reading: An upcycling workshop
 Listening: Helping the environment
 Record yourself and send to Teacher
- Upcycling is taking old or unwanted
materials and repurposing them into
another practical product or into a work of
art. (Listening – Helping the environment)
- Downcycling, on the other hand, means
taking materials and reusing them as a
lesser quality product. (Listening – Helping
the environment)
Unit 5: Movie Making Post 4 – Unit 4: Recycling Pre 5 – Unit 5: Movie Making

 Introduction: Movie Making Recycling  Lead-in: Jobs in the movie industry

- Vocabulary: Movie making industry  Skill building: Reading for details
 Conducting a recycling survey
- Grammar: Past Progressive and Past
Simple  Helping the environment
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 Reading: Real motion film festival  Planning an environment day
 Listening: On the film set
 Speaking: Working in the movie industry
 Reading: The international film school
 Listening: Digital technology and the

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 movie industry
 Record yourself and send to Teacher
- Filmmakers, or 'moviemakers', can
shoot with a digital camera directly
onto an SD card - a type of storage card
for digital files. (Listening: Digital
technology and the movie industry)
- Digital technology offers a huge
advantage for young aspiring
moviemakers. (Listening: Digital
technology and the movie industry)
Unit 6: Sport and fitness Post 5 – Unit 5: Movie Making Pre 6 – Unit 6: Sport and fitness

 Listening: College sports Movie industry  Lead-in: People’s lifestyle

 Reading: Health and fitness today  Skill building: Listening for details
 Writing about a winning film
 Speaking: Ten miles (Conversations)
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 Grammar: More conditionals: Past
conditionals industry

 Vocabulary: Sports 2
 Record yourself and send to Teacher
- Tina recently you’ve made a name for
yourself as the coach of the Smithtown

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 University women’s volleyball team.
(Listening – College Sports)
- And now I'm going to do some weight
lifting! (Speaking - Ten Miles)
Post 6 – Unit 6: Sport and fitness Sample Mid-term Test

Health club Sample Mid-term Test

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 Talking about a health club

 Giving advice on fit keeping

9 MID-TERM TESTS (Listening – Reading – Writing)

Unit 7: Problems at work Grammar in use 3: Relative clauses Pre 7 – Unit 7: Problems at work

 Listening: News  Grammar in Use 3: Relative clauses  Lead-in: Work issues and solutions
 Reading: Fifty days and counting  Skill building: Reading for details
 Speaking: Quitting (Cont.)
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restrictive
 Vocabulary: Labor Relations
 Record yourself and send to Teacher
- Solid Steel is the largest steel plant in our
region, and its products are famous

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 throughout the world (Listening – News)
- I heard someone say that you were
planning to leave. (Speaking – Quitting)
Unit 8: A helping hand Post 7 – Unit 7: Problems at work Pre 8 – Unit 8: A helping hand

 Listening: Call-in Strikes  Lead-in: Neighborhood problems

 Reading: Does homeless mean helpless?  Skill building: Listening for details
 Describing problems and express
 Speaking: Do you need help? (Talks)
intentions
 Grammar: More relative clauses: Whose
& where + Review  Reporting on strikes
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 Record yourself and send to Teacher
- Could the establishment have done
something to prevent the current
situation? (Listening – Call-In)
- Ma’am, do you need help lifting your
stroller onto the bus?(Speaking – Do You
Need Help?)
Unit 9: Going out Post 8 – Unit 8: A helping hand Pre 9 – Unit 9: Going out

12  Listening: Opera review A social problem  Lead-in: Planning a party

 Reading: Planning a party  Skill building: Reading for inferences

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  Speaking: Lunch  Discussing causes of and solutions for
 Grammar: Conjunctions: pairs + in short a social problem
answers + review
 Writing about a social problem
 Vocabulary: Entertainment 4
 HW: Record yourself and send to Teacher
- Well, Allegra, I’d say it would have to be
the hilarious hit, “Musical Disturbance,”
which is here on tour from January 7th
(Listening – Opera Review)
- Well, I’ve got to get back to work.
(Speaking – Lunch)
Post 9 – Unit 9: Going out Grammar in Use 4 – Verb tenses

Shows Grammar in Use 4 – Verb tenses

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 Reading reviews and compare shows

 Writing a show review

Unit 10: Restaurant review Pre 10 – Unit 10: Restaurant review Post 10 – Unit 10: Restaurant review

 Listening: Family  Lead-in: Discovering people’s tastes Restaurant review

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 Reading: A seafood and steak surprise  Skill building: Listening for inferences  Expressing opinions about
 Speaking: Recommendations (Conversations) restaurants

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  Grammar: More conditionals: Mixed time  Writing an email of complaint
conditionals + review
 Vocabulary: Restaurant 2
 HW: Record yourself and send to Teacher
- We went to that Chinese restaurant
where Carmen’s used to be (Listening –
Family)
- In that case, I’m certain the food is
horrible (Speaking –
Recommendations)
Unit 11: Ecotourism Pre 11 – Unit 11: Ecotourism Post 11 – Unit 11: Ecotourism

 Introduction: Ecotourism  Lead-in: Information about Ecotours

- Vocabulary: Ecotourism ecotourism
 Learning about ecotours
- Grammar: Perfect Simple tenses  Skill building: Reading for inferences
 Planning an ecotour
15  Reading: The experience of a lifetime (Cont.)
 Listening: The Tour group
 Speaking: Can I interest you in an ecotour?
 Reading: Eco-vacation in Hawaii
 Listening: An eco-hotel seminar
 Record yourself and send to Teacher

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 - There are different ways to achieve green
certification. For instance, if you’re building
from scratch, or doing renovations, you
can use sustainable resources and building
products. (Listening: An eco-hotel seminar)
- You can also install solar or wind energy
systems, and water-saving toilets, faucets,
and showers. (Listening: An eco-hotel
seminar)
Unit 12: Personality types Pre 12 – Unit 12: Personality types Pre 12 – Unit 12: Personality types

 Introduction: Personality Types  Lead-in: People’s personalities Personalities and jobs

- Vocab: Personality types  Skill building: Listening for inferences  Reviewing words and structures
- Grammar: Simple tenses (Talks)  Discussing the relation between
 Reading: Are you an extrovert, introvert personalities and jobs
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 Listening: The Party
 Speaking: I’m an extrovert
 Reading: Participating in a psychology
study
 Listening: An interview with a career
advisor

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  HW: Record yourself and send to Teacher
- Can you give us some examples of which
jobs match best with the personality types
you mentioned? (Listening: An interview
with a career advisor)
- I wonder if I’m in the right career for my
personality type. (Listening: An interview
with a career advisor)
Sample Final Tests Sample Final Tests
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Writing & Speaking Tests Listening & Reading Tests

FINAL TESTS

Listening – Reading – Writing – Speaking Tests

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