Learning objectives
<br />By the end of the course the students reach level B1 of the European Frame of Reference, having<br />developed their skills related to grammar, lexis, functions, reading and listening comprehension
Prerequisites
<br />Pre-intermediate (starting from level A2 of the European Frame of Reference)<br /><br /><br />Basic knowledge of English (elementary)
Course unit content
<br /> Grammar:<br />* articles<br />* demonstratives<br />* possessives and possessive's<br />* personal pronouns<br />* some and any<br />* countable and uncountable nouns<br />* quantifiers<br />* comparatives and superlatives<br />* relative pronouns<br />* main prepositions of place and time<br />* indirect questions<br />* main conjunctions<br />* main phrasal/prepositional verbs<br />* Present Simple and Present Continuous<br />* Past Simple <br />* Past Continuous<br />* Present Perfect Simple<br />* The future (going to, will, Present Simple, Present Continuous)<br />* First conditional<br />* Time clauses and the Present Simple)<br />* The Passive voice (Present Simple, Past Simple, PresentPerfect)<br />* Modal verbs (can, could, must, will, would, should)<br /><br /><br />Vocabulary:<br />* spelling<br />* numbers (prices, quantities, dates, etc.)<br />* family<br />* free time activities<br />* house and furniture<br />* public places and shops<br />* jobs<br />* food and drinks<br />* animals<br />* weather <br />* clothes<br />* parts of the body and health problems<br />* means of transport<br />* everyday objects<br /> <br />Functions:<br />* describing people (character and appearance)<br />* telling the time and dates<br />* describing everyday habits and routines<br />* ordering in a restaurant or in a hotel<br />* understanding notices, labels, adverts<br />* road directions<br />* describing holidays, trips, etc.<br />* describing objects (size, colour, shape, etc.)<br />* warnings and prohibitions<br />* obligation and absence of obligations<br />* agreement/disagreement<br />* criticisms and complaints<br />* talking about preferences<br />* describing feelings and emotions<br /><br />
Full programme
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Bibliography
<br />For grammar, functions and vocabulary:<br />M. Vince, G. Cerulli, Inside Grammar, Macmillan (+ keys)<br />M. Swan, C.Walter, The Good Grammar Book with answers, Oxford UP<br />or:<br />P. Conti, E. Sharman, L. Green, A. Cowan, The Burlington English Grammar, ed.<br />BurlingtonBooks Le Monnier (+ keys) (grammar only)<br />M.McCarthy, F. O’Dell, English Vocabulary in Use Elementary (edition with key), Cambridge University Press (vocabulary only)<br /><br /><br />Textbook:<br />G.Cunningham, S. Mohamed, Language to Go Pre-Intermediate, Longman<br /><br /><br />Further practice:<br />J.Newbrook, J.Wilson, PET Gold Exam Maximer Self-Study edition (with audio CD set), Longman<br />A. Capel, R.Nixon, PET Masterclass Intermediate Workbook with answers and Audio CD pack, OUP<br />Gradedreaders published by BlackCat Cideb (Green Apple Step2 or Reading &Training Elementary/Pre-Intermediate)<br /><br /><br />Dictionary<br />Oxford Study Dictionary (bilingual)<br />Longman Dizionario Compatto (bilingual)<br />Cambridge Essential English Dictionary (monolingual)
Teaching methods
<br />Methodology: presentation of structures, dedcton of rule, contrastive use of the language, use of different teaching aids<br />(transparencies, audiocassettes, textbook, etc.)<br /><br /><br />Final evaluation through a multiple choice questionnaire: grammar, lexicon, functions, reading and listening comprehension
Assessment methods and criteria
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