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Syllabus 2015-16 - 12211006 - Instrumental English 1 (Inglés instrumental 1)

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  • Level 1: Tutorial support sessions, materials and exams in this language
  • Level 2: Tutorial support sessions, materials, exams and seminars in this language
  • Level 3: Tutorial support sessions, materials, exams, seminars and regular lectures in this language
DEGREE: Grado en Estudios ingleses
FACULTY: FACULTY OF HUMAN SCIENCES AND EDUCATION
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2015-16
COURSE: Instrumental English 1
SYLLABUS
1. COURSE BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: Instrumental English 1
CODE: 12211006 ACADEMIC YEAR: 2015-16
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 3
ECTS CREDITS: 6.0 YEAR: 1 SEMESTER: PC
2. LECTURER BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: GÓMEZ JIMÉNEZ, EVA Mª
DEPARTMENT: U115 - FILOLOGÍA INGLESA
FIELD OF STUDY: 345 - FILOLOGÍA INGLESA
OFFICE NO.: D2 - 232 E-MAIL: emgomez@ujaen.es P: -
WEBSITE: -
ORCID: -
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 3
3. CONTENT DESCRIPTION

PATIE PROGRAMME

LEVEL B2

 

From the Table of Contents of the set textbook Eales, F. and S. Oakes (2011). Speakout Upper Intermediate Students' Book with Active Book and Workbook with Key. Harlow: Pearson.

UNIT 1. BEGINNINGS

Grammar/function: direct and indirect questions, present perfect and past simple including time phrases, making polite phone enquiries.

Vocabulary: personality, feelings -ed/-ing adjectives, modifiers with gradable and ungradable adjectives, wotd formation, nouns from adjectives, phrases used in adverts, phrases for telling a personal story.

Pronunciation: sentence stress and intonation in question forms, connected speech in the past simple and present perfect, intonation in polite enquiries.

Reading: read descriptions of people on a flatmate finder site; read an informal email; read a review of the BBC programme I've never seen Star Wars, read an answer a personality quiz, read several short adverts.

Listening/DVD: listen to a radio programmne after speed flatmating, listen to people describing how certain activities make them feel, listen to a phnone enquiry about a language course, what and listen to a drama about starting university.

Speaking: ask personal questions, talk about the kind of people you get on with, talk about experiences, role play making phone enquiries, learn to manage enquiries, describe a first encounter.

Writing: write an informal email, learn to check your work for accuracy, write a summary of a first encounter story.

UNIT 2. ISSUES

Grammar/function: present perfect simple and present perfect continuous, the passive, giving and responding to opinions.

Vocabulary: social issues, verbs and nouns with the same form, survillance, opinion adjectives, consumer society, survey phrases.

Pronunciation: sentence stress and weak forms in the present perfect, sentence stress with the passive, sentence stress in opinion phrases.

Reading: read two articles about a charity, read and answer a geography quiz, read a letter of complaint, read a series of newspaper extracts.

Listening/DVD: listen to opinions about surveillance, listen to informal discussions, watch an extract from a documentary about happines in the West.

Speaking: talk about charities and social issues, discuss the surveillance society, role-play a meeting to discuss crime-cutting plans, discuss different issues, learn to support your viewpoint, discuss ingredients of happiness, carry out a happiness survey.

Writing: write a letter of complaint, learn to use formal written language, write tips for being happy for a website.

UNIT 3. DOWNTIME

Grammar/function: habit and routine (used to, would, be/get used to), future forms review (going to, present continuous, present simple, will, be likely to, might, could), describing procedures.

Vocabulary: good and bad behaviour, locations, uncountable and plural nouns, common actions in procedures, phrases for describing and recommending an activity.

Pronunciation: connected speek in future forms, sentence stress in phrases to explain procedure, and in mirror questions.

Reading: read an article about the effects of computer gaming on one relationship, read an opinion essay.

Listening/DVD: listen to a radio programme about niche travel, listen to descritpions of TV game shows, watch an extract from a programme about great experiences.

Speaking: talk about playing games and sports, discuss bad habits and how to prevent them, talk about holidays, plan and present a niche holiday, talk about game shows, learn to use mirror questions, describe a procedure, recommend an experience you have had.

Writing: write an opinion essay about leisure time, learn to use linkers in an opinion essay, write a true story.

 UNIT 4. STORIES

Grammar/function: narrative tenses, wishes and regrets (I wish / If only / should have), expressing likes and dislikes.

Vocabulary: sayings e.g. every cloud has a silver lining, regrets, multi-word verbs, reading, feeling adjectives, phrases for describing a favourite scene.

Pronunciation: weak forms in narrative tenses, sentence stress and weak forms in regrets, sentence stress in phrases for likes and dislikes.

Reading: read stories with a moral, read a biography of Sir David Attenborough, read an article about a favourite film moment.

Listening/DVD: listen to a radio programme about very short stories, listen to people recommending books, watch an extract from a drama about a girl in 19th century rural England.

Speaking: talk a personal anecdote, talk about wishes and regrets, talk about reading habits, learn to summarise a plot, talk about a favourite book, describe a famous scene in a TV programme or film.

Writing: write a story, learn to use adverbs in stories, write a description of a favourite scene.

 

UNIT 5. IDEAS

Grammar/function: articles, conditionals (review of zero, first and second conditionals, as long as, unless, providing that), suggesting ideas.

Vocabulary: change, compound nouns, advertising, adjectives to describe ideas, phrases for presenting a business idea.

Pronunciation: pronunciation of the, stress in compound nouns, sentence stress in conditional clauses, intonation in phrases for suggesting ideas.

Reading: read an article about the worst inventions ever, read and answer a questionnaire on advertising, read about the five rules of brainstorming.

Listening/DVD: listen to a programme about advertising, listen to people brainstorming, watch an extract from a programme about funny ideas.

Speaking: talk about the effects of inventions, discuss advertising tactics, brainstorm ideas on a 'how to' topic, learn to show reservations, present a 'genius' business idea.

Writing: write a report, learn to make written comparisons, write a product leaflet for a 'genius' idea.

4. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING METHODOLOGY

PATIE PROGRAMME

Lectures with the whole group will be mainly devoted to the presentation of grammatical, lexcial, functional and phonological concepts in the five units on the part of the teacher. Students are encouraged to critically read the set readings, as well as to take active part in class by asking questions and by making critical appreciations regarding the theoretical lessons.

As for practical lessons, the whole group is divided into two (with three weekly hours with each one) and will deal with textbook and workbook exercises, together with addional materials.

It is essential that students prepare those exercises at home and participate actively in class by giving the answers and proposing alternative possibilities. Some time will be also devoted to oral presentations and debates concerning the issues dealt with in the different units.

Tutorials will be both individual and in groups, and at least one hour per week will be assigned to group tutorial attention. In addtion, students can arrange tutorials by e-mail, with the previous agreement on the part of the teacher.

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

5. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY

PATIE PROGRAMME

Assessment methodology and criteria:

-       Attendance and and active participation in class, in the debates and in group work activities by means of teacher observation (20%).

-       Mastering of the theoretical and operative concepts in the subject by means of a written test and an oral examination (50%: 40% in the case of the written exam; 10% for the listening comprehension paper):

a)     In the written test students will be assessed on their writing and reading and it will consist of questions regarding lexical and conceptual contents in exercises of reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, functions, and writing.  This is a qualifying exam.

b)     Oral examination: only students who have passed the written test will qualify for the oral exam, in which they will be assessed on their listening and speaking skills by means of a listening test and a spoken part respectively.

-       Homework assignments and oral presentations in class  (30%).

 Continuous assessment (20% for attendance and active participation, and 30% for assignments and presentations)  will be taken into account  and added to the remaining 50% only if the students pass the examinations (by obtaining at least 5 out of 10).

6. BOOKLIST
MAIN BOOKLIST:
  • Speakout Upper Intermediate Students' Book with Active Book. Edition: 1ª. Author: Eales, F. and S. Oakes. Publisher: Pearson  (Library)
  • Speakout Upper Intermediate, Workbook with key. Edition: 1ª. Author: Eales, F. and S. Oakes. Publisher: Pearson  (Library)