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English Program Level IV

This document provides information about an English course at the Human Sciences Faculty including details about the course structure, evaluation criteria, program outline, methodology, and recommended resources. The 16-week course focuses on improving communicative competence in English through four hours of weekly classwork covering speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Students will be evaluated based on three tests and classwork, with tests accounting for 30-20-20% and classwork making up the remaining 30%, which will be assessed through communication activities, written assignments, and participation. The course is organized into 4 units covering topics like leisure activities, education, decisions, and books/films. Classes will incorporate workshops and videos to train the four skills.

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English Program Level IV

This document provides information about an English course at the Human Sciences Faculty including details about the course structure, evaluation criteria, program outline, methodology, and recommended resources. The 16-week course focuses on improving communicative competence in English through four hours of weekly classwork covering speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Students will be evaluated based on three tests and classwork, with tests accounting for 30-20-20% and classwork making up the remaining 30%, which will be assessed through communication activities, written assignments, and participation. The course is organized into 4 units covering topics like leisure activities, education, decisions, and books/films. Classes will incorporate workshops and videos to train the four skills.

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HUMAN SCIENCES FACULTY
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAM

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ENGLISH COURSE LEVEL IV
PROFESSOR: Adriana Snchez
E-mail: [email protected]

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GENERAL INFO ABOUT THE COURSE


This course lasts 16 weeks; four hours of classwork each week.
This course has been designed to improve communicative competence in a foreign language in all the four
skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. It has been conceived as part of the integral education of
undergraduate students at the university.

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EVALUATION
Students will be evaluated by means of two assessment systems: three tests and classwork. The percentages
for each one of the items will be as follows:
Three Tests:
First Progress Test

20%

(29th February - 5th March)

Second Progress Test

20%

(11th April - 16th April)

Final Exam

30%

(24th May - 31st May)

The three tests will assess all four skills, which will have the same weight in the tests' score: speaking 20%;
listening 20%; writing 20% and reading 20%.
Classwork:
Communication Activities

10%*

Written Activities

10%*

Participation

10%

Classwork will be evaluated through a system of points (100 in total), divided in two sets of 50 points
throughout the semester. They will be handed out two checklists, one just before the first exam and another
before the final exam, which will work as a register of the three marks.
Students will accumulate points for the Participation mark depending on the amount of practice they carry
on in and outside the classroom. They will keep or lose their points (they start with a total of 100) from the
Communication and Written activities marks taking into account their participation in each one of the
activities every session.
*Students will have to participate in all the activities carried on in every session for keeping their points for
the Communication mark.
*Students will have to conserve all their written exercises as evidence for keeping their points in the Written
Mark.

Students will pass the course with a minimum of 60% of the full total points (100 in the case of this subject).
(Art. 30. Agreement 008, 2007 issued by Consejo Superior Universitario)
The Minimum attendance rate will be 90%. This means that students will fail the course if they are absent
for a total of 6 classes.

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3.

PROGRAM
UNIT 1A. LEISURE ACTIVITIES & SPORTS
Talking about sports and games. Verb patterns. Making up a TV program or a radio transmission. Writing
notes about a discussion.
UNIT 1B. EDUCATION AND LEARNING
Talking about learning languages. Talking about rules and recommendations. Modals of obligation. Writing
a formal letter of request.
UNIT 2A. DECISIONS, DECISIONS
Talking about real and imaginary possibilities for decisions. First and Second Conditional. Describing the
consequences of an event.

Unit 2B. ON THE SPOTLIGHT


Talking about the life of famous people. Talking about past experiences. Used to. Present Perfect & Past
Simple. Making up an interview.
UNIT 3A. INVENTIONS AND CREATION
Talking about the origin and use of inventions. Passive Voice. Making up a product or invention
presentation. Designing a publicity advertisement.
UNIT 3B. IT'S UP TO YOU!
Talking about the news. Giving your opinion. Phrasal Verbs. Making up a discussion about a current topic in
the news. Writing a review.
UNIT 4A. BOOKS AND FILMS
Talking about your favorite books and films. Giving your opinion. Past Perfect.Writing a narrative.
UNIT 4B. COMIC STRIPS ANS GRAPHIC NOVELS
Talking about your favorite comics strips & comic books. Reported Speech. Writing a script or a comic strip.

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4.

METHODOLOGY

This course is totally based in oral and written communication. Students will have to participate in
workshops every session to train the four skills. All workshops will be carried on in the classroom and
supported by grammar explanations provided on video format. Students will be encouraged to complement
sessions training with their practice in the Resources Center (a minimum of 4 hours a semester).

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5. RECOMMENDED BOOKS
SELIGSON, Paul & Clive Oxenden. American English File 2. Oxford University Press. 2011.
OXFORD Advanced Learners Dictionary. Oxford University Press.
CAMBRIDGE English-Spanish Dictionary. Cambridge University Press.
MERRIAM-WEBSTER Essential Learner's Dictionary. Merriam Webster Editorial.

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6.

RECOMMENDED WEBPAGES

www. esl-lab.com
www.lyricstraining.com
www.americanscientist.org
www.wordreference.com
www.oxforddictionaries.com
www.dictionary.com

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