Universidad de Jaén

The contents are those belonging to the first 5 units of the textbook Face2Face Advanced, which is listed in the basic bibliografphy for this subject:

Unit 1

• Vocabulary: communicating; prepositions and phrases; sayings; idioms.
• Grammar: time expressions with  Past Simple and  Present Perfect . Cleft sentences: what and it
• Reading: fake nice; is true friendship a thing of the past?
• Listening: people discussing a book; interviews: who do you confide in?; favourite sayings.
• Speaking: getting to know you; help with pronunciation: Attitude words / phrases; discussion: what makes a good friend?; a panel game: Bluff.
• Writing: Connecting words: addition; spelling: Writing task: an online profile; sharing personal information.

Unit 2

• Vocabulary: intensifying adverbs; adjective word order; adjectives: describing places.
• Grammar: relative clauses with prepositions; participle clauses.
• Reading: A genius explains; I lost my heart in Kerala; tourist information.
• Listening: radio programme about a painter; people talking about memorable holidays; interview about tourism.
• Speaking: deciding which people should win an award; help with pronunciation: Speech units; describing places you love or hate; recommending places to visit in your country.
• Writing: punctuation: apostrophes; connecting words: time (1). Writing task: A travel review; describing and recommending places.

Unit 3

• Vocabulary: connotation; positive and negative character adjectives; phrasal verbs: health; euphemisms.
• Grammar: patterns with  it; inversion.
• Reading: born to lose?; great ways to well-being.
• Listening: interview with people about impostor syndrome; conversations about how to cheer yourself up; people being tactful in different situations.
• Speaking: giving both sides of an argument; help with pronunciation: speech units and stress (1); persuading people to try your ideas; short role plays.
• Writing: connecting words: contrast (1); spelling: one word, two words or hyphenated; writing task: a semi-formal email; cancelling an arrangement.

Unit 4

• Vocabulary: news collocations; near synonyms; newspaper language.
• Grammar: phrases referring to the future; future in the past.
• Reading: four news stories; the world goes to town; two newspapers splashes.
• Listening: discussion about TV programmes; radio programme: how  Star Trekchanged the world; interview with a sub-editor.
• Speaking: predicting the future of the media; help with pronunciation: a series of items; describing and discussing strange inventions; making a splash.
• Writing: connecting words: contrast (2); punctuation: capital letters and full stops; writing task: a proposal.

Unit 5

• Vocabulary: word building: prefixes with multiple meanings; verb + infinitive with  to or verb +  ing;  verb-noun collocations; work expressions.
• Grammar: reflexive pronouns
• Reading: A celebrity lifestyle; young achievers.
• Listening: interview with TV/film extras; interview with three 18-year-olds; discussion about work issues.
• Speaking: role play; help with pronunciation: Speech units and stress (2); persuading people to try your ideas; extending and role-playing dialogues .

• Writing: connecting words: time (2); spelling:  ei or  ie; writing task: a formal email / letter; applying for a course.

The student is to work on a daily basis on the grammar, vocabulary, communicative functions and skills belonging to the first five units of the textbook Face2face Advanced.

Given the instrumental nature of the subject, there will not be a sharp distinction between theoretical and practical classes. Hence, the four weekly hours allocated to the subject will include the following:

• grammatical presentations and exercises;
• vocabulary exercises;
• use of English;
• reading comprehension;
• writing;
• listening;
• speaking
• written and oral interaction.

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

• Attendance and active participation: 20%
• Final exam: 50%
• Assignments and presentations: 30%

*Subject to change due to availability of spaces, health scenario and/or course enrollment.

1- TEACHING METHODOLOGY AND ACTIVITIES

2.- ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY

Regular exam

Resit

3-. RESOURCES

• Classes through videoconference (GSuite Meet)
• PLATEA virtual platform
• Google forms
• E-mail

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