COURSE: ENGLISH ADVANCED I

SYLLABUS (2024)
I. GENERAL INFORMATION
DEPARTAMENT : Language Center
CONDITION : Mandatory
TOTAL TIME : 24 hrs. theory, 32 hrs. practice
HEAD OF THE LANGUAGE CENTER : Natalia Fajardo
(COURSE ASSESSMENT TEACHERS) : Marcela Amiel
Carmen Lucía Navarro
Marie Haro
REQUIREMENTS : Intermediate English II
II. GENERAL COMPETENCES

TYPES OF
DESCRIPTION
COMPETENCES

Ability to analyze and identify arguments and assumptions based on

CRITICAL AND evidence and making inferences and conclusions about them;
SCIENTIFIC acquiring critical and self-critical capacity, intellectual autonomy and
THINKING promoting innovation and application of scientific methods for
research.

Ability to fulfill and respect obligations and rights as a citizen

CITIZEN established in the Constitution, in a nation of peers, promoting social
DEMOCRACY values and respect for the decisions of the majority for the benefit of
society.

Ability to value the intellectual, artistic, political and social production

of the cultural diversity and interculturality that exists in our country,
DIVERSE AND contributing to dialogue and interaction between all Peruvians with
HUMANISTIC
respect, tolerance and understanding, favoring integration and
CULTURE
coexistence in a diverse society and inclusive for the well-being of the
population.

RESPONSIBILITY Ability to act and make decisions with morality and honesty, both
AND ETHICS personally and professionally, so as not to harm society.

Ability to propose and generate active solutions with a vision of the

SUSTAINABLE future, which shall allow society to be guided towards responsible and
DEVELOPMENT sustained development in the social, environmental, and economic
field, for the benefit of present and future generations.
III. COMPETENCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE COURSE

DESCRIPTION OF THE LEVEL OF

COMPETENCE
COMPETENCE
B2: Constructs and transmits messages
with clarity, precision, and efficiency, in
GENERAL COMMUNICATION verbal and written form, verifying the
understanding of the
messages.
Evidence of an understanding of lengthy
speeches and lectures, films, and
television series where a standard
Auditive language level is spoken, following
comprehension complex storylines provided the topic is
relatively familiar. Judges all the
television news and current affairs
Comprehension programs.
Validates articles and reports on
Reading contemporary problems in which the
Comprehension authors adopt specific points of view.
Dramatizes contemporary literary prose.
Proposes a conversation with some
Language fluency and spontaneity, which enables
Competences normal communication with native
Oral interaction
Level 1, speakers. Takes an active part in debates
according to developed in everyday situations,
the CEFR explaining and defending points of view.
Speaking
Builds clear and detailed descriptions of
a wide range of topics related to his
Oral Expression specialty. Supports a point of view on an
issue by stating the advantages and
disadvantages.
Optimizes detailed texts on a wide range
of topics related to his interests; as well
as, newsrooms or reports transmitting
information or proposing reasons that
Writing Written expression
support or refute a specific point of view.
Validates a letter where the importance
given to certain facts and experiences is
highlighted.

IV. SUMMARY
The course Advanced English I is a theoretical-practical course based on a communicative and
interpretive approach, which allows the student to validate oral and written information about
everyday situations, in the personal and social sphere, as well as in their work and professional
environment, which will allow complying with the competencies corresponding to level B2,
according to the standards of Common European Framework of Reference for Language Scale.
V. GENERAL LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of the course, the student validates ideas related to wishes and future possibilities with
fluency, as well as what other people could express about the personal and professional sphere,
through practical activities, and collaborative work in real-life situations.
VI. ORGANIZATION OF LEARNING

LEARNING ALL SKILLS, FOCUSED SKILL GRAMMAR-VOCABULARY-READING &

MODULE #1 WRITING-SPEAKING & LISTENING, & LAW AND JUSTICE

At the end of this module, the student can express with fluency in oral
LEARNING and written forms, ideas related to wishes and future possibilities with
fluency, as well as what other people could express about the personal
RESULT
and professional sphere, through practical activities, and collaborative
work.
WEEKS Week 1 - Week 4
• Adjectives and adverbs
• Use determiners and quantifiers: Few, A Few, Little, A Little
To be interested in, Few - a few – many.
Use relative clauses to describe work.
Use adverbs to explain actions.
The main postpositions, Little - a little - much, Invariable cardinal
numbers
Dependent clauses VS independent clauses
• Reported speech.
Report pieces of news
Use reported speech to explain what others have said.
• Narrative tenses - Tell A Story
Write an email.
CONTENTS
• Would expressing habits, in the past.
INVOLVED
Talk about travel and adventure and past events.
• Past perfect - Past perfect continuous
Past perfect forms.
Use different types of questions.
Which - what, Uses of so, The notion of means.
• Mixed conditionals
Use modals may, might, and could make predictions about the past.
• Third Conditional
The perfect conditional, Infinitive clauses, to be left - to have left.
• Modals – can’t have, needn´t have.
Use present modal verbs.
• Modals of deduction and speculation
Use past modals of deduction
 LEARNING
MODULE #2
At the end of the module, the student dramatizes with conviction and
fluency, a story, event, or situation which connects him to deduce a
LEARNING
fact, based on evidence, expressing agreement or disagreement, the
RESULT
same that will be developed through practical and work activities
collaborative on real-life situations.
WEEKS Week 5 - Week 8

• Passives
Use the passive voice.
• Phrasal verbs, extended.
Use phrasal verbs.
• Use tag questions.
Agree and disagree.
• Will and going to, for prediction.
Deal with problems on the phone.
Use future perfect to talk about future plans.
• Future continuous
CONTENTS
Talk about life events and choices. Talk about art and studies.
INVOLVED
• Future perfect
Reflect on life events and choices.
Understand and use compound language.
• Future perfect continuous
Reflect on your own performance with life events and choices.
• Essay - For & Against / Persuasion / Critical
Write a balanced opinion text.
Use verbs with - ing and infinitive.
Use the past perfect to contrast events in the past.
Talk about cultures and communities.

VII. TEACHING STRATEGIES

The course will be developed through content demonstration sessions, with the active
participation of students through collaborative learning strategies in solving situations in daily
life. The course will include daily practices, homework, and readings in the virtual classroom of
the University that will allow them to develop skills in academic comprehension and writing.
According to our Educational Model, the learning strategy that is promoted in the course is:

• Problem-based learning

• Collaborative learning
VIII. ASSESSMENT FORM AND TOOLS

EVALUATION CODE DETAIL WEEK WEIGHT

Continuous assessment 1
Continuous assessment 2
Midterm evaluation
Continuous assessment 3
Continuous assessment 4
Final evaluation
Rosetta Stone Fluency Builder
Platform Development Courses:
AC 1 All Skills, Focused Skill Grammar, 1 to 4 2%
Focused Skill Vocabulary, Focused
Skill Reading and Writing
Participation in classes.
AC 2 Group activities, projects and 1 to 4 25%
reinforcement exercises.
ME Quiz and oral evaluation. 4 20%
Rosetta Stone Fluency Builder
Platform Development Courses:
Focused Skill Speaking and
listening, Law and Justic, Succeed
AC 3 5 to 8 3%
on phone and Conference calls,
Write and Understand Reports,
Video lesson: Culture in The
United States.
Participation in classes.
AC 4 Group activities, projects and 5 to 8 25%
reinforcement exercises.
FE Oral and final exam. 8 25%

Where the formula is:

AC1(0.02) + AC2(0.25) + ME(0.20) + AC3(0.03) + AC4(0.25) + FE( 0.25)
➢ All evaluations are carried out through the following platforms: Teams and Canvas Virtual
Classroom.
IX. MAIN ACTIVITIES
The course will be developed through synchronous activities through the videoconferencing
system.

MAIN ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES IN SELF-EMPLOYED ACTIVITIES
LEARNING INTERACTION
WEEK SESSION TOPICS WITH THE PLATFORM:
MODULE PLATFORM:
TEACHER CANVAS
ROSETTA
PLATFORM: VIRTUAL
STONE
TEAMS CLASSROOM
-Insurance & Banking Adjectives and
VOCABULARY-

LISTENING, &

(All Skills) adverbs

SPEAKING &
ALL SKILLS,

GRAMMAR-

READING &

1
WRITING-

LAW AND
FOCUSED

JUSTICE

-Living in America
SKILL

(All Skills) Use determiners and Exercises assigned Rosetta Stone

1 -Seeing the USA (All quantifiers: Few, A by the tutor. Fluency Builder
Del 10 al
Skills) Few, Little, A Little Courses:
14 de enero
-Seminar Planning To be interested in,
(All Skills) Few - a few – many. -ALL SKILLS
 -The Post Office (All Use relative clauses
Skills) to describe work. Complete 5
Use adverbs to lessons
explain actions.
The main
postpositions, Little
- a little - much,
Invariable cardinal
numbers
Dependent clauses
VS independent
clauses
-FOCUSED
SKILL
Reported speech. GRAMMAR
-Insurance & Banking
Report pieces of
-Living in America
news Complete 5
2 -Seeing the USA
Use reported speech lessons
-Seminar Planning
to explain what
- Post Office
others have said.

Narrative tenses -
Tell A Story
Write an email.
-FOCUSED
SKILL
Would expressing
-Insurance & Banking VOCABULARY
habits, in the past
-Living in America Talk about travel and
3 -Seeing the USA adventure and past
Complete 5
-Seminar Planning events. lessons
-The Post Office
Past perfect - Past
perfect continuous Exercises assigned
2 Past perfect forms. by the tutor.

Reading:
Del 15 al Work-life balance
21 de enero The mystery of the FOCUSED
red truck SKILL
Past perfect - Past READING &
-Insurance & Banking perfect continuous WRITING
-Living in America Use different types
4 -Seeing the USA of questions. Complete 5
-Seminar Planning Which - what, Uses lessons
-The Post Office of so, The notion of
means.

Mixed conditionals
Use modals may,
might, and could FOCUSED
-Insurance & Banking make predictions SKILL
-Living in America about the past. SPEAKING &
5 -Seeing the USA LISTENING
-Seminar Planning Third Conditional
Exercises assigned
3 -The Post Office The perfect Complete 5
by the tutor.
conditional, lessons
Infinitive clauses, to
Del 22 al Reading:
be left - to have left.
Introverts’ vs
28 de enero Modals – can’t have, LAW AND
-A Long Legal Battle Extroverts
needn’t have. JUSTIC
-Accusations in
Use present modal
California
verbs.
6 -An Alleged Complete 5
Modals of deduction
Conspiracy lessons
and speculation
-Foreclosure
Use past modals of
Proceedings
deduction.
 -International Court Agree and disagree
Conviction
7 MIDTERM EXAM
-A voice Mail
Talking about
Greeting, Part I
education, legal
-A voice Mail
Greeting, Part II
4 Talking about the
future Saying how
likely, something is
Del 29 de -Using Cell Phones
to happen.
enero al 4 8 for Work, Part I
-Using Cell Phones
de febrero To be interested in,
for Work II. Exercises assigned
Few a few - many.
-Returning a Call, by the tutor.
Part I
Talking about
-Returning a Call, Reading:
thinking, learning,
Part II The deadline
and knowledge.
Passives
Using the passive
-Getting to the Point,
voice, the modals
Part I SUCCEED ON
will, may, might,
-Getting to the Point, PHONE AND
could, and should
Part II Canvas: CONFERENCE
speculate about the
-Disagreeing Politely, CALLS
9 Part I
future.
Exercises assigned
5 -Disagreeing Politely,
Using the modal by the tutor.
Part II
must, to make Reading:
SUCCEED ON PHONE AND CONFERENCE CALLS, WRITE AND UNDERSTAND

Del 05 al deductions based on Introverts’ vs Complete 16

evidence. Extroverts lessons
11 de
Using tag questions.
REPORTS & VIDEO LESSON: CULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES

febrero Phrasal verbs,

Making Sure, Part I
extended.
-Making Sure, Part II
Use phrasal verbs.
-Ending a Call, Part I
Agree and disagree.
10 -Ending a Call, Part
II
Using phrasal verbs
-Webinars, Part I
and verbs with - ing
-Webinars, Part II
and infinitive.
-Organizing a Report,
Part I
-Organizing a Report,
Part II
-Formatting a Report,
Part I
-Formatting a Report,
Will and going to,
Part II
for prediction.
11 -Looking at the
Deal with problems
Language, Part I Exercises assigned
on the phone.
-Looking at the by the tutor.
Language, Part II
-Writing the
6 Introduction, Part I Reading:
-Writing the Millennials in the WRITE AND
Del 12 al Introduction, Part II workplace UNDERSTAND
REPORTS
18 de
-Writing the Main
febrero Use future perfect to Complete 16
Body, Part I
talk about future
-Writing the Main
plans. lessons
Body, Part II
-Writing the End, Part
Future continuous
I
Talk about life
-Writing the End, Part
12 II
events and choices.
-Writing the Other
Talk about art and
Parts, Part I
studies.
-Writing the Other
Parts, Part II
Writing a balanced
-Revising, Part I
opinion text.
-Revising, Part II
 -The Art of American
Portraiture
-Mardi Gras and the
Float Business in
Talking about
New Orleans.
cultures.
-The Statue of
Liberty: A Stirring
Cultural events, the
Symbol
business world, and
communities.
13
-Guardian Angel of
Exercises assigned
Route 66
Talking about Road by the tutor.
-White House
transportation,
Halloween
7 Character, and
-Memorial to Martin
Values,
Luther King Jr.
History and
Del 19 al -Fourth of July
Communication
Fireworks
25 de VIDEO
-Collectible Cars LESSON:
febrero Essay - For & CULTURE IN
Against / Persuasion THE UNITED
/ Critical STATES
Reading:
Write a balanced
Cultural
opinion text.
expectations and
leadership
Use verbs with - ing Complete 16
14 Review and infinitive.
lessons
Use the past perfect
to contrast events in
the past.

Talk about cultures

and communities
8
Del 26 de
15 FINAL EXAM
febrero al 3
de marzo.

X. PLATFORMS AND TOOLS

1. Teams Platform: Online platform used by the University, which allows videoconferencing,
chatting and screen sharing, among other options. The platform has cloud recording storage.
2. Canvas Virtual Classroom Platform: Learning management platform used at the University
for the publication of online learning materials and activities.
3. Rosetta Stone Platform: Online platform used by the University, which has activities for each
English course. Each level has sections on speaking, listening, writing, reading, pronunciation,
vocabulary and grammar. Allows access with or without internet connection.
4. Tools:
➢ Google Apps
➢ YouTube
➢ Wordwall
➢ Padlet
➢ Liveworksheets
 ➢ Quizizz
➢ Vocaroo
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4. ROSETTA STONE (2015) Teacher's Guide 1. United States of America. Rosetta Stone Ltd.
5. ROSETTA STONE (2016) Unit Readings. United States of America. Rosetta Stone Ltd.