UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL

Sección Regional
Región Huetar Norte y Caribe, Campus Sarapiquí
Course: Integrated English I
Professors:
M.Sc. Ivania Mejías González
M.Sc. Ronny Carmona Miranda
M.Sc. María José Pazos Valverde

Final Test Topics

Description:
The course syllabus, in relation to the mid-term test, states:
“A lo largo del curso, se llevará a cabo una prueba parcial con un valor total del 30%.
Ésta abarca las áreas de escucha, producción oral y comprensión de lectura y se centrará
en los temas vistos en clase. De igual manera, se incluirán los aspectos gramaticales y de
vocabulario estudiados”. (p. 6)

Sections and Percentages:

I. Written section (15%): This section will include listening, reading, vocabulary, and grammar
items.
II. Oral production (15%): This section will cover the functions, grammatical structures, and
vocabulary studied in class and it will consist of an oral presentation or conversation. See the
specific instructions on pages 3-4.
Functions and Contents:
Functions Contents

1. Listening to people talking about how they used to do ✔ Unit 4: In the Old Days
things.
 Old days activities vocabulary.
2. Using the basic rules of used to.  Habitual actions in past with used to

✔ Unit 5: Have you ever

3. Talking about adventurous activities and experiences.
 Dangerous activities and experiences
4. Using the present perfect with ever and never. vocabulary.
 Present perfect with ever and never.

5. Recognizing vocabulary about work experience and personal ✔ Unit 6: My resume

qualities.
6. Talking about qualification for a job.
7. Listening to people talking about qualification for a job
position.
8. Reading about dos and don’ts for a job interview.
 Work experience and personal qualities
vocabulary.
 Present perfect with for and since.
 Qualification for a job interview.
 Dos and Don’ts for a job interview.

9. Using the basic rules of present perfect with for and since in
context.

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 ✔ Unit 7: My bucket list
10. Using the basic rules of present perfect with yet and already.
 Present perfect with yet and already.

11. Recognizing vocabulary about reasons for being late. ✔ Unit 8: Late again

12. Listening to people talking about why someone is late.  Reasons behind problems vocabulary.
 modals for speculating or deduction.
13. Reading about cultural aspects about time.
(might, may, could, and must)
14. Using the basic rules of modals for speculating or deduction.
(might, may, could, and must, can’t)

15. Recognizing vocabulary about conditions that effect
outcomes or choices.
16. Using the basic rules of the first conditional to express
possible actions and changes of plans.
✔ Unit 9: My plans might change
 conditions that effect outcomes or choices.
 First conditional clause type (may, might,
could, and will probably)

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Oral Production (15%)
Total points: 24

Instructions: In groups of 3 people. Create a 5-minutes presentation about one of the following
topics:
1. Unusual jobs and adventurous experiences people have done.
2. Professional Hard and soft skills.
3. Tips for preparing a good resume.
4. Dos for a job interview.
5. Possible problems when people are late.
6. Some cultural differences about the time and what to do to avoid dilemmas.
You have to include the corresponding vocabulary and grammatical aspects related to the topic
of your preference. You should prepare some visual aids to support your presentation. Organize
the presentation with an introduction and a nice conclusion for your topic.

Distribution:

Groups Students

Group #1

Group #2

Group #3

Group #4

Group #5

Group #6

Group #7

Group #8

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 Evaluation rubric:

Criteria 4 3 2 1 0 Total

Presentation The student does The student reads The student reads The student reads
not read their flashcards a most of the the entire speech.
speech. couple of times. speech.

Task Completion The task excides Completes task Partially Task minimally The conversation
expectations. appropriately. completes task; completed.  did not include or
lacks important Provides little or followed what it
information or no information. was requested.
response is too
basic.

Speech The student The student The student The student does
speaks clearly speaks clearly mumbles and that not speak
during the whole during the whole makes properly during
presentation with presentation with comprehension the presentation,
fluency. fluency; however, difficult. and it is
the student impossible to
hesitates in some understand it.
parts.

Pronunciation The student The student The student The student The speech was
performs the performs the performs the performs the not clear and
speech with no speech with one, speech with four, speech with seven uncomprehensive
pronunciation two or three five or six or more because of the
mistakes. pronunciation pronunciation pronunciation pronunciation.
mistakes. mistakes. mistakes.

Content The conversation The conversation The conversation

includes what it includes only 1 of does not include
was requested. the requested the requested
points. points.

Enthusiasm Facial expressions Facial expressions Facial expressions Little facial

and body and body and body expressions and
language generate language language are used body language,
a strong and sometimes to generate and do not
interest and generate a strong enthusiasm in the generate
enthusiasm in the and interest and audience, but it enthusiasm in the
audience. enthusiasm in the seems pretended. audience.
audience.

Grammar All of the Most of the Some of the None of the

sentences are used sentences are used sentences are used sentences are
grammatically grammatically grammatically used
accurate. accurate. accurate. grammatically
accurate.

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 Time The presentation The presentation The presentation
lasted the lasted less than lasted less than 1
requested time. the requested minute.
time.

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