Inglés Americano C1-II

Modalidad: Teleformación – Duración: 30 h – Código: 702

Objectives: In this block the learner will consolidate the material from the previous Blocks. In this Block the learner will consolidate the necessary knowledge to pass satisfactorily the TOEFL exam.  The course content remains functional and focused entirely on improving learner independence in all areas, motivating the learner to become conversant on subjects such as cinema, expressing ability, obligation and prohibition as well as presenting and interpreting statistics. In terms of grammatical structures there will be continued revision and extension of the structures in all tenses. Productive and receptive skills are stretched with more phrasal verbs, idiomatic expressions, the different verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives, expressing future possibility, and giving opinions. As with the other blocks on the course, there is frequent pronunciation practice and the learner has exposure to long and short sounds, vowel sounds, elision, homophones as well as general vocabulary and sentence level practice. In terms of conversation, the learner can now approach most situations with little or no preparation. The use of a variety of exercises encompasses different learner styles as well as guaranteeing thorough coverage of the topics covered. The block is comprised of a series of interactive exercises such as word-picture association, listening comprehension with short, realistic dialogs and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items.

UNIT 1

Shopping at the grocery store

Aims: To learn and acquire the structures and vocabulary related to the topic through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association, listening comprehension with short, realistic dialogs and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items. Vocabulary:  the press, necklace, audience -Food: minced meat, courgette, aubergine, pear, strawberries -Feelings: courage respect, affinity.

Successful relationships

Aims: To learn and practice the grammar as well as some more structures and vocabulary through a series of interactive exercises. Structures and functions: – Expressing opinions, likes and preferences – Articles: a, an, the, zero – Describing graphs and statistics – Abstract nouns: sincerity, communication, affinity, motivation, trust etc – Quantifiers: a little, little, a few, few, quite a bit of, quite a lot of, loads. Vocabulary – Food and shopping – Percentages and fractions – Useful phrases: How did it go?, to make a change, to run for (plays), it’s about, as far as I know etc. Activities:  Student-led listening: articles – Listen and repeat: statistics -write the fractions -fill the blanks: articles – Reading comprehension: find abstract nouns -Reading comprehension: order the different factors -Student-led listening -Fill in the blanks: quantifiers -Fill the blanks: nouns -Listening comprehension: yes or no.

In round figures

Aims: To review and consolidate the structures and vocabulary related to the lesson through a series of interactive exercises. Structures and functions:  Expressing opinions, likes and preferences – Articles: a, an, the, zero – Describing graphs and statistics – Abstract nouns: sincerity, communication, affinity, motivation, trust etc – Quantifiers: a little, little, a few, few, quite a bit of, quite a lot of, loads Vocabulary – Food – Numbers: times, fractions, percentages, dates. Activities – Pronunciation: listen and choose the correct sound – Listening comprehension: write the figures -Sentence transformation: nouns -Correct the sentences: articles -Real life dialog: dub the movie – Choosing synonymous sentences.

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UNIT 2

Going on tour

Aims: To learn and assimilate the structures and vocabulary related to the topic through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association, listening comprehension with short, realistic dialogs and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items. Vocabulary: International warning signs: forbidden, permitted -General: porch, barbeque, in the open air, claim, hand in, settle in, renew, choice, position, harmony -Probability: likely, unlikely, sure.

A mythical island

Aims: To learn and practice the grammar as well as some more structures and vocabulary through a series of interactive exercises. Structures and functions: Expressing permission and prohibition – Talking about probability: likely, unlikely, sure – Expressing ability: can, could, to be able to, to manage to, may/might – Must, may and might for suppositions and logical deductions about present and past – Review of modals for permission and obligation: must, mustn’t, needn’t, have to, don’t have to Vocabulary – Useful expressions: to know in advance, to be one’s own boss, short term contract, to keep in suspense, to be worth someone’s while, etc – Synonyms and antonyms Activities: Student-led listening -Fill in the blanks: complete the sentence with an appropriate word -Sentence transformation: probability -Listen and repeat -Reading comprehension: finding synonyms and antonyms -Word/Picture association – Listening: Choose appropriate answers -Listening: multiple choice.

We would make a name for ourselves

Aims: To review and consolidate the structures and vocabulary related to the lesson through a series of interactive exercises.  Structures and functions: Expressing permission and prohibition – Talking about probability: likely, unlikely, sure – Expressing ability: can, could, to be able to, to manage to, may/might – Must, may and might for suppositions and logical deductions about present and past – Review of modals for permission and obligation: must, mustn’t, needn’t, have to, don’t have to Vocabulary – Useful expressions: to know in advance, to be one’s own boss, short term contract, to keep in suspense, to be worth someone’s while, etc – Synonyms and antonyms. Activities: Pronunciation: long and short vowel sounds -Listen and repeat -Fill in the blanks: complete the sentences with an appropriate modal verb -Multiple choice: choose the most appropriate tense -Error detection and correction -Association of picture with camp rules – Real life dialog: dub the movie – Choosing synonymous sentences.

The Mildenhall Treasure – Reading comprehension

In this lesson students read a written passage of text about the story of a treasure in Mildenhall (UK). The text is followed by questions in a sequential order that elicit students’ skills on active reading. Readers are asked to peruse the passage for the general meaning, particular details and logical inferences. The suggested activities comprise multiple-choice, matching statements with their corresponding sections and vocabulary questions. By practicing active and effective reading students acquire strong cognitive skills such as attention, auditory analysis, sound blending, sound segmenting, memory, processing speed and visualisation.

A place I could call home – Listening comprehension

In this lesson students practice and test their listening skills, so they must pay attention to the oral information that is heard in different exercises and answer to a set of related questions about education, specifically the life in a boarding school.

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UNIT 3

Getting a contract

Aims: To learn and acquire the structures and vocabulary related to the topic through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association, listening comprehension with short, realistic dialogs and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items. Vocabulary: nativity play, advertisement, signature, recipient, cab, queries, advice columnist, presently, actually, afterwards, ghost – highway, elevator, drug store.

An advice columnist

Aims: To learn and practice the grammar as well as some more structures and vocabulary through a series of interactive exercises. Structures and functions: Asking for and giving advice – Making offers: Would you like me to..? Can I..? Shall I? I’ll? – Writing a letter – Responding to offers. Vocabulary: nativity play, advertisement, signature etc. – Useful phrases: to have a night in, to get things in proportion, to go through a phase, to feel sorry for one’s self, to make a note of, at leisure -Advice columnists. Advice columns Activities: Association of sentences and words with corresponding pictures -Listening and reading: choose the appropriate response -Fill in the blanks: make offers by filling the blanks – Pronunciation: listen and repeat -Reading and listening comprehension: answer the questions -Writing: supply an appropriate question -Listening and writing: respond to the offers -Listening practice: true or false.

Get things into proportion

Aims: To review and consolidate the structures and vocabulary related to the lesson through a series of interactive exercises. Structures and functions:  Asking for and giving advice – Making offers: Would you like me to..? Can I..? Shall I? I’ll? – Responding to offers – Detecting the appropriate tone and language: formal vs. informal. Vocabulary: British vs. American English – Review of useful expressions Activities:  – Pronunciation: diphthongs – Listening comprehension: detecting tone -Substitution: provide the British synonyms – Association of sentences and words with corresponding pictures -Fill in the blanks: compete the sentences – Real life dialog: dub the movie – Choosing synonymous sentences.

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UNIT 4

Trouble with the tour

Aims: To learn and acquire the structures and vocabulary related to the topic through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association, listening comprehension with short, realistic dialogs and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items. Vocabulary: General:  front cover, photo session, faith, mankind, miniature, devoted, playful, sexist, tend – Animals: pedigree, wild, moggy – Movies: the big screen, role.

Top model and future star

Aims: To learn and practice the grammar as well as some more structures and vocabulary through a series of interactive exercises. Structures and functions: Verbs with gerund and infinitive e.g.: avoid seeing / tend to be – Who, where, what, when, how + infinitive – Verbs with dual meanings: infinitives vs. gerunds: she stopped to smoke / stopped smoking; remember to buy / remember buying etc. Vocabulary: Useful expressions: to my mind, in her element, in the public eye, it’s no use, there’s no point Activities: Student-led listening -Fill in the blanks: make synonymous sentences -Complete the blanks with verbs in the correct tenses –  Reading and listening: answer the questions – Finding synonyms -Fill in the blanks -Listen and repeat -Listen and answer.

Your dog on the big screen

Aims: To revise and consolidate the structures and vocabulary related to the lesson through a series of interactive exercises. Structures and functions – Verbs with gerund and infinitive e.g.: avoid seeing / tend to be – who, where, what, when, how + infinitive – Verbs with dual meanings: infinitives vs. gerunds: she stopped to smoke / stopped smoking; remember to buy / remember buying etc. Vocabulary – Useful expressions: to my mind, in her element, in the public eye, it’s no use, there’s no point. Activities: Pronunciation: diphthongs – Error detection and correction -Fill in the blanks: choose the correct word / write the correct tense – Real life dialog: dub the movie – Choosing synonymous sentences.

The Color Purple – Reading comprehension

In this lesson students read a written passage of text about the film The Color Purple. The text is followed by questions in a sequential order that elicit students’ skills on active reading. Readers are asked to peruse the passage for the general meaning, particular details and logical inferences. The suggested activities comprise multiple-choice, matching statements with their corresponding sections and vocabulary questions. By practicing active and effective reading students acquire strong cognitive skills such as attention, auditory analysis, sound blending, sound segmenting, memory, processing speed and visualisation.

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UNIT 5

Saying goodbye

Aims: To learn and acquire the structures and vocabulary related to the topic through a series of interactive exercises such as word/sentence-picture association, listening comprehension with short, realistic dialogs and student-led listening practice with the vocabulary items. Vocabulary – Household objects/appliances: dishwasher, clothes hangers, sewing machine – Shapes: pyramid, cylinder, cube – Materials: bamboo, velvet, pottery.

Choosing a present

Aims: To learn and practice the grammar as well as some more structures and vocabulary through a series of interactive exercises. Structures and functions: Describing objects: order of adjectives – Expressing purpose: for / to Vocabulary – Useful phrases: take my place, needless to say, dress up etc – Shapes: pyramid, cylinder, cube, oval, square, triangular – Compound nouns: key-ring, shoulder-bag etc. Activities: Writing: everyday objects -Student-led listening -Association of sentences and words with corresponding pictures -Fill in the blanks: write the correct shapes -Listening: write the objects according to their definitions – Listening: true or false -Listen and repeat -Listening and reading comprehension: true or false -Writing: make sentences about the images -Spelling: write the missing letters.

How objects are

Aims: To review and consolidate the structures and vocabulary related to the lesson through a series of interactive exercises. Structures and functions: Describing objects – Expressing purpose: for / to Vocabulary – Useful expressions: take my place, needless to say, dress up etc – Shapes: pyramid, cylinder, cube, oval, square, triangular – Compound nouns: key-ring, shoulder-bag etc.  Activities: Pronunciation: tripthongs in sentences -Listen and repeat -Fill in the blanks: complete the descriptions -Listening comprehension: answer yes or no – Association of sentences and words with corresponding pictures – Real life dialog: dub the movie – Choosing synonymous sentences.

Working out the puzzle – Use of English

Students learn vocabulary and useful phrases to talk about taking decisions. After reading a cloze text with gaps, students have to practice with it through a series of interactive exercises in which they find the lexicon in the specific context.

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UNIT 6

On the way to the East Coast

Aims: To review and consolidate the grammar, structures and vocabulary covered in the whole block through a series of interactive exercises. Activities -Listening comprehension: fill in the blanks – Pronunciation: revision of difficult sounds – Real life dialog: dub the movie.

Christmas stories

Aims: To review and consolidate the grammar, structures and vocabulary covered in the whole block through a series of interactive exercises. Activities – Reading and listening comprehension: true or false -Listening: multiple choice -Reading and writing: choose the appropriate ending -Reading comprehension: fill in the blanks -Writing: complete the sentences.

Brunch or a regular meal?

Aims: To review and consolidate the grammar, structures and vocabulary covered in the whole block through a series of interactive exercises. Activities – Reading and listening comprehension: true or false – Listening comprehension: specific information (ordering food) -Fill in the blanks: choose the appropriate word to complete the sentences.

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UNIT 7

Setting up a business account – Typical situation

In this lesson, students work through diverse situations with specific vocabulary and expressions that are related to a particular activity or sector, so that the student can smoothly develop in everyday situations related to that specific field.

Your interests – Dialogue

The student listens to a series of questions that he/she must freely answer and send the responses to the teacher.  New vocabulary is introduced in this lesson; once the exercise is finished, the student practices with said vocabulary.

Marketing mix – Dictation

Students practice written and oral comprehension while at the same time learning useful vocabulary and expressions about fundamental topics, to be able to use them in advanced language practice.

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UNIT 8

Test summary exercises

In this last lesson of the course and as a way to revise, the student will come across a variety of exercises which will help consolidate and evaluate any knowledge which has been acquired throughout the duration of the course.

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