Pre -intermediate English Course 3

Aims By the end of 64 hours in the English three Course, you should be able to: Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. personal, social and academic/educational information) Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring exchange of information on familiar and routine matters: filling out an online form; completing an outline for an oral presentation. Describe pros and cons of something related to personal and educational domains. Describe aspects of own and others’ personal and educational/academic lives.

Contents Grammar and functions English 3 Cumulative hours: 192 CEF: A2 Contents Grammar and functions Influential people and their contributions to the world, including environmentalists, philanthropists, political activists, entrepreneurs, etc. Using the present simple and continuous, past, and future (going to) to express information about me and others. Major historical events in Latin-America and the world Using the past simple and continuous to describe important events and situations in the past, stories, and anecdotes. School/Student stress and stress in general: symptoms, biological causes, and treatment. Using how much-many, some-any, a lot-lots of to express quantity.  

Being  a  college  student: challenges, peer pressure, social and binge drinking, coping with homework, etc. Using the verb patterns below to express desires, expectations, preferences, and plans/actions. want/hope to like/enjoy + ing looking forward to + ing would like to going to will ( for promises) continuous -ing (future) A combination (or review) of the contents above. Using the forms below to describe, compare, contrast, and give facts about people, things, animals, and places. What … like? Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives as...as

Evaluation Skills development 60% Final Exam 40% Listening Listening Speaking Reading Writing Listening Speaking Reading Writing Gramar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and course contents are assessed in speaking and writing.

Evaluation

Resources www.andresteaching.wordpress.com Course 3 (2016-2 UTP)

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What about you? Talk to three people around you Your hobbies and likes Your abilities and talents Your personality Your academic program Your professional ambitions Anything else

Follow up questions

Can you mention the name of an influential person of all time? Why? Influential people

Complete the table with information from the video Listening Complete the table with information from the video

Use your notes to write complete sentences Writing Use your notes to write complete sentences Example Bruce lee was a martial artist and actor; He is an influential person because he used modern progressive training methods and emphasized physical fitness.

Homework Complete a similar ranking (10 PEOPLE) with influential people living now.